b'Chapter 10 6.How to get out of anxiety-provoking relationships with a psychic vampire?Being aware of this is already a first step. Of course, we can continue to give, but not as much. It is better tomeasurewhat you transmit and what you keep for yourself.The main thing is to bring things to light, to talk to those around you to make the power of the psychic vampire inoperative.Inaddition,wecanexpresshisfeelingstohim,explaintheeffects produced by his behavior, bearing in mind that he will probably continue to cling, by pressing where it hurts: whether it is our tendency to guilt, the need to be loved, the debt that we feel we have towards him, etc. Finally, if the break is obviously not mandatory, you have to allow yourself to come to this conclusion if you can no longer do otherwise.7.Can the psychic vampire, him, regain autonomy?It is often difficult.If we feel in this case, we can try to understand why we are there, how our childhood has conditioned our behavior?Vampirismcanbetreatedverywellwithpsychotherapy.Itsanalytical dimension makes it possibleto delve into the rootsof evil in order to become independent and, finally, to be free.8.How do you recognize an affective vampire? Incapableofrechargingtheirbatteriesemotionallyandintellectually, having no affective autonomy, they do not know how to give or listen. Often egocentric, in the position of victims, overstretching, in search of the slightest attention, they exhaust those around them, miserly of reciprocity and gratitude.Whether it is a colleague who appropriates the work of another and steals theshow,ahierarchicalsuperiorwhoarrogatestheideasofhis collaborators,alovedoneoraromanticpartnerinconstantdemand, psychic vampires, present several typical profiles:The depressive or the plaintive:he tells hismisfortunes all day long, seeing everything in black. Thetragedianorthevictim:hislifeisapermanenttragedy,a succession of dramas. The critic: he already knows everything. Nothing is good enough for him. He criticizes everything. 318Germain Decelles'