5 Ways to Deal With People Who Drain You Emotionally

You're reading 5 Ways to Deal With People Who Drain You Emotionally, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. Vampires? For real? Yup, vampires. They are all around us and while they might not try to bite your neck and suck your blood, these vampires are a lot more efficient and have plenty of people to feed on unnoticed. People who drain us emotionally (or sometimes called emotional vampires) are people who suck all the positive energy out of you. You’ve met at least one before; your co-worker who all they do is complain about everyone in the office, constantly. Or your step-aunt who just can’t seem to stay out of drama-filled situations and tells you all about it. Whenever you’re with them your mood radically changes, you feel tired, tons more pessimistic and less patient. Emotional drainers come in many different shapes and sizes but one thing they all have in common is that they feed off the positive energy of those surrounding them and seem to thrive in negative head-spaces. You’ll easily spot them by asking yourself this before going out with them: “Will I feel better or worse after going to coffee with this person?” If your answer to that question is no, then you’re probably dealing with a drainer and will need either some coping mechanisms or at least different strategies to deal with their presence in future interactions. So, garlic and cro...
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