The Darker Ones

[deacongray]

[The Madame X]

Where is B5's Psi-Core when you need them?
Eventually someone will invent an alarm system that rezembles a bracelet and that will buzz when someone is taping into your energy field... maybe but unlikely.

We can only control our own behavior, for now the best advice is still protection, deflection, or ramming a bunch of emotional nastiness up their aetherial tendrils.

[deacongray]

ok so as one who is not strong in psi abilities or knowlegde, would you consider these attacks mortal in nature, or are there other things in that realm that attack?

Say harmful spirits or somthing...?


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[Orla]

Oh I defintely think there are darker vampires out there who crave the energy of draining unsuspecting others.

I know someone who does this to feel powerful, and craves the energy of that power. She doesn't know or claim to be a vampire, but she has the drive for intentionally drainng others none the less.

[zhiva]

In every path, every group of humans, there are benevolent, neutral and malevolent personalities. I do not think that an individual is wholly benevolent or wholly malevolent, as we all are complex beings comprised of experience, energies, habits, and free will. What helps me is to keep an open mind and a shielded heart. Being aware of yourself, and awaking to your own core essence is true power. One person's darkness is another person's light.

[Syngin]

You have to also consider the unawakened who know not what they do. In most cases their bodies are running on autopilot in survival mode. They drain who or what ever comes near them. They also tend to shown antisocial behavior or have chronic fatigue. Many times they are addicts using drugs,food or alcohol to try to make them feel better.

It is true there are those who are what they call charismatic personalities.
Who I think are people who have used to learn to manipulate and drain people but do not admit or perhaps do not realize what they are.

I think it is wrong to try and catagorize everyone into either or. There are to many circumstances and too much diversity to do that.

[Aislin Ni MorRhiaghan]

I've actually found that distraction works as well as shielding if not better in some cases. Especially with those psi vamps that are hell bent on sneaking into my noggin. All they get are x~rated images of Raggedy Anne and Andy...and then they get a nasty jolt of headache for their trouble. We should all definitely know how to shield ourselves, but we should also learn to watch for signs of mental or emotional instability, codependency, and chaos feeders. There are some that would stir up as much drama as possible for no other reason than to grab a lazy man's snack. Avoiding those types of people serves to conserve personal and psychic energy.

Aislin

[The Madame X]

The thing about “psychic attacks” is that sometimes they are not attacks, but we merely perceive the experience as such. Fear is often our immediate reaction to the unusual encounter with a disembodied entity, so that the encounter is perceived as an attack. Many times such encounters are no more than us tapping into a certain different dimension for a few moments, or when an entity from a certain other dimension tries to reach out to us. These paranormal experiences can leave you paralyzed, frightened and/or strangely violated. Surely if we were prepared for such an encounter, meaning if it were during ritual work or meditation, you may not feel it were an attack, but a visitation.
Among our kind visitations are very common. As we become aware we consciously and subconsciously build bridges between our dimension and others, these connections work both ways, but we just can’t help to be surprised and overwhelmed when something from the other side says hello.
So, in my opinion, not all “hag attacks” are a psychic Vampyre that decided to steal from you, but sometimes, many times even, such experiences are no more than a visitation from a disembodied being (Strigoii Morte, Ancestor, or Ancient) who is saying ‘hello’ in their own way, or in the best way they can to enable us to remember the encounter.
Keep this in mind, to this day some cultures interpret interpersonal touch from a stranger as intrusive and offensive, and showing the teeth when smiling as a sign of open confrontation. Like this so is looking into the eyes of an elder, some expect it others would consider it an affront.
Back to the issue at hand, the best thing to do during a paranormal encounter, I feel, is to subdue the fear and be open to the experience, attempting to listen, while not breaking the moment.

[deacongray]

I have a lot to learn I can tell.

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