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WHO SHOULD YOU TRUST?
As vamps we need to feel we can talk to others and share what we believe
with people who will listen. The newbies fall victim to people promising them
things they can't give or can't do, while running the risk of becoming a statistic
(rape, murder, theft, catching AIDS or other diseases, just to name a few)
to the criminally minded by meeting someone they've *just* met a few days
ago on the 'net but they feel "close to" or that "they can
trust them because they know everything about me." Guess what? Most of
that knowledge is either a lucky guess (based on social norms or psychological
common factors - i.e., 99% of teenagers feel alienated at one point or another,
chances are likely you will too, so talking about feeling alienated is a common
factor) or they've been eavesdropping on your cordless or cellular phone conversations
if they happen to live close by.
The only thing I can do is give you advice to search for yourself and compare
personal experiences. Only YOU, personally, can find out who and what you
are. Nobody else can do that for you. Nobody. There are no "quick
fixes" or shortcuts because only you can decide what path best
suits you. You make your own path to discovery.
In short, the only one you can truly trust - 100% - is yourself.
WHY I USE THE TERMS THAT I DO:
I use "blood vamp" and "psi vamp" as general terms -
referring to the main feeding styles - because it makes what they refer to
easy to distinguish. The primary goal of this site is to provide help and
support, if I use nonspecific or ambiguous terms (no matter how interesting
or "classy" or unique they are, and I'll admit I've seen some much
more interesting terms than the ones I'm using) it makes it more difficult
for inexperienced people to find what they need.
Yes there are vampires for whom both terms would be applicable, not just
one. Myself, for example. :) Articles geared specifically towards these types
are in the "general articles" section. But there will be applicable
items in the "blood vamp" and "psi vamp" sections as well,
so feel free to look around.
SOME QUICK ADVICE:
Before automatically deciding that you're a vampire, PLEASE get yourself
checked out medically to make sure you don't have a real disease like Lupus,
Porphyria, Celiac Syndrome or some other disease that can have similar characteristics
(light sensitivity, food intolerance, etc.). Why? So you can get proper medical
treatment, or at least find out if there's really a mundane cause behind all
the problems you're having.
Many diseases can give you similar "symptoms" such as sun sensitivity
(Porphyria, Lupus, many others, as well as side effects from some medications),
inability to eat many foods (Celiac Syndrome - gluten sensitivity - or Chron's
disease), excessive thirst (diabetes) and so on.
You don't have to mention "the V-word" to the doctor(s), only say
that you've noticed <fill in the blank> problem(s) ("Gee doc, I've
noticed I'm starting to sunburn more easily these days" or "Can
you run a few tests and find out why whatever I'm eating just doesn't seem
to agree with me as well anymore?" just as a couple examples) and you
want to get yourself checked out to rule out the possibility of disease or
drug-based side effects. Some diseases, left untreated, will eventually be
fatal.
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