Real Vampires

While waiting for my next book to come in, I decided to do a Google search on “real vampires”. (I figured I was going to do this sometime or another, so why not now?) I stumbled across a website that claims to offer information and support to real vampires. I wasn’t entirely surprised by the fact that there was a page like this; however, the contents of the page were slightly different than what I expected.

I had expected the page to talk about the vampires that one typically reads about. Information for those who run around at night, getting people to help them satiate their thirst, and general help for those who have some kind of mental problem and think they are vampires.

I found something a bit different. This site treats vampirism like an actual problem that people have. They are people who, generally in their teens, begin to acquire a physical need for blood or psi energy, increased sensitivity (either physically or emotionally), sensitivity to light, and waking up only at night. There are supposedly a few different types of vampires: those who feed off blood and those who feed off energy and emotions.

The entire site takes on a very serious tone. On the home page, the webmaster states that it is NOT for people into role-playing or pretending to be vampires. It is for the people who really need advice and want to connect with others like them. They say that they are different from the people with Renfield syndrome. Renfield syndrome is when people have a psychological disease that makes them excited at the sight/smell of blood.

I have never met anyone who claims to be a real vampire, but this sounds quite interesting. I don’t feel like I should be the one to judge whether they are telling the truth or if this is in people’s heads. I don’t know. I suggest you check this site out because there is a lot of information, but out of respect please do not leave messages trying to tell them that they aren’t vampires. People should be who they are regardless of what others think.

Source: http://www.sanguinarius.org/intro.shtml