Energy Drainers

Two basic types of energy drainers

• Energy predators are similar to mythical vampires who suck blood from you and drain your life force. Energy predators seek their victims and make planned attacks. They dislike you because of your positive energy and will purposefully go out of their way to drain it at every opportunity. They know what they are doing and have no regret.
• Energy parasites do not purposely seek to drain your energy; it is just the way they are. A parasite does not want to kill its victim, it just wants to attach itself and feed; if the victim dies, there is no more energy upon which to feed. Energy parasites are seemly normal people. They are well-meaning and may not be aware of their parasitic behavior, but the effect is still the same. They drain you of your positive energy and leave you a wasted, empty hulk.

Energy drainers

Paranoid energy drainers

Some energy drainers are paranoid and think that everyone and everything is out to get them. They are fearful of changing their routine habits or learning anything new, even if it will make their lives better. They cannot tolerate any one who does want to change or learn, so they usually act as predators that purposefully undermine the efforts anyone’s efforts to change or learn something new.

Paranoid energy drainers start arguments just so they can drain your energy. They may pretend to want to help you, but they are secretly draining your energy. They expect failure and will facilitate failure to insure it occurs. Paranoid energy drainers think they are always right and nothing you may say or do will change that. Even when they are proven wrong, they will not accept your proof.

Religious energy drainers

Some energy drainers are highly religious and believe that humans are inherently sinners. They believe the end of the world is coming soon, and that only they and their God can save others from an eternity in hell. If you do not believe in their beliefs, they will constantly put you down and try to change you by showing you how good they are and how bad you are. These energy drainers think their calling in life is to get you to believe the way they believe. They may be predators or parasites; they may seek you out and attack, or they make just constantly wear you down.

Insecure energy drainers

Some energy drainers are insecure and think that everyone around them is draining their energy, so their response is to drain energy from others to compensate. They may engage you in long, boring conversations and speak very softly so you have to strain to hear them; thus drawing you closer. These energy drainers usually have not ever done anything noteworthy and cannot tolerate anyone who has. Thus, they try to minimize the accomplishments of others and drain their energy.
Insecure energy drainers appear to be helpless, expect you to do things for them, and put them before yourself and others. They will thank you profusely for your help and then immediately seek more help. If you try to spend more time on your own life and family, they will try to make you feel guilty about neglecting them and their needs. They will make remarks to others about how helpless they are and how much they appreciate the few things you ever do for them. To show their appreciation for what you have done, they will talk about all the things they would do for you if they were only able to do them, even though they never did these things when they were able.

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Passive-aggressive energy drainers

Some energy drainers are passive-aggressive. They say they want to be self-sufficient but resist any efforts to help them be self-sufficient. They ask for your opinion and then reject it. They say they cannot do something and want you to do it for them; but while you are doing it for them, they constantly tell you are doing it wrong. They claim their memory is not good, but remember everything bad that has even happened. They will listen to conversations for key words that allow them to jump in and talk about themselves and how bad things are. The response to any idea, solution or suggestion is “yes, but” or “what if.” They are vindictive and unforgiving, although they claim to be loving and nurturing

Children energy drainers

Some energy drainers are created at birth. These children are extremely capricious. As they grow, they follow at their parents’ feet and even try to sleep with them at night. They want to be the center of attention, and, since it is easier to gain attention by doing things wrong than by exerting the extra effort to do thing right, they revel in doing things wrong.

Trouble making energy drainers

Energy drainers subconsciously provoke problems and anger, and then feed on the aftermath. They like to visit graves and the sites of tragic accidents. They enjoying seeing, hearing or reading about problems, sickness, death, or tragedies and then passing this information to others. They want to be the first to tell others bad news.

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Lonely energy drainers

Energy drainers hate being alone; they need someone around so they may feed themselves. They always need to have someone beside them, whom they can talk with at any moment. They constantly want other people to feel sorry for them. They usually say phrases such as, “Stay with me a little longer, I am bored,” or “Don't leave me alone, I'll die.”

Intellectual energy drainers

Some energy drainers seek intellectual justification. They do not care about the subject of the conversation, their only goal is to prove you wrong and to prove themselves right. You cannot explain anything to them. They turn any simple conversation into a bunch of questions and explanations, which all ultimately lead to their goal of proving themselves right. They have an enormous amount of information and energy stored for conversations. When faced with emotions rather than logic, they will either ridicule or insult.

Black holes

Some energy drainers are similar to black holes. When they walk in a room, they suck in all the energy in the room. A cheerful group of people suddenly becomes dark and sullen. The effect is immediate but may last for days. Not only are these victims sullen, they tend to make other around then sullen; therefore, one encounter with an energy drainer may affect hundreds of people.

Characteristics of energy drainers

• Energy drainers may not be aware of their effect on people, but even when they are aware, they do not care. The only thing that matters to them is their doing what they want to do, no matter what its effect is upon others.
• Energy drainers will intrude and ignore your need for privacy. They think they have a right to intrude because they know what is right for you, even though you may not be aware of the need.
• Energy drainers constantly complain. They see a glass half full as glass that needs to be emptied. They see a cloud behind every silver lining. Everything good that happens is a disaster in the making. They think unhappiness is the norm and that any happiness you may have must be squashed before it leads to your destruction.
• Some energy drainers are drama queens who make molehills appear to be mountains, a pimple to be cancer, and a sneeze to be the flu.
• Energy drainers think the only news worth repeating is about who is having problems or who is sick, dying, or dead. They are at a loss for words when everyone they know is well.
• Some energy drainers are charmers who talk or tell jokes constantly and have to be the center of attention.
• Energy drainers are victims. Not only does everything bad happen to them, they feel the need to recount all the bad things and then wallow in self-pity.
• Energy drainers criticize everything. They believe perfect is impossible to achieve, and anything less than perfect deserves criticism.
• Energy drainers do not accept the word “no” as a proper response to anything they do, so they just ignore it. After all, they know what is right for your even when you are not aware of it.

More characteristics of energy drainers

• Energy drainers are blamers who try to makes other feel guilty for everything that happens.
• Energy drainers have a negative outlook on life. Adam and Eve committed the original sin and, because of it, we are all doomed to misery. Just as Job was considered a saint for dealing with all the misery God put upon him, energy drainers think they are saints for dealing with all the misery they experience. The more misery in their lives, the more saintly they become in their minds.
• Energy drainers can do no wrong. Anything bad that occurs in their lives is someone else’s fault.
• When energy drainers have problems, they are always asking others for solutions. Then they criticize every solution offered and reject it for some minor reason. They do not want solutions; they just want you to sympathize with their problems.
• If you have a problem or an illness, energy drainers will always have a bigger problem or illness. They are always worse off than anyone else in a room.
• If it were not for other people, energy drainers think they would have no problems. All their problems are because of others.
• As energy drainers impose upon you daily, they tell you that they do not want to be a burden, thinking that this will make you want to let them impose even more than before.
• Energy drainers sense your positive energy and feel a sense of urgency to drain it from you. Your happiness intrudes upon their misery and thus it must be stopped.
• Energy drainers never help themselves. They ask for help but whatever help you give will never be enough.
• Energy drainers love bad news. The first thing they read in the newspaper each day is the obituaries.

More characteristics of energy drainers

• Energy drainers, though depressed, are usually not suffering from depression, so they usually do not commit suicide. If they did, they would no longer be able to make the lives of others miserable.
• Not all is lost; there are ways for you to protect yourself against energy drainers
• Avoid them. If they are unavoidable, limit your exposure to them.
• Find effective ways to end conversations with them. Lying is usually not a good thing, but in this case, it can save your life.
• When around them, ignore them and think positive thoughts. Limit your responses to yes or no; do not elaborate. Energy drainers will take anything you say and use it to drain more of your energy.
• Do not get trapped by offering solutions to their problems. They will shoot down every solution and make you seem inadequate to handle problems. Nothing you say will ever change the ways energy drainers do things.
• Keep walking. When you try to walk away from energy drainers, they will say things such as “Just one more thing” or “There was something else I was going to ask you.” Do not fall for the trick, keep walking, and ignore them.
• Do not look them in the eye. They are good actors and will try to look helpless in an effort to make you feel guilty for not talking to them.
• Avoid being trapped in space spaces with them, such as in vehicles, elevators, or waiting rooms. They know you cannot escape and will intensify their attacks.
• Tell them you do not want to talk about negative subjects; however, this will probably have no effect.
• Tune them out. Create a mantra that tunes out negativity, and repeat it to yourself during an attack (such as "Serenity now," from the Seinfeld television show), or, take a cue from The Sound of Music and “Remember a few your favorite things.”
• Be kind. Although they sap your energy, parasitic energy drainers are not aware of their actions.

Energy donors

Just as there are energy drainers, there are actually energy donors, those who radiate positive energy and share it with others. They bring unexpected lightness and comfort to your life. They crackle with energy and practically electrify you with their presence. After you have been exposed to an energy drainer, seek an energy donor to replenish your soul.