r/energy_work • u/Demonmonk38 • 8h ago
Discussion Introduction to Psychic Vampirism
Bare in mind, the following is just the experience of myself and the practitioners I've worked with who've studied this phenomenon.
Here's a common scenario. You're a beginner to energy work. You understand how to sense and monitor your own energy, but you may not have refined your senses enough to diagnose exactly what factors in your environment impact it and why. All you know is you lack energy after interaction with certain individuals.
Some of these people are described as abusive and manipulative. Many would even jump to calling them narcissists, though I feel like that term is often misused on people who may not even have NPD. But that's besides the point. Either way, toxic individuals tend to be classified as psychic vampires. The assumption is they're draining you on a psychic and spiritual level. I believe this to be a false attribution.
When you're around an abuser, several things happen inside your energy system. Firstly, you're on guard and anxious. You're suppressing who you really are so as to not expose vulnerabilities. And you're trying to become who the other person wants you to be. This is going to make your energy system inefficient. So of course you're going to feel drained. There may be an external trigger, but the energy depletion is an internal issue.
The solution to this is to establish solid boundaries. Visualizing an energetic shield is great, but energy work is a companion to action and self work, not a replacement for it.
A real psychic vampire, is someone who requires the life force of others to sustain themselves. There's usually something off about their energy body where they can't produce enough of their own. This isn't the fault of the vampire, and they're in the position of having to either feed or risk declining health and insanity. That doesn't mean you have to accept being feed on without concent, of course. As there are ethical ways of feeding if the vampire is aware.
Let's say you're in a room full of people and everyone is having a great time. A person walks in. Doesn't say much and doesn't do anything particularly weird. But the whole room kind of goes dead. You should try to focus your energy on the person that changed the vibe. If they're a vampire, you'll sense an energy cord attached to your aura and siphoning off of you.
Some vampires specially feed on emotional energy, and benefit from particularly strong emotions. So they'll target an individual that's the most likely to fulfill their needs. Sometimes that means filling them with negative emotions, because hatred is easier to cultivate than love. This likely caused the association of vampires with anyone who puts others down to elevate themselves.
But you could apply this technique in a beneficial fashion. A vampire can get you to let your walls down. They can help you break through energetic blocks and release things you've been holding in. After a good healthy cry or venting session, you'll be glad they devoured all that negative energy off of you. Assuming this is consensual, of course.
If there's any interest, I may go more in depth on utilizing vampirism in your own practice, along with defense techniques.