6 Signs You're Dealing with Energy Vampires

Are you an empath or a highly sensitive person who is easily affected by the emotions or energy of others? If so, then you might want to be careful around emotional energy vampires. An energy vampire is a person who feeds off your emotions, or psychic, energy. People who display energy vampire traits generally lack empathy, sensitivity, and emotional maturity. As a result of the pain or insecurity they feel inside, energy vampires are addicted to preying on the vitality of others as an attempt to heal their inner suffering. Are you in a situation, where you might be the energy vampire, or someone close to you? Are you wondering if you're an energy vampire as well? If so, then this video will show you the signs that you are dealing with energy vampires. Energy vampires' behavior can be very similar to narcissistic abuse. Writer: Chloe Avanasa Script Editor: Kelly Soong VO: Amanda Silvera Animator: Mocha YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong Article: https://psych2go.net/6-signs-of-an-en... References: de Vries, M. F. K. (2014). Are you a victim of the victim syndrome?. In Mindful Leadership Coaching (pp. 68-86). Palgrave Macmillan, London. Lobel, T. E., & Teiber, A. (1994). Effects of self-esteem and need for approval on affective and cognitive reactions: Defensive and true self-esteem. Personality and Individual Differences, 16(2), 315-321. Pistole, M. C. (1995). Adult attachment style and narcissistic vulnerability. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 12(1), 115. Nagy, S., & Davis, L. G. (1985). Burnout: A comparative analysis of personality and environmental variables. Psychological Reports, 57(3_suppl), 1319-1326. Grosz, M. P., Dufner, M., Back, M. D., & Denissen, J. J. (2015). Who is open to a narcissistic romantic partner? The roles of sensation seeking, trait anxiety, and similarity. Journal of Research in Personality, 58, 84-95. Are you interested in illustrating for Psych2Go, contact [email protected] with the role you want to try: writing, editing, drawing etc.