There are people in your life who leave you drained, empty, and exhausted. Twenty minutes next to these people feels like you’ve just run a marathon. They demand unlimited time, emotional support, attention, or validation. You dread interacting with them, but you don’t know how to change the dynamic.
You’re dealing with a real vampire. Dracula is nothing compared to the ubiquitous social black holes that suck your time, energy, attention, and emotions without giving anything back, leaving you so exhausted that you can’t even complain.

Energy vampires can be people, situations, or even your own attitude towards things. In the book "Surrounded by Vampires," internationally successful author Thomas Erikson identifies the different types of energy vampires and offers practical tools, entertaining self-assessments, and relatable stories to help you confront these vampires.