I have wanted to talk about a topic since I started writing in here but have held off from doing so only because it’s quite hard to explain and even more difficult to understand. It’s something I’ve dealt with and experienced both on a giving and a receiving end throughout much of my life and it’s my hope after reading this, that you might have a better grasp of something called “energy (or psychic) vampires”.
Whether you realize it or not, there’s a good chance that you too have experienced this on some level or at some point in your life. But it’s probably best to pose some initial questions to you to begin my explanation into this…
Have you ever felt more drained or exhausted like you needed a nap, after spending time with someone, even when no physical exertion took place during your time with them?
Have you ever become more unfocused or felt a greater sense of sadness and depression after being around an individual?
Have you ever spent any time around someone in a pretty low place in their life where you became more energetic after being around them, but they became even worse?’
Has anyone ever told you that you can be quite draining?
If you can answer yes to any of these statements, you may actually have dealt with energy vampirism.
I know this term probably sounds quite off the wall to you, only because of my use of the word “vampire”. So let me say right off the bat that my usage of it is not about the mythology that you’d read in a book or see on some television show or movie. Instead, it’s about the symbolism of what a vampire does, which is to feed off of another living thing to survive. Interestingly enough, while I haven’t been shown that those blood-sucking “vampires” exist in this world, I have found they do occur in another form, one where they drain the energy (or life force) out of another person.
All of us are made up of energy which has been proven for some time now by scientists. Every bit of our energy put together makes up our life force. And our life force is something which can fluctuate up or down depending on what we’re doing in our lives. Think of what it’s like when you’ve eaten a really healthy meal. Don’t you often feel more energized afterward? Many might feel that same increase in energy when they’ve done something spiritual such as when they’ve helped someone in need, prayed or meditated. There are many other things that can increase our life force too such as creating works of art, singing, exercising, and spending time in nature. But on the other side of the coin, there are an infinite number of things in this world that can drain our life force too. Any type of addiction that one falls prey to is a great example of something that can do this. Another thing that can do this is those energy vampires.
And there are people out there, whether they know it or not, that have become these things.
Usually, they are individuals who don’t practice much in the way of positive spirituality. They are often good at putting themselves up on pedestals and are quite proficient in constantly deflecting any negative spotlight off of them. They often suffer from an addiction prone personality and like to be the “actor” in life who likes to run the whole show around them. Any apparent selfless acts or moments of unconditional love they demonstrate are usually self-seeking. And it’s these people who find ways to energetically attach themselves to someone else who is usually in a much weaker place in life than them. Often this attachment process is done through some form of guilt or shame. And once that attachment takes place, the energy vampire slowly drains the life force from the weaker person.
Think for a moment of that umbilical cord which connects an unborn baby to its mother inside a womb. That cord shares vital nourishment from the mother to the baby for its growth and in return, that baby sends energetic feelings of love back to the mother. Now imagine for a moment, an invisible cord that can be connected from one human being to another that does a similar exchange of energy. For two people who become energetically connected together in a positive way, like that mother to her baby, this cord will equally exchange nourishment. But take for a moment, a toxic person who comes along and guilts or shames you into doing something you normally wouldn’t do. Maybe you end up giving that person some money as a result? Or maybe you end up listening to them drone on and on for awhile about the drama in their life? Or quite possibly, maybe you even end up giving a part of yourself away sexually to them? Whatever it is, there is an invisible cord that comes out of that toxic person and attaches to you somewhere on your body. It then starts to suck the life force out of you for the entire time you stay in connection with that toxic person, making you feel more and more drained and then more and more energetic.
As I mentioned in the beginning, I have been both on the giving and receiving end of this energy vampirism. Without even knowing it, I was once an energy vampire who constantly preyed on many weak spirited people. Many of my friends often complained of how exhausted they felt after they talked to me on the phone or hung out with me in person. And I believe today that’s only because I drained their life force by making them do a lot of things they didn’t want to do through my use of guilt and shame. So while they felt drained from being around me, I became more energetic from being around them. On the flip side, I’ve also spent just as much time being sucked dry by other energy vampires. Through their use of guilt and shame, I’ve been coerced into giving my body away sexually to them, draining my finances for their gain, or spending countless hours being put down or made fun of by them. These “attacks” often led me me to developing headaches, feeling more run down, or being more sad and depressed.
I know the idea of this might be very difficult for you to grasp, but in all honesty, it really exists. In fact, you hear about it all the time when people say “That person is really draining!” That’s a good indicator that the person being referred to is an energy vampire. Thankfully, God has led me away from being around them now and from acting as one of them as well.
If someone feels worse after being around you or has ever told you that you’re draining, there’s a good chance you might be acting as an energy vampire and feeding off of someone else’s life force. And if you are feeling more drained yourself after spending any time connecting with someone else, there’s a good chance that person might be an energy vampire who’s feeding off of your own life force. In either case, neither is a good thing. The only solution I’ve found to break free from it all is to seek a closer relationship with your Higher Power. It is your Higher Power who can and will provide you with all the life force you’ll ever need, and at the same time, will protect you from all those who might ever try to take some of it away…
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson