Pardon my French- but HOLY FUCK… energy vampires are the actual worst.

If you don’t have any energy vampires (aka emotional vampires) in your life, consider yourself #BLESSED because they are coming at me strong lately & I am exhausted.

Let me make this VERY CLEAR. I love my readers to no end & this post has absolutely zero to do with them. My readers can ask me anything they want anytime of day and I will respond happily with bells on… the energy vampires are not my readers. I wanna get that out of the way before any confusion arises on who I am talking about.

The energy vampires are also not my friends or family for the most part. There are a few exceptions, of course, but typically with friends & family the energy draining goes both ways. It’s a give/take with the people closest to you. If I have had a one sided energy vampire in my life, they aren’t my friend anymore. I am happy to say I have a small circle of people in my life & none of them are energy vampires.

AN ENERGY VAMPIRE IS ONE SIDED. THEY DRAIN YOUR ENERGY, BUT DON’T LET YOU DRAIN ANY OF THEIR’S & it’s honestly the most tiring thing known to man (or me…).

Energy vampires present themselves in a variety ways & for each person it is different. What I consider to be an energy vampire you may not be bothered by. The common force with all types of energy vampires is that they can’t live a positive life on their own so they suck the life out of others. They will feed off of your good energy, trying to bring you down too. IT’S NOT COOL.

The energy vampires in my life are the ones who think I owe them something based on the fact they once knew me. Just because we went to Sunday school together 100 years ago & are friends on Facebook does not mean you can pick my brain. I CAN NOT COUNT ON MY FINGERS & TOES HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO HAVE MY BRAIN PICKED. Who came up with that anyways? It’s morbid, it’s my brain, & NO… I am going to politely decline you picking my brain.

My intention is not to come off bitchy, but I am putting my foot down, so if this makes me a bitch… so be it. I can handle that for the sake of some mental clarity & renewed energy to use on my OWN WORK, TYVM. I have long been known to have issues with saying NO to people & being a HUGE people pleaser. I am definitely a work in progress when it comes to this, but since I have become aware of ENERGY VAMPIRES, saying NO has been 100x easier. Which is why I wanted to write this post.

First of all, I am feeling a little scrappy & secondly, I want to help you guys spot the energy vampires in your life because being able to spot & STOP an energy vampire from sucking you dry is REFRESHING.

It is like the emotional nap you didn’t know you needed & at all costs- protect your energy!!!!!!!

5 WAYS TO SPOT AN ENERGY VAMPIRE

or figure out if you are one…

1. Energy vampires don’t have opinions, they have facts. Everything they say is true, even if it’s 100% not true. If an energy vampire says the sky is pink, the sky is pink. Don’t try to argue, cause that will suck your energy.

2. Energy vampires are rudely honest & not in a cute “what a good friend” way. Example of a rudely honest vampire, “What ARE THOSE PANTS? Look’s like you stepped right out the 90’s LOL”. You didn’t ask, but they couldn’t resist letting you know. Worst part is- they probably LIKE your pants *eye roll emoji*.

3. Energy vampires complain, blame, & guilt trip. All the damn time. Nothing is ever there fault. If they stepped on your toe an energy vampire will find a way to make you apologize for it. Oh yes- they are very manipulative too.

4. Energy vampires are jealous & insecure, which typically presents itself as being a total hater. FOR EXAMPLE- this weekend my sister was taking photos of my outfit outside a donut shop. An energy vampire came in hot clapping at me in a very aggressive/making fun of me type way. I clapped back cause I am not down with people making fun of me for doing my damn thing & although I am incredibly nice… I am scrappy as fuck.

This particular energy vampire was fully ready to throw down in the donut shop parking lot & if this was 5 years ago/I wasn’t at a baby shower… I would’ve been to. Sadly, I am just too fucking tired the second an energy vampire walks onto the scene. All that clapping was exhausting & as she came at me, I went right back to posing (which is exactly what pissed her off in the first place LOL). This particular energy vampire inspired this post, so TYSM girl in the parking lot. Hater’s are cute.

5. OH & WE CAN’T FORGET MY FAVORITE ENERGY VAMPIRE TYPE- the brain pickers. Man oh man the brain pickers. Do I need to explain? No… I don’t think so. They’ve drained enough of my energy for today… we all know the type though.

SO…. DO YOU KNOW AN ENERGY VAMPIRE? DID YOU JUST REALIZE YOU MIGHT BE AN ENERGY VAMPIRE?

If it is the latter & you think that you may be hitting too hard on the above points… it’s ALL GOOD. Don’t beat yourself up you little energy vampire you (trying to play victim eh?). Just realize it, embrace it, & make some changes. Self realization is key people & if you’re not getting invited places/don’t have a lot of friends… you might be an energy vampire in training.

IF SO- work it out with your therapist stat. Being around an energy vampire is exhausting… I can’t imagine how tiring it is to actually be one. Just talking about all of this energy draining has got me drained.

GTG SLAY SOME VAMPIRES now! x, E

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