Psychic Vampires

Years ago, I read an article in True Love about Psychic Vampires. Its not as crazy as you might be imagining, but almost everyone knows someone like this.A Psychic Vampire is someone who is almost always in bad situations, he/she complains bitterly about their predicaments, dumps on you, and walks right back into the same situation all over again.I dont know if I am explaining myself well, but sometimes when I get very excited, I cant express myself well. Let me use an example instead.Girls, maybe you have a friend, okay? She is in an abusive relationship, her boyfriend constantly cheats on her, beats her, takes all her money and puts her down on a daily basis. Everyday, she is either calling you on the phone, or talking to you about this guy, she tells you all these scary nasty things about this guy, and you (in righteous indignation, or mostly sympathy for a friend) start to see this guy like the enemy. After a while, you begin to wonder why she does not just walk away from this relationship, you talk it over with her, and she says she wants to, but she cant because of one thing or the other, now you and her start plotting ways to "dump the loser" and she is with you all the way. After a while, she tells you she has decided to stay. You wonder and ponder, then shrug and move on, until 2 weeks later, she calls you again and tells you of the new girl her boyfriend is seeing on the side, the cycle continues...Or you have the common case of your friend, who never has anything good happening to them. They are constantly in trouble, hurt, angry or some other negative emotion. Psychic Vampires dump all their emotions on you, they are constantly complaining about their lives and situations, having these kind of friends can be emotionally draining, because when they tell you their stories, they have set themselves free in a way, and now, you are the one with the problem. Worse, they never appreciate anything you have done, they want a magician for a friend who would *poof* away their problems, sometimes, some of them even turn around to blame you for their predicament!!In my soon to be 27 years on earth, I have come across people like this. I had a friend in secondary school who would even pull me out of class, just to tell me one new problem or the other, nothing good ever seemed to happen to her. She was too skinny, no one liked her, she was sure her parents were getting a divorce, bla bla bla. I would listen to her, hold her hand, cry with her even, and then one day I overheard her tell someone that I was always following her around or something silly like that. It hurt,real bad. But in that article, they tell you how to avoid situations like these,one-tell the person outright that you'd prefer to talk about something else. two-avoid the person for a bit. three- check yourself, sometimes people enjoy listening to all the stories, and they loose it.four-remind yourself, that all of this is not your bizness!!If you are a psychic Vampire- if u are in a bad situation, and you dont wanna walk away, then please, keep quiet, and stay!! And for those of you who like me think we know it all, and are constantly shelling out advice, trust me, you can never know it all!!