The Lyft Driver Vampire Encounters: Real Vampirism In The USA
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Fellow Millennium gothic here… far before my goth days, my grandmother took me to New Orleans (before the devastation of Katrina) and I fell in love with it. I was a very shy child and I met eyes with a gorgeous and alluring woman who beckoned me without words, she felt so warm and sweet. Without even thinking, I began walking to her as she smiled and put her hand out.. this is far from how I normally behaved as a child, I avoided interaction typically. I then snapped out of my trance when a man put his hand on her shoulder and gave her a look of sheer disapproval. She broke eye contact with me and seemed to wilt under his hardened gaze. I then noticed my grandmother shouting for me and I ran back over to her.. I’ve never experienced anything like it. I remember it all fuzzy and through the lense of a child but the feeling she gave me… I will never forget. Often I think.. “wtf was that about?”
Sounds like a pedophile which is technically a vampire , I'm sending you love to help you heal from this awful experience ❤
You were narrowly saved from being kidnapped
On a trip to New Orleans back in the late 2000s my 3 year old son ran across the plaza and climbed up into a fortune teller's lap. While my son was friendly, he wasn't that friendly. We were nowhere close to her. Good emotional vampire side job?
That sounds like a true vampire, because they can psychically connect and manipulate your emotions.
Probably a psychic vampire who wanted to feed from you but was stopped by their partner or “master”. Children’s energy is more pure, less polluted with things like self doubt and psychological distress. It can be tempting. It’s also a moral issue for some people. Much like feeding without permission. Which is probably why the man stopped her.
Do I personally believe in vampires? Not really.
Will I watch this entire video in rapt attention anyway? Obviously yes
I lived in Las Vegas and there was a bar that claimed to have vampires in it. There was also the movie Fear and loathing in Las Vegas that had Hunter Thompson and Johnny Depp getting high off Adrenochrome. The Bible tells you that life is in the blood and do not drink it. Witches, vampires and werewolves are associated together. I would suggest any person in the service industry to be wary around people because not everyone is good. Whether you are a Lyft driver, pizza delivery or anything near people you just never know. If someone wants to hand you a drink be careful, better not to accept it.
I agree with you. I am also massaging my left calf with my right foot and it feels SO incredible ❤🥰 I hope you massage yourself or ask someone else. You deserve to be pampered 😊🎉
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"-they weren't dressed like goths, they were dressed really expensively-"
*clutches black pearls*
Goth is definitely expensive 🖤
As a goth girl in my teenage years me and my friends loved to think that we were vampires and you can really manipulate your mind into hallucinating things without any drugs or alcohol. :) I even developed some mild allergies to garlic. :D
As someone who grew up in a Pentecostal church and is now an atheist, I concur with the power of the mind
Very true, it’s like placebo affect or kinda like cognitive delusions, there is a actual term for clinical vampirism, I think it’s call Renfields syndrome
Honestly....I have ALWAYS wished I could be selected and become a truly real vampire. Not some outcast with bad skin from drinking a lot of nasty fucking pig blood or some horse shit. LMFAO! I was also a goth as a kid. 😅
@@gurgleblurgle7345 All is Mind, the Mind is All, the All is One.
isnt craving blood a sign of iron deficiency 😭 they’re probably anemic
It could be iron or other things more concentrated in blood like B vitamins
i can confirm this when i have been more severely iron deficient this happened to me so it is possible
@@ahomefordreamsdefinitely more believable than being “real” vampires. they need to get a job and go see a doctor
When I had a vit D deficiency I was exhausted and my bones hurt so much, with that and with severe iron deficiencies that I’ve had a few times I’ve always had extreme fatigue and could barely walk when it was at its worst as I just couldn’t muster the energy to climb stairs or anything, so I could see that at that point someone might believe they need something very extreme to rejuvenate them and that’s probably why they think someone healthy giving their blood would maybe help but I think it must be more complex than that, that maybe it’s various deficiencies at once or a genetic disorder or something, that’s possibly mental as well? 🤔 as I never once thought at any point ‘you know what would clear this up nicely?! Some blood!’ 🤔😂 even when the doctor was saying I needed to eat meat and if I could stomach it some animal organs and stuff as well but I really couldn’t even think of eating it so I just took loads of supplements until it got back to a decent level and take daily vitamins and iron now to keep my levels healthy but who knows, aliens are possible so who’s to say vampires aren’t also? 🤷♀️
I’m anemic and love vampires. These people are just putting on a persona for fun imo
Interview with the Vampire
Meets Taxi Cab Confessions.
I've been on an Anne Rice binge lately so it's great
"It's a telenovela!"
Perfect description of this in all the right ways.
And the Queen of the damned :)
Every time you talk about vampires it’s the happiest day of my life !!!
Aww, yay!
@@ofherbsandaltarsA new upload from you makes my day since the beginning
Just love you Dorian... thank you so much for your channel for &your books 💜 especially when it comes about vampires 🔮🖤🔮
@@ofherbsandaltarsYes I second that. I’ve followed you for a few years lurking and absolutely find you and your content so fascinating! I haven’t watched all your vids but definitely do my best to watch when I can. Thankyou for making you tube and the world a more interesting place ❤
Well not to impress you or anything but one time I had a bloody nose.
@@ofherbsandaltarsI don't really know what close still your were but it looks really cool.
There's a book, _The Ethical Psychic Vampire_ based on the premise that most people have an energy link directly to the universe, but there are a few who need to get their energy indirectly from other people. The book is at least a thoughtful look at how this system can work and is written as non-fiction.
I think that most people have a need to get energy, or at the very least companionship and understanding, from others. We are generally a social species. Some go too far and really drain others.
@@Violet-qf8drI'm sorry but this will lead to nothing your being pushed by demons to do evil and it is demons let's not cope here the behaviour matches much more of a demon than a human
@@Violet-qf8dr I used to be near male energy and without knowing would gain more strength in my auric field. When I realized I was doing that I stopped. I already have good chi on my own and can raise my vibration which is what each person should be doing. I didn't drain the energy from the other person, but I see how that could happen and that would be unethical.
Back in 1987, when I was 18, I worked at a restaurant in Colorado Springs, Colorado, called McKenna's Pub. The building where it was located used to be a church. The building was very haunted (I experienced phenomena on multiple occasions including poltergeist and apparition activity) but I became convinced over time that the chef was a vampire! On the surface he seemed like a normal guy. Mostly. He appeared to be somewhere in his thirties, the short wiry type. A rock and roller with a New Jersey accent. The only thing that would strike you odd about his appearance and persona was that he had a wall-eye. One eye was pointed straight ahead and the other one off to the side. But it sometimes seemed like it swapped back and forth. You could never really tell which eye was looking at you. His name was striking, however: Marius D. Overhand III. And he had a thousand stories! Stories about hanging out with the guys in Aerosmith before they were famous, stories about all sorts of crazy shit. I don't remember, it was a long time ago. But after awhile, just the sheer number of crazy parties and crime-sprees and drug binges started to seem impossible for one guy to have experienced. But none of these things were the reason my friends and I started thinking that he might be a vampire. At work he was a go-getter, seemingly possessed of an endless supply of energy. He could sustain working harder and longer than anyone I had ever met, but to offset this, he would constantly let loose a tirade of aches and woes, (perhaps to throw the suspicious off his scent?) He would take blood from the filet mignon and cook it with milk and sugar to make what he called "blut und milch" which he said was a traditional German drink. If you cut yourself, he would immediately leave the room in a hurry. Nobody could beat him at arm wrestling. He never dressed gothy or did anything overtly spooky, but there was something spooky about him anyway. Not creepy like a stalker or pedophile or anything like that, but just an unsettling feeling about him. Like a subconscious reluctance to be alone with him. But this one time really shook me. Rewind to when I first started working there. The person who was the kitchen manager at the time was giving me the tour and he showed me how the 4-burner stove and flattop grill were one big piece with the large oven and hood-vent. He said one of these days we were going to have a "cleaning party" where we all stay late and drink some beer (18 year olds could drink 3.2 beer in Colorado at the time) and clean the kitchen top to bottom. He said last time it took 6 guys huffing and straining to move that thing out to clean behind it even using levers. Fast forward to 6 months later when Marius finally called the cleaning party. That guy didn't even work there anymore, but I still remembered what he had said about the oven. I'm standing around the corner from the line where the oven is scrubbing something and I see Marius go by with a long metal pole. He proceeds to stick it under the corner of the oven and lift the whole thing and move it all by himself! He stands back up and sets down the pole. Then a few seconds later, he notices that I had witnessed the whole thing, and am standing there gaping. Then suddenly he starts moaning and holding his back and goes out of the room moaning "Ohh, I fucked up my back!" But a few minutes later he's back to work as if nothing happened. Except for when he passes by me, he plays up the back pain "Ohh my back!" So one time as he passes, moaning, I say "Looks like you used a little bit too much of that preternatural strength of yours, eh, Marius?" and suddenly he turns and looks me straight in the eyes with BOTH OF HIS EYES! The first and only time he ever did that! And he seemed to get taller! And my insides turned completely to jello! He transfixed me with his piercing gaze and I just melted into a puddle, practically. I was too weak to hold the scrubber I was using. I've never experienced anything even remotely like that before! Like once I was out in a field and heard a bobcat howl. It made my blood run cold, but that was nothing like this. Coupled with all the apparitions and poltergeist activity, that was a pretty creepy job! The building has since been torn down. I'm not sure what is there now.
Marius sounds like a solid dude! 😂 Cryptids walk (and work) among us! Vampire Anthony Bourdain 😂
I think your friend passed away in April of 2022. Pretty sure I found his obituary.
@@kristab321 Perhaps there will be a Marius D. Overhand IV who shows up in a few years in a new city a fully grown man...?
This is the best vampire story ive ever read in my life, and I am a hardcore book reader. The truth rings so loud and clear. Glad you shared that with us!!
that is an epic tale, friend. ❤
When I was an adolescent, I felt constantly drained. I was never into vampire movies or anything. I sought medical care for the level of sheer exhaustion I had for no known reason. I got to the point that I couldn't get out of bed without struggling physically and was in otherwise good health. My mom took me to a friend of hers who was a reiki master for a session. I felt revitalized afterward. She explained that I seemed to have a very low level of Qi. I had been reading and dabbling in occult practices and turned to nature as my solution. I found that by standing on a beach in a storm or quietly meditating for hours alone in the woods, I would feel better. I can draw energy from the world around me rather than from a person or animal. I have had more than my share of other people's blood in me from blood transfusions I needed at 30 (36 units of blood) and don't have any desire to have more. Can I use others' energy as a source? Sure, but I feel like that would be depriving them of it. And I hate the idea of vampire courts and referring to myself as a vampire.
I had similar experiences. You can draw energy from nature, the sun, however I have personally found that you can ground into the earth, (visualize that you are a tree, see your feet become roots ec.) And instead of allowing your feet to become roots. Allowing your sliver cord (that you see when meditating) to go straight into the earth. Going deeper and deeper, until you see a ball of fire in the center. Lock your cord to the ball of fire. And watch as the golden energy goes up it and into your body.
Now you can't stay connected forever. The energy would over power you. But you can use it to "feed"/refill your body, from time to time.
I found that this works much better than feeding on people, and lasts much longer.
Personally I believe that you are refilling yourself from the base earth energy. That we all come from, and so should give back by honoring the earth as a thank you. (But that is my personal belief.)
Now you won't get a " high" as if feeding of of someone's energy, but I believe that it's better. I know a few who doesn't even need to get energy anymore after doing this. Alas I am not so blessed. Hope this helps.
@dolphinamoon I will try this next time. I do find that drawing energy from nature absolutely lasts longer. I tend to plan a day once a month, more frequently if necessary, and go out to the coast or to the mountains. Sometimes it's a day trip, sometimes I stay overnight. Living in western Washington, I have all sorts of places within a one to two hour drive where I can spend a day and never see another person. I don't do it for a high, but the energy in a powerful storm I find to produce that rush.
@@notsparks Oh I know that you don't, storms have a lot of power, as dose all of nature. I understand completely. I said it for others who will unieventfuly read this. Your lucky to have that. I miss when I could go for a day or two. I did the same thing for years, well until my son was born.... But I digress.
Vitamin d is an amazing thing...
I found myself suffering similarly and was checked for a number of things like fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. Supplementation of magnesium and b vitamins with the occasional heavy dose of vitamin d took care of my issue.
Same here,cool to see another person like this! I also get extremely drained unless I draw energy from nature or the world
I grew up near New Orleans, and whenever we visited the city, my family played a people-watching game: "fake vampire, or real vampire?" We debated on the status of those clad-in-black, and as much as it was a game... if we deemed anyone a real vampire, we kept our distance.
fancy meeting you here!
My spouse was into this. The problem was he was in Florida in the 90s, and there were some incredibly disturbed people in it. For him it was like a cosplay that became a lifestyle. But there was a very high profile murder involving people in that community. Look up the ‘vampire: the masquerade’ murders. He didn’t know the people involved as most were in different states and cities, but he knew of them through other people who were into it. He wasn’t much younger than the teens and young adults involved. There were other smaller incidents that didn’t really blow up in the news, involving teen/young adult vampires in Florida around that time. It sort of spanned a few states. But while my husband and his friends got out, they have talked about the more legitimate and safe side of ‘vampirism’ as a lifestyle. It’s fascinating to me as someone who played VTM as a kid years after all that, and wished it was real, or that I could at least believe it was real.
i encountered some of it myself, around 20 years ago, not US btw, european country, it existed on the fringe of the goth scene and was overlapping with it a lot, and was both energy feeding and the sang part. it is real on some levels and involves some sort of occult practices with the vampire archetype woven into it, i never understood it properly there was that weird couple among other things, running a pretty clandestine internet group, trying to recruit young ppl into it. i had a very low profile blog writing down all sort of my own dark twisted thoughs in it, and ran into their blogs in the end, they were fascinating on the art/emotion level, but i only had to comment once and they started some weird mind games trying to pull me into it. i was very lost in/out of myself all my life and definitely in a quite self-destructive phase at that point, but since i was always a loner, skeptic, and actually truly severed from all the occult aspects, i was cautious enough to stay away those two, there was something dangerous there for sure, a lot of real darkness and manipulation. there was more of it ofc, but yea lot of it was mostly on cosplay/rp level, there were more little personal stories to it, as everything you are sharing is very thought and memory provoking, thank you a lot again :)
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As a meduim and someone who can see onto the astral I think these people have entity attachments that they are not even aware of .
I did. Nix from Ky that took it to far.
I remember that game. I wasnt allowed to play because I wanted to be a vampire with pointy ears and cat eyes. Probably a good thing!
The vampire court just sound like some people that are way too into World of Darkness.
Or "What We Do In The Shadows"
If the real thing exists, I’m sure they avoid that like the plague.
Many of them were tabletop nerds into VtM that were basically goth larpers back in the 90s. The whole courts thing was born of many taking themselves too seriously. A few have sought to provide a sort of mutual aid network within the community however.
I correct it to cult..
The real vampires keep themselves to themselves and don't talk about it. They sit back and have a good chuckle over the ones that party and are very vocal about the community.
You mean every "Effective" vampire....
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Not true. Vampirism is just energy work.
@@Necrophyllis. It's true. I can't say how I know,but I know.
I have a friend who's a qigong instructor who can manipulate energies around him. Im a highly sensitive person and can feel the shifts in energy around him, it's fascinating stuff.
I have to say that I do appreciate that he always asks permission before entering/tapping into others' energy first. Anyway with all that said I do believe energy vampires exist and they don't always ask for permission before feeding. 😅✌️
I love your videos and fresh perspectives, thanks for all of your hard work and amazing makeup!! 😊
To all the energy vampires out there, learn how to cultivate your own energy through qigong instead of stealing others through manipulation, shit stirring and promiscuity. It is so much more worth it in the long run.
The Vampire Courts sound a whole lot like World of Darkness LARPs.
Exactly what I was thinking of. It's basically the Camarilla straight out of the VTM rulebook; it seems like there are people out there who just take their LARP way too far and start tapping into energies in a sinister way.
@@kimberlycaritas i was thinking that too. When i first got into VTM, i thought it was strange how much of the core rulebook was dedicated to looking after your players, handling bleed over and the importance of debriefing. I'm starting to see why thats all there
It's very much based on that.
I wrote a LARP called "This Is Not A Vampire LARP" about a Real Vampyre Society where players play as humans who believe they are vampires (and totally not larpers)
America has that build-in Fraternity culture too. this sounds like frats for people who are no longer in college but who still need the whole social-club-with-rituals-and-hierarchy thing. cos yeah, it feeds (no pun intended) into their need for heritage and tradition and history.
I'm a "real vampire" in the USA. And I find the drama of how Americans approach the VC exhausting. Like " I'm the queen of such and such, obey me and love me" I'm like, " ok bitch, whatever, like I didn't just see you waiting tables at the local diner. Your majesty, take a seat." And it's laughable how they feel that they can actually banish or "exile" a member of the community.
The story of 'Bram Stoker's Dracula', was written during the Victorian era, when veinerial diseases like Syphilis, were not only rampant, but being heavily studied by science. Bram Stoker's Dracula had an underlying influence from the fear of blood-born diseases. It's very similar to the way that zombie movies became popular during a time when there was a great fear in society, of the world being taken over by communists. Vampire films made a resurgence in the 80's with the fear of the AIDS virus. At this time, the trend in horror films was also strengthened by the big 'Satanic Panic' scare. If you grew up in the 80's you'll know all about it.
Oh yeah, and lead poisoning, TB, and the queen had hemophilia.
I love the timing of the topics of your content. I’m an Uber driver in the vampire capital of the USA - the key peninsula is known to be full of them. It’s even posted some places “no vampires will be served”. I’ve definitely crossed paths with some cold unexplainable souls.
The vampire capital is in the florida keys??? I aways thought it was new orleans 🤔
@@holliisixx Port Townsend, it’s part of our lore around being settled. We’re known for big foot as well. You’re not truly a Washingtonian if you haven’t seen either. I’ve seen both x
as somebody new to the puget sound area, i appreciate the info 😶
This is fascinating..
@@suckerfish3043 my brothers wife has been turned away several times. She’s very meek and pale and so timid she won’t say anything. (Port Angeles before twilight was filmed would refuse service if they suspect vampires and it is posted)
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the most terrifying part of rural america is that almost all of the native stories, traditions, and protections that were once commonplace were wiped out along with so many of the native americans themselves. Non-native americans are messing with things that we know nothing about and do not know how to protect against, it's no wonder there's so many terrifying stories surfacing
It’s so sad they used to call these people “uncivilised” and uneducated when the colonisers were the uneducated and reckless ones especially about these things
Native Americans are an ethnic group - not like supernatural entities lmao
@@poosciferthey acknowledged the supernatural/spiritual in a way that we are now treating as mental illness. I think this is why so many mental disorders and sicknesses DEEPLY root in this lack of understanding
I heard that was the case with the Superstition Mountains. The people who went there looking for gold assumed it was just drunk natives making things up until they witnessed paranormal stuff themselves.
"Nothing" is inaccurate. Much of this lore was passed on to humans from supernatural entities.
Europe had J.C.I. rot forced upon our Pagan cultures with fire and steel. Inflicting catastrophic levels of destruction and suppression of traditional knowledge, causing the dark ages.
Whereas the New World populations were spared this form of destruction until more recently (1800s).
They could easily have a medical condition and placebo effected themselves into vampires lol
That's what I'm thinking. Some of these people are probably anemic or they have a vitamin deficiency or even suffer from depression. They probably need to see doctors or something.
Sounds like thyroid problems almost. Talk about being tired. It's super zombifying.
@@middleofnowhere1313Fr these "vampires" probably have legit medical issues and need to see a doctor dawg 💀💀💀
Alexa, whats BPD?
@@sincityisbreezy444 I do think it's a mix of medical neglect and some kind of a mental issue.
Try to get legally medicated when the only language you have for your illness is "I am vampire"...
My best friend in high school was an energy vampire. I don't think she knew it. I wish her well and I never, ever, ever want to see her again.
I'd recommend researching energy vampirism to deepen your understanding of your own energy and to learn how to protect it.
I'm from America and Native American (PSA just because someone "doesn't look indigenous" that doesn't make them less indigenous in America we are all a mixing bowl so please be respectful ok let's continue) I have Ottawa, Sioux, and Cherokee and when it comes to spirits and vampires just anything supernatural my mom taught me a lot about it and how it can be dangerous and if you don't know what you're doing you're in danger. I'm very fortunate to know how to cleanse and other traditional tactics to fight against the dark. My point of view as someone who is indigenous and a somewhat spiritual person and sensitive is that not all spirits are bad HOWEVER unfortunately there's many that can be that's why you always need to take caution in anything whether buying spirits or even ouija boards you have to know what you're doing and how to protect yourself because it's very easy for bad things to come in and if you don't know how to get rid of it then it can ruin your life. I've seen this happen to my family, it's no joke. Btw I love your stuff you helped me learn that I have autism and on my way,to get a diagnosis! Hope everyone is doing good and PLEASE protect yourself! Be safe!
Thank you for clarifying this about indigenous people. I have a high percentage of Seminole and Cherokee DNA (between 1/3 and 1/2) but I’m naturally blonde and I have very light eyes and coloring. I didn’t grow up with it because I was adopted. However on my teens when I started dabbling in spiritual things I had a lot of dreams that spiritually sync up with Indigenous spiritual paths. As an adult I met my biological family. It was shocking meeting my dad and two of my siblings who look far more indigenous than me. But I’m terrified to talk about my heritage and experience because so many white people have dawned it as a costume. I cannot blame anyone for suspicions but we need more conversations that recognize that people do not always look like their heritage since most people on the western world aren’t just one race or ethnicity.
@@baileymoran8585 Absolutely! I’ve dealt with people not taking me seriously unless they saw my mom and pictures of her parents. It’s really unfortunate that even in 2024 with the recognition of America being a mixing pot of cultures and genetics that we still don’t believe people unless they look like what they say they are. I’ve unfortunately have been told I was faking till I showed them. I really hope this changes.
Cherokee/Sicilian mix here. You’re absolutely right. We are diverse in this country. I reign from Philly and we’ve always been completely gentrified during my 4+ decade lifespan./ Yes you have to tread carefully when in comes to interacting with the supernatural. Extremely sound advice!!!.
Aaaayyy, native girlie here too (ojibwe). Totally relating to all the things you described, like the experience of not looking native and how spirits work😊
@@baileymoran8585 I absolutely agree. America is a melting pot of so many cultures that you cannot discredit someone based on their appearance. Instead we need to encourage the exploration of the cultures that were repressed for decades and help each other.
Sounds like my X wife. When I was around her, I had practically NO energy. I was walking around in a nightmare. She did everything she could to insure that I was broke, miserable, and broken as a person. She didn't just do it to me, she left a wake of broken people.
Sounds like a Narrissist.. mine was.. but also left me for a vampire sex cult so maybe.
@@NickeyVamp Yes, I have been watching the videos on narcissists, too. In my opinion, There is no difference between a narcissist and a sociopath. My x was a sociopath, but it did seem like she consumed my life force.
I feel like an energy vampire would perform in haunted houses. Such a charged-up atmosphere, people screaming and running everywhere, drunk and/or high people making trouble, and the ever/present risk of injury. It gets you out of the harsh daylight of mainstream society.
I've been a haunter for 12 years and listening to you talk about feeding off the environment made me feel like I AM an energy vampire 😮
Interesting. I've worked in a haunted house before and I felt that too. I enjoyed being an entertainer, providing a fun time, the jump scaring was great 😂 I wasn't dressed very scary either we went through the thrift store and made zombie outfits, dressing up, the makeup, hanging out with my other actor friends. Lots of fun. I like events and parties a lot.
I'm pretty sure our Monarchy are legitimately vampiric
The development of this type of activity was from these types of liniage.
King Charles does claim ancestry with Vlad the impaler so..there is that.
Definitely and definitely the ripping children apart type😢
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say the Vampire court system is probably derived from Vampire The Masquerade LARPers
You are so correct about the way Americans see the monarchy. Im from NOLA and we have NUMEROUS Carnival (Mardi Gras) clubs called krewes that each have a royal court with a king, queen, and multiple maids (kinda like princesses). Its a huge society thing for the rich folks.
I've sat in front of an energy vampire before at a class on how to connect with your guides and ancestors. During the class, I felt someone behind me draining me during the meditation, even though we weren't touching. It took all my energy to create a psychic wall between us. I have interesting abilities and a light other people can see or feel. I'm use to attracting people, especially people with a lot of darkness, but that was the first time anyone ever tried to forcefully take energy from me. Now I wonder if he went to the class specifically to find someone like me.
Unrelated to vampires and more on her point about Americans being disconnected from their roots. The Appalachian mountain range is the same as the Scottish highlands, they separated when Pangea split apart, and a lot of Scottish and Irish settled there when they immigrated. It’s like they recognized a little piece of home and settled, though it was probably not intentional and more so out of convenience or because they couldn’t go anywhere else.
I think all this is pretty easily explainable by natural phenomena, largely of the psychological variety, but it is definitely interesting and intriguing nonetheless!
"I'm the finger down your spine when all the lights are out. I'm the name on all the men's room walls. When I pout, the whole world tries to make me smile. And everyone always wants to know, who... is... that girl?"
Vampire the masquerade bloodlines! I wish the vtm universe were still like this! Now it reflects real life too much.
"Oh, I'm not frightening you, am I, duckling?" 💖🖤💖
I think a good answer to the dangers of taking any religions, ideologies, myths etc. far too serious to the point when it´s getting dangerous, is a good feeling and understanding of your own personality, a sense of humor and critical thinking. Nice video. I enjoyed watching/listening to it. Your stories are always interesting. I am glad that I found your channel.
I almost can't believe how grounding, educational, a healthy dose of reality this segment is.
I have to say: "I value 'of herbs and alters'. Thank You very much ❤.
every time i hear stories of tiktok people telling about paranormal experiences i think of that one arthur clip where the rabbit goes "you think someone would do that? go on the internet and tell lies?" like 99% of tiktok paranormal stuff is deliberately fake
Same, but imo if you take it as just a story it's entertaining
I was married to a psychic vampire. He had no idea and neither did I. It wasn't until a few psychic readers couldn't pick up on him that I put 2 and 2 together. Luckily I have more than enough energy as a witch, to sustain several people, he wasn't able to affect me much. He is able to gather energy for himself without needing to actually touch anyone. This served him well when he was sent to prison lol.
Loved the end of that story ♡
Fellow Millennium gothic here… far before my goth days, my grandmother took me to New Orleans (before the devastation of Katrina) and I fell in love with it. I was a very shy child and I met eyes with a gorgeous and alluring woman who beckoned me without words, she felt so warm and sweet. Without even thinking, I began walking to her as she smiled and put her hand out.. this is far from how I normally behaved as a child. I then snapped out of my trance when a man put his hand on her shoulder and gave her a look of sheer disapproval. She broke eye contact with me and seemed to wilt under his hardened gaze. I then noticed my grandmother shouting for me and I ran back over to her.. I’ve never experienced anything like it. I remember it all fuzzy and through the lense of a child but the feeling she gave me… I will never forget. Often I think.. “wtf was that about?
this look is stunning!
Interesting comment that you made about the United States and the mountains. I've lived (and still live) in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. These mountains are the oldest in the world, and there is definitely an energy to them. It is not at all a conspiracy theory to say that various individuals have hidden in these mountains for various reasons over the centuries. Also, there are definitely hidden research, military, and government facilities of various kinds around. Needless to say, in the over 50 years that I've lived here, I've seen and heard some strange things, and I've definitely met someone that could match your description of a dark occult vampire, etc. I knew at the time that something was a little off with her. She did not dress like a Goth nor did she seem to follow the Gothic subculture, but she was EXTREMELY knowledgeable regarding the occult. Thirty years later, I'm finally beginning to understand what was going on with her somewhat now that I'm older and more educated. She has since left the area in the last year or so. You are right, she did not age, and she has done a wonderful job doing a disappearing act. I do know where she is presently, but I have no desire to bother her. I nicely left her a message or two, but she has opted not to answer me back, and I honor her decision. Over thirty years ago, she wanted me to move in with her! The age of the Internet has provided me with lots of information regarding the vampire community. It still exists, but it is low profile, and many people would pass right by it if they did not know exactly what they were looking for and never realize that they had. It is not wise to mess with it if you are just a curious person. Also, my time with her has left me with some interesting health issues, and dark energies. The mountain people, and the small towns around (particularly college towns) have just about every kind of trouble you can imagine (and many kinds that you can't) that you could get into. Like many things (including drugs, moonshine, and other rackets), it is best to steer clear of it if you do come across it. There is also advice that goes with social interactions that one follows when one sees something unusual going on in the mountains and in the area: "If you see something, no you didn't! If you hear something (particularly your name being called in the middle of nowhere), no you didn't! Best to pretend that you didn't see, hear, nor understand what just happened, and quietly walk away and mind your own business, etc." Also, I might add, that there are MANY disappearances regarding hikers, etc. in the nearby national parks, on the interstate highways, etc. The United States is a large place, and there are many little and large areas that people doing various things do both good and evil things, and hide. The weird people that you have to worry about tend to be transients I have found. They tend to work in jobs that require a lot of travel between states, etc. Being a Lyft or Uber driver would be a perfect cover for them as well come to think of it! Also, hanging out with the Lyft or Uber driver and/or messing with them some would be reckless (but not unsurprising) behavior that I could definitely imagine happening! Guess that explains why it is so difficult to call a cab or ride service anymore around here! They don't want to come, and won't pick you up if they can help it even if you offer to pay them well! Their reluctance makes sense now!
I’ve been a hairdresser for 24 years and there have definitely been a few times over the years that a client has drained me of energy and creativity and I couldn’t really remember what all we talked about. After one of these encounters, my next client showed up and my creativity was shot. Trying to figure out how her hair color should emphasize her haircut seemed like rocket science. My creative brain seemed so far away and I was exhausted and quiet which is very rare!
I do believe in people who take too much energy. I dated a woman like that. She always left me drained in such a weird way. Luckly enough I left her
I was once friends with a girl who identified as a real vampire. She would drink pigs blood from the local butcher mixed with pomegranate juice. Whenever I went over to her house I would just feel drained and depressed almost like how a dementor attack is described in Harry Potter. It makes me wonder what all she was into and if it went much further than the blood drinking.
atleast your friend didnt turned you to a vampire. like in my case and btw im half vampire and no i dont talk to him no more. i cut my ties with him.
That reminds me how in Judaism both the eating of pigs because they’re unclean and eat waste and dead stuff and the eating of blood because you’re supposed to let it spill on the ground are both forbidden
One of my very first partners was a much older guy on the goth scene who was convinced he was a vampire... Part of it was the power trip aspect [as it was an excuse to cheat on me because he just "needed more energy"], but the other part was a genuine energy deficit. Turned out the energy deficit was explained by depressive phases of Bipolar Disorder & the vampirism was a delusion largely based from his love of vampire media as well as innate feelings of powerlessness. Our relationship was a fucking disaster, so... Maybe he was an energy vampire after all. 😂🤣😂🤣
Sounds a lot like what I went through.. hope you are doing amazing now.. mine joined the cult with the ball she is referring to.. we have 5 kiddos and I left he went nuts and let's just say they travel abroad a lot where younger ages "consent" that was enough for me I left to protect my children.
@@NickeyVamp I'm doing MUCH BETTER now. Aaaaand... Wow, that is absolutely a terrible story. I'm glad you & the kids got away from that nightmare.
@ZijnShayatanica So Glad you are doing well and are healing . I Thank you so much for your comment it is well received. Most people do not know or understand the mind games or manipulation that you go through in those situations. Much ❤️
Holy hell you've outdone yourself with this outfit
No vampires or Vampirism, Thanks, but no!. When I was 16 I used to love Vampires but now I'm 37 and I think about meeting one in real life... Hahaha dude I'm their food! And not in a sexy way!!!, I couldn't fall in love with a delicious and crunchy croissant, I would eat it and try to find more. This whole fantasy of the vampire falling in love it's so... Cute but realistically, we'd be all croissants!!!! And I can't be bothered to be eaten literally by a handsome and fancy muppet, I don't care what you're wearing dude, you're not going to feed on me!!!. Also I had an ex and someone else I liked that looked like vampires, where they good experiences?, No!, I refuse to be a croissant!
Quaso~
@@Hanakow I could deffo fall in love with cheesecake 😂😂😂
I love your comparison 😂❤
I came across the handbook for the Temple of the Vampire in a used book store back in 2016. A lot of it was about worshipping the ego, or as they called it, "the dragon".
Very interesting. I'm guessing it's probably not healthy to fracture one's soul by deifying and worshipping one aspect of it. Probably helps them recruit fresh victims, not unlike the other cults and mystery schools
That's what I was referring to. I had 4 of their books.
@@DracapellaDeetz yeah, I paid the sub to get the books. Read a couple but they just weren't landing for me. I think there IS something to discovering your own power, but I've also found growth in humbling myself as well. I'm wary of groups that worship what they don't understand.
Whilst living in New Orleans for close to a decade, I never came into contact with any sanguine vamps, but I did meet one metaphysical vampire who was actually a pretty nice guy. He clearly knew what he was, and had found a semi-consensual way to feed (I say semi because I’m pretty sure most people he fed off didn’t exactly know what he was/was doing, but didn’t seem to mind from my observations). Occasionally, I would let him feed off of me even. He also was an experienced BDSM Dom who was active in that community, and did kinky swinger cruises 🤣 Actually, now that I think about it, I’ve come into contact with a handful of metaphysical vamps in various kink scenes in the U.S. Which if you know anything about the energetic exchange and play of kink, makes a lot of sense (to myself at least!). I’ve also been around a decent amount of people out and about in the world who are metaphysically vampiric, but clearly unaware of it and what they’re doing with their energy. Those I prefer to stay far, far away from.
Kink is a good reference.. most of it is kink I believe.
I feel like the energy type vampires just sound like a weird offshoot of witches
I'm just a boring old goth. Vampire novels are great, but taking it IRL is very not for me!
I didn't know this was still going one Honestly, most of this came out of groups that really dug the Anne Rice novels and then found the Vampire the Masquerade RPG. They started LARPing it and it just stream rolled from there. All the ethics stuff, the notion of a vampire royal court and so much more was just lifted from the game. Throw in ties to the kink community and it's all sorts of weird.
Seriously, it can seem really spooky until you flip through the game rulebook and go "oh, that's where this all came from." Not that people that are really bad don't cull from this to get what they want, mind you.
No yeah, having just read through the VtM rulebook myself as a newer player, so much of that is just a straight LARP of the text; it sounds like people have taken some of their LARPs too far and really blurred the line between fiction and reality.
@@kimberlycaritas Its thousands of years old.... research blood sacrifice
I know someone who got out of it, and he became a preacher, then he got an eye disease that was a result of feeding on blood.
I used to be so obsessed with the Vampire Court of Austin when I was in college. I would watch everything that Logan and Daley South did. It was so fascinating. What a throwback!
My mom was attack by friends who seemed like the average joes and they held her down cut her with a 🔪 and told her they were going to drink her blood. This happened in the mid 90s in Florida, thankfully she escaped. Real vampires or not that’s terrifying.
As someone who always had to learn the hard way; not once or twice but until it finally stuck. Also, being drawn to the deep end, things unknown, not understood and trying to figure it all out on the fly without training or fore-knowledge. Now, at this point in life, I still make mistakes, sometimes big mistakes but I try to learn. I keep my activities on the low down, under the radar. Sometimes the best action is no action at all, to avoid drawing unwanted attention.
I was SA'd was by a man who said he was a vampire...He would stalk me...I hadn't seen him in 22 years...I got attacked and almost murdered by him and his 3 friends.
Please be careful out there....
I have had a few exes that said they were vampires. As someone who shared similar “symptoms” I’ve largely come to the conclusion that it’s a way to cope with having CFS/ME for a lot of people (which is what I have), and given that it’s still not super well understood and there’s really no treatment or cure, it’s completely understandable how they got to their conclusions.
The thing i keep thinking about though, is especially with energy vampires, we all as humans need SOME human interaction. Of course it varies depending on if the person is an introvert or on the spectrum or an extrovert or needing validation from others more so. So i think that exchanging energy is definitely helpful to many of us. EXCHANGING though, not feeding on others. Physical contact as well, helps with pain. Energy manipulation in general, if done helpfully.
In high school I fell down the vampire rabbit hole and learned about everything she's describing, and I truly with every fiber of me being completely believed I was an energy vampire, as she is describing, but really I was just very lonely lol
I’ve heard of “energy vampires,” but I thought it was metaphorical. Huh
There are different varieties. The maleficent ones are those that use manipulative words and narratives to coerce - narcissists, essentially. They feed off of your joy and try to pull you into terrible experiences. Yet they are a variety of 'Earth' vampire. There is a mightier race which are Solar vampires, and they are not maleficent though their narratives are cosmic and may be cold to humanity - like a Sphinx. Solar vampires don't bother with words and narratives to manipulate - they don't need to manipulate anyone, they use Power instead. They also don't need blood, as they are living rips in spacetime, and they may 'pull' a victim's light right from their heart or brain, even from the other side of the planet. There's no defense against the Solar.
some of this just sounds like really fantastical narcissism. feeding off the energy they get from flustering people. narcissists tend to feed off of the negative energy they illicit from others, not necessarily sexual energy. but the power aspect, the manipulation, makes me feel like, for a lot of people, this is just an outlet for their narcissistic tendencies.
Oh yeah... Believe people when they tell you who they are.
Definitely narrissistic.. all of them running the cults around here.
Texas has an unreal Vampire fascination and community. New Orleans make sense off the bat. But, I wonder if Texas has such a hold because of the mix of indigenous mythology plus the heavy religious presence. Texas is the second state I learnedly that has a Vampire Court. It sounded too True Blood for me.
Every state has at least one. Yes, even the boring small ones that nobody lives in. I know of 3 in Texas! They all seem to hate each other lol.
@jacquelinealbin7712 oh boy
@@jacquelinealbin7712minus Indiana
Yes it fell apart because the "king" and "queen" got married and became polygamorus.. guy caught a DV charge and it all fell apart.. tells you something about these groups..
I have natural fangs... very super sharp canine teeth and it's awful. I've literally pierced my tongue/cheeks with my own teeth if I bite wrong. It's usually if I get too excited about what I'm eating and it's always the first bite of said exciting meal. Ruins it every time 😂
Omg that has got to be SO painful! I'm sure it looks cool, but you poor dear! I know how bad it hurts when I have accidentally bitten my own cheek or tongue. Ouch!
i have this too and sometimes i bite my lips too hard and get ulcers in my mouth 😭 i’d shave them down but i think they’re kinda cute and honestly could be used as self defense tools
same here and btw im half vampire but i was once a human but got turned. dont want to talk about it since its complicated @chey
@@manuelfrm919 did you grow the fangs after you were turned?
@@TiffanyFusini yes my fangs appeared after i was turned. also if your going to bring up the subject if i added some additional things to the fangs i haven’t. also no i haven’t tried drinking blood neither taking energy. which i havent thought about it. i’ve been half vampire since the age of 14 and i’m 24 btw. Do i still talk to the person who made me like this. at this point i stopped having contact with him. he’s manipulative. so yeah you have good and bad vampires same for wolves and humans. so no one is really that different. ive only met one vampire but the rest of the vamps or wolves i have not. the part about me as a half vampire. before when i was human i wasnt the one looking for vamp but the vamp was looking for me and chosen me just to let you know
There's so much earth energy - stones plants etc - one can tap into, that trying to get your energy from other people is completely unnecessary - why do all that extra work.
I'm so grateful for your existence. your eloquence of words on all your subjects and experiences is exquisite.
i like the twilight lighting in this video lol
Whether you believe in the mythical kind of vampires or the ones that collect your taxes, they exist one way or another.
Porphyria might actually be part of where some of it started.
I remember when you spoken about this experience you had and I remember no one believed you. I did.
I cant believe a long time has passed. Hope you have more peace nowadays.
Which video did they talk about it in?
Passionately against the courts, but only because I think those within them can use them to stroke their own egos instead of doing anything to actually help others, vampire or human. It feels like a lot of theatrics, but very little action. Though luckily, I'm not very close to any, so it's something I can observe from a distance.
-an American vampire from a middle-of-nowhere town with really no other vampires
I mean I do dream about blood and eat it, almost crave it, cause it’s part of my culture (Filipino and Dutch) which kinda is why I got into that whole vampire thing. But it’s mostly, probably, cause I’m anemic and have a weird blood pressure so I need liquid IV and iron supplements or I faint or am lethargic all day🥲 uuuuh and the doctor said I have a sun allergy when I was a wee child(mostly eczema) so in that way, wow such a vampire I guess hahaha, but to break the stereotype and myth, I put garlic in everything
You can still be a vampire just one that likes garlic lol ❤
You probably won’t see this but eating one grapefruit a day will help stabilize your blood pressure and eating Beef Organ pills really helps- it’s like 30-40$ a bottle but it’s so worth it- it’s so much better than basic iron pills, and since they’re dried organs, there many other beneficial minerals in them as well. Really helped my anemia in a better and healthier way than normal iron supplements
Sang/psy here, I’ve never been comfortable with joining in any communities because of their religious practices. I’m too compassionate and caring to take part in any non consensual feeding. It’s rather lonely going through life without anyone like myself around though. Being goth and autistic in a rural part of a state is equally lonely to pile on. I have met a few others online who live in the “fringes” without a vampiric community and most all are compassionate beings as well. There is a carnal need within so I’ve experienced that can cause an accidental feeding. Because I rejected my nature for so long I’ve learned it’s unhealthy for those close to me, so I started practicing meditation to better control whatever it is that I am. Vampirism is the easy label, it can be a fun and playful label, but it’s deceptive as a label in my opinion. I would love to be able to talk about that part of my life and experiences but I would feel too naked. I do feel comfortable telling one because it even surprised me at the time when I didn’t understand as much as I should. - I was going through a very painful period in my life and I was exhausted psychologically and emotionally. My partner whom I play music with wanted to hear me cover “scavenger” by Emilie Autumn. I poured myself into that song because I was so tired of feeling helpless to my circumstances. I put myself entirely into the part of her character in the song and by the end of it I had to catch him from falling. He had lost consciousness and he explained to me that he started feeling drained and blacked out. Which in tern I noticed I had felt rather uplifted and almost joyous. I felt very upset afterward and spent the rest of the day making sure he was alright. - I even feel naked after sharing that bit. But thank you for explaining the topic so well. You did marvelously as usual. When the communities are kept secret bad people get away with too much and when they are put in the spot light they often find themselves in trouble one way or the other. Keep a watchful eye, raise your voice, protect yourself, and know not all of us are bad or want to be. ✌🏻
You are correct about the community. Well a lot of those vampires in the groups.. I just call them cults at this point.. larger ones are going to have issues with what is currently going on in them.. I speak from personal experience.
About 2 years ago I was wandering into my kitchen. Been here almost 30 years & I am 100% sober at all times. I saw a movement and so I looked closer. Very easy to see. Dove grey "ghost bats" about 3 1/2" long. Took about 25 minutes for them all to just ghost right out of my body, easily 145 of them. They flew out, slight swirling motion and POOF GONE. I had no fear and just let it happen. Nothing I could do anyway. It was not a trance, dream or drug induced. I no longer have any BATS within my inner domains. I guess the light penetrated the dark caves and GONE !
This is so odd and funny. I wonder what you experienced.
@@cecilyerker I changed my name to Buffy
Many, many years ago, at work all of us at work, which we were mostly Hispanic. We're talking about "lechusas"... Which is the white owl. And witches can turn into lechusas. We all had real stories to tell... Then one of our Romanian coworker started talking about vampires... And he had his real life stories about vampires, which I found interesting because I had never heard of anyone talking about vampires like that.
Oh please tell the full story!
this was such a great chat !! i appreciate how you can take an even-handed approach while making it uniquely your own perspective. also !! might i suggest a "supernatural"/spooky playlist? i've only recently gotten into your channel, and i know it probably wouldn't be a ton, but i really Vibe with the way you talk about those sorts of experiences, and i enjoy hearing you talk about them !!!
I recently received a blood transfusion and afterwards I felt amazing. I felt very calm bright eyed and powerful. I wish I could get more blood.
I believe that our thoughts and beliefs shape our reality. If the energy vampires genuinly believe they need other people's energy to feel good, that is the exact thing that will show up for them.
I’ve been to the endless night vampire ball 4 times. The person who runs it is Father Sebastiaan. From what I can tell, its all larping. He has a youtube channel and some books about ethical vampirism or whatever. I found free pdfs online. I don’t believe he drinks blood but I’ve heard some bad things about him. I just go for fun and the costumes, but I’m sure there are some very bad things that go and I probably shouldn’t keep going.
I used to watch that guy on TH-cam when he gave people fang veneers.
@@cecilyerkerhe’s a fraud and a dangerous man from what I hear
I've found that people who think they're vampires are incredibly boring (and try hards). That's my experience.
hey dorian! not sure if you'll see this, but this video was absolutely refreshing. the real, true dangers often get clouded and buried by influence of media and the likes. do you have any books, videos, etc that sort of cover the whole vampirism/spiritual thing in a similar manner to how you did? if you feel uncomfortable sharing any titles for any reason, that's respectable, of course! well wishes ✨️
First thing I think of is Collin Robinson...Best energy vampire ever.
I think Me Too probably ripped through a lot of these communities with a vengeance.
There will definitely be other issues with them soon. They like to travel to other countries for "underage" activities... they need to be brought out by the media..
These communities often have astral psychic vampires behind them, at least until those are disposed of by the Yamadutas.
Thank you for giving a balanced and holistic presentation. This was very good
I don't understand how people can not believe in a higher power but they believe in all of this darkness. There is no dark without light. Life without death. What goes up must come down..... Etcetera etcetera. I just don't understand that's all. 💛
Working from the idea that there are real vampires. Imagine what a perfect feeding ground those vampire balls would be? That said, I have to question those Uber stories considering the fantastic Interview With the Vampire series recently got a season 2.
They can be fun.. the balls but the person who runs them is vile.. it is a cult... fun for the night but the cult is horrible. My husband joined and I left him..
Seems like a hoax. Lots of mentally unwell people around. I mean that sincerity and love and not derision.
I actually think that England is the perfect place for a vampire to live (seeing as we still have allot of old victorian buildings especially in London) it's the perfect setting for a vampire (for the more old fashioned or vintage style vampire) like we still have old beautiful castles scattered around England/scotland that have a vampire sorta feel to them in a way which I've always loved about our country tbh 💜
When I watched that original TikTok i immediately thought of you and wanted to hear your take on it!
The community as i know it is undergoing a restructure. The elders were toxic in MANY ways and gatekept so much that much of their ways are now lost and unkown.
Most parts of the community are focused on ethical practice, and re-languaging the vampiric experience. Slurs for non vampires arent so fashionable anymore. Things are more inclusive, yet numbers are dwindling. Roleplay is more separated from reality than it once was.
THE AWAKENING- of iron deficiency. (Or possibly porphyria)
A new upload from you @herbsandaltars makes my day thank you so much especially when it comes about vampires 🔮🖤🔮
Emotional energy, to me, is a biochemical cascade of one's interpretation of stimulus and environment. So, in that sense, the idea that there would be a type of brain/person/nervous system that would, either by habitution or by nature, require *more* of those brain-chemicals than average doesn't seem that farfetched. And by extension, I'd be willing to wager there would be a more severe group of those individuals who may have... to put it kindly, deleterious effects to not having the chemicals they need. Consensual, empowering, healthy, affirming social contact, of whatever (again, healthy) abstraction would *absolutely* help those people, in ways other things may not. At least from my perspective. ❤
Just to add a bit of nuance, I also feel like finding an abstraction of deity to... converse with, engage with, whatever... from a certain perspective, could be a form of "healthy social contact", in an abstract sense.
DORIAN. WE NEED A SERIES 👏 (pretty please)
Well... there are... a few past, and a few present, behaviors I think I need to reflect on after watching this. Like I've known of the term energy vampire for ages, but like... this video has provided a perspective I need to think about.
literally ur outfit is so beautiful this vid 🦇
I’d love to hear more about ways to protect your energy, both in relation to vampires and, well… a-holes.
I’m not sure if this is exactly what you mean but for me meditation, especially grounding exercises, can be incredibly helpful with focusing. Once you are comfortable with that type of exercise I would recommend practicing creative techniques to build form/shapes with imagination. (Again I’m sorry if this is not making sense.)
After that I practice creating an image in my head where I am the seedling of a tree - it doesn’t matter which species of tree. Then, imagine roots growing from you, moving through the earth, and essentially creating the idea of literally being rooted in place, sturdy, and unwavering.
Once you can do that easily and without distractions pulling you from the meditation I recommend doing the same exercises but afterwards begin to imagine a shape you feel comfortable creating in your mind. From there imagine you are within that shape. Try to expand the shape around you. This might take time, honestly, no one is perfect.
From there if you think someone might be trying to manipulate or invade your energy you can create that shape, put the mental image of yourself within it, and continue to imagine that instead of focusing on the individual.
As far as a-holes, they are acting in a way to get a emotional or physical rise out of you, many of them have unresolved issues from childhood related to a lack of attention from their parental figure(s).
So the best solution is not to react, even if you really want to, because that is what they want from you and your reaction satisfies their need for attention.
It is not easy, at least it wasn’t for me, so take your time and practice when you are comfortable and able to do so.
I hope this helps!
I used to go to the "Court of Lazarus" from time to time... back during my time with the Satanists.
It was silly politics, dress up, and raffles.
That's what I immediately thought of when I read the title.
I had a good friend who seemed normal and was a family man. He told me he had the ability to make people feel like they had bugs crawling all over them. I said it was okay to try it out on me and it worked. He controls it and made it stop when I panicked. He saw a Bigfoot and said he would not even tell his wife about the close up experience. He viewed it as a curse, not a gift. He died of diabetes after I told him he would because he was addicted to drinking sodas and was diabetic. He told me I should not crave the "wild" lifestyle, yet I moved to Vegas to get away from provincial life. I now know he was correct. I now just want to plant tomatoes and have a house and yard to mow. Too late for me though.
Not too late. Plenty of cheap small towns where you can live an unglamorous quiet life and plant tomatoes.
There's a vampire museum a bit south of me. It actually looks pretty cool.
The one night I go to bed early :( But its always a good day with a new Of Herbs And Altars video :] very excited to watch
I regularly attend monthly parties/rituals hosted by a local vampire court, it’s really fun actually I love dressing up and they’re all very welcoming yet somehow also very private still…..they strictly don’t feed on guests and the rituals aren’t like sacrifice or something they’re very interesting…..they keep their society quite secretive, the parties are very small and strictly no photos allowed and in a private lounge, I only found out about them through digging through the calendar of a local victorian gothic bar- the first time I went they were confused about how I found them with no ties to the court at all, maybe a little suspicious, but they were very friendly still and I got to see some stunning strange performance art. There was a werewolf guy there too, who doesn’t really speak just sits scribbling eerie creatures in a sketchbook
Hopefully not hosted by Father Sabastiaan.