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What are the most well known or more common symptoms of being a vampire? Also how do you *know* if you are one? Is there some sign or a form of changing to become one? I'd like people's views on this topic. Thanks.

vampirism is an odd subject.

some see it as bloodsucking
some see it as the absorbtion of psychic energy.

in the case of the first, a complete change would be necessary with obvious signs..

with the second. if you find yourself often weak of energy i guess you might be a psi-vamp

but who can really say when all there is to go off is fiction and theories

well from my awakeing ive found that my thought patterns have changed, i have a blood thirst that cant be quenched by any other liquid , increased growing of hair and nails, sharpening of k9's and alot of other things i cant remember.

Having the sudden lack of appitite for food. Living soley off blood, maybe you start drinking from animals and then you get a thirst that you can't satisfy, until you drink from a human and is cures your hunger. Starting to find yourself alert and awke during the dark hours and soundlt asleep during the light hours.. Becomming a loner, forgetting about your past and finsing yourself traveling far and beyound.. yearning for the time when you were'nt hunted and loathed.... never being able to find true happiness and relaxation.. always restless... it is not all 'cool' being a vampire, it can be the most lonely and saddening curse to be bestowed upon a mortal..

There are many different opinions people hold on this subject. For me, I'd say it's the thirst for blood. Prefering night to day... =)

The ability to take from others that which they do not wish to part with..... doing it with serenity...and dignity....leaving them with a momentary sense of euphoria...before finally giving them peace.

Then running like hell before ya get staked....~grins~

Being able to seethings from so many more perspectives that you once could... and not needing others to open your mind in order for you to do it.

I really agree with sunshine but with some alterations First in some cases of turnings the heart other organs might move and morph to acomidate the change in other cases nothing realy happens but one thing does change in all cases that is the stomach it changes so it can prosses the blood intake

thirst for blood is an intense symptom, senses increase some have a hard time being in the sun i am one of them i do not have visable fangs but my teeth are very sharp

If you are a vampire you know you are one is not about symptoms

I think it's all about an idividual's perspective.There can be people who claim there're something they're not so let them believe it.

thanks for all the responses :D

I guess you can say that people have many different points of view, me it would be lust for blood, living off of that. Others are just what ive come up with on my own. The lust for blood seems to be the main one.

Your body changes in a few ways ....

1 hearing improves
2you body feels more stronger
3you become faster
4 your teeth eye teeth become razor sharp
5 you get craving for blood of any creature
6you become pale with the less light
7 at night you feel more comfortable with it more than day.
8seeing in the dark is 10 times better than befor
9 you nails become longer and veary sharp
10 you have a more earthly sence of life and you stay young the age you hwre was inproved and age slower than human in life
11 you become acume to being alone alot....

Not to mention hanging around street corners, next to blood doner buildings begging for spare bags...
Shaking violently when you don't get your next hit and being looked down upon by the general public...

an unsustainable thirst for blood i wud say, becoming sensitive to light

My symptoms came to me when I chose to be inside more often during the day. If I did go outside I would were sunglasses because the sunlight would irrate my eyes. Then I would find myself alone at night. The craving of blood is not strong yet. I guess everyone has there own way of saying how you should feel when becoming a vampire. Just note the change of lifestyle, mood, and eating habits !!

(Is that not a cannabis addiction there you're talking about?) *rubs chin*

I personally am way too senstive to sunlight.....I hate the sun.
I tend to feel week energy wise unless I'm around people. I feed off the energy of others and it's a very exhilarating feeling to draw the energy out of a person.

i veiw vampirism as the draining of pranic energy of the life force. the more common sysmpoms of this believe is the sort of bi polar attitude and distanceing your self from the rest of the world. but who really knows but drinking blood is fun

Yeah, my message earlier was long....it came from sanguinarius.org. There was a bunch of other stuff there , and a lot of info. Whether those are true symptions or not, i don't know....but when i read this list to my little sister, she apllied to each one.....

It seems that different people have different symptoms but most seem to have a few in common like.

a desire to feed of either blood or the energy of others

a dislike of sunlight often a physical dislike

more energetic at night

I'd say the first time you turned into a bat would be a pretty good indicator....lol.

lol.... i love bats :D they look so cute me thinks ^^

I believe that I am a vampire. I have had most of the symptoms that Artemisia wrote about. I can't stand the sun, it burns my skin too quickly. I feel sleepy in the daytime & wide awake at night. Sometimes I drink my own blood if I bleed.

Well i ve heard that you can stand the sunlight because is burn your skin whatever...don t think that is true but the only thing i know is true is : the thirst of blood.

I really don't think we have much of a right to say what the symptoms of being a vampire are. People call me one because I have a slight allergic reaction to the sun, and i actually drink and have an unhealty obsesseion with death, blood, darkness... and all that shit. I think that vampirism is just... i don't know... intresting to talk about in terms of symptoms.

True Vampyrism isn't some undead curse where you can't stand sunlight and such.

Its a type of infliction upon the soul where the soul has to take enegery from the physical body, in turn, causes the physical body to grow weak.

That is my idea upon it, if you go to the Elorath, its due to the fact that we had cut our solar chakra tie to the great spirit and wheel and to stay apart of this world in spirit form. We choose to come back, just, some times we remember what we are when we are born, or we don't and awaken into it later. Yet, due to the fact we cut the tie with the solar chakra, we lost the ability to make enough life energy for our bodies to substain themselves, so we have to find other means to do so.

There are three types of primary feeders

Sanguine = Mradu
Mental/Psy = Ramkt
Emotion = Kitra

we can all use any of these means to get our life energy we are defficient of, but, we are strongly connected to one style of feeding more so then the others.

We're just like everyone else, just a bit more sensitive to energy. We aren't anything big and supernatural, thats all bs.

if any of you want to know more, I have, in the personal section of my journal, some of the stuff I'm typing up from some of the strigoi vii teachings. I can go into more detail about it all for those who want to contact me indiviually about true vampyrism.

- Sin

Ok, I have to put my two cents in this time around.

Blood blood blood blood blood
psy psy psy psy

There are so many other ways to feed that it's mind boggling! I've gone through those changes, yadda yadda yadda.

But may I suggest the following things that I have learnt first hand?

First going through the self mutilation. Ripping and drinking yourself silly. I've learnt in this generation they are called 'cutters'. Well, guess what, I've been there losing my mind for blood. Next, it's the steak fetish, raw, dripping oozing blood. Please remember to keep it refrigerated AND at a reasonable temp to at least kill botulism. Yes, been there too. YAKKK! Then there are the teas, iron pills, vitamins, over the counter iron blood fixes, etc. Next; is the donors. Please get checked FIRST!

Now if you are tired of all the above, my NEXT experiment is going to an amusement and sitting directly UNDER the rollercoaster, yes good screams can get you drunk! Or, you could go into a fun house, some 500 times for another 'drunken' effect. Been there, done that!

Now going to nature, away from humans, you can become an elemental. This, however, takes more discipline that most would like to admit. It's like Monkish, but OH MY GOD fullfilling during a lightning storm. And those of you know who you are!

There's another way, but I want to keep this rated PG, if you know what I mean. *wink.

Down the road of change, you'll say NOBODY UNDERSTANDS! Guess what, I said the same thing.

PS, pls don't look at your pets as nibblets. Not good eats.

Lady Lilian
House Mistess
Nocturmus et Morus
Salem Ma
1989 - 2001

There is no physical change that you might see, hair growth, teeth sharpening and so forth. Mentally and spiritually there is a change. From what I have read here on what people have said is interesting the act of not being in the norm is a big part of it all. I like the day light but tend to favor the night; I enjoy the smell of red meat and even the smell blood when I was on the job with EMS. I do not crave human blood nor do I think I am a vampire so let me get that out in the open.

Spiritually speaking I do believe that we as humans get drained and place the blame on our every day lives. But from this drain we need some sort of replenishment and tend to look at others for this. Hence Vampires, The sucking of emotions, physical energy, and even blood, a leeching effect from another being. Parasite would best fit that category.

lol yeah some of the things mentioned I have them, but I don't believe am a vampire

Let's see... I'm a nightowl.... I like biting.... and I enjoy drinking blood... under safe circumstances..... Uh-Oh... I must be a vampire...


I'm with DA on this one...

The thirst for violence only described as a symphony of the highest angels as they are ripped from the heavens filling ones senses.
The breath, a lust as a wolf, but to no end, deep dark, relentless with every passing breath.
A fire most radiant upon the brow, seeing quite clearly the desire.
No remorse, no moral cause, just want.
An animal instinct coupled with the higher mind merging upon one thing.
The limbic will, with a conscience that knows no bounds.
From the first taste, to the last.
The only factors changing with time are
decadence or ignorance.
The ability to control that which ever tempts one to lose control.

I, myself, happen to be a psychic vampire... I was born this way... I always knew that I had a need to be around humans, and I always felt like I didn't belong, but I never had an answer... One day, by chance, I found the information I needed to know... I was watchin television; a show came on about vampires, werewolves, and witches... Ofcourse I desided to watch(for these things interested me so...) When ther program reached the vampire portion, a vampire came on the screen and explained that he was a psychic vampire... As I listened to all of the things he explained, I realized what I truely was... I have never been happier, now that I know my true potential...

hahahaha... it all started about 3 years ago.... i was bat hunting in the vacant lot behind my house.... and i got the bat to fall... i went to go and catch it and it bit me.... and thats when i decided that i was damned for life... to be a VAMPIRE!!!!!

carkiller i think if you knocked me out of a tree while i was sleeping i'd of bit you too...... and then some...

Yeah I hate when that happens.....dammit just leave me alone to hang in my tree without molestation! :P

Ummm mental note, did you at least even consider the possibuility of rabies? *sigh.

carkiller- ur jus funny. thats all im gonna say. well to me, the most important symptom is:

just having the DEAD, GUT instict that either u are a vampire, or

(and theses ones dont necisarilly mean that ur a vampire, but there still good)

maybe youve felt throughout basically ur WHOLE life that u were always ment for a greater purpose,

or u have always felt superior to others (evan if they were older than u!) and never knew why.

as for me, i have felt that way since i was 6 or 7! but thats just me. keep in mind that there are many other important symptoms but in my opinoin, gut feelin is most important so thats what i choose to talk bout cuz if list em all then ill end up goin way off track an this post will be a mile long! (for ex: i was postin stuff bout real vampires existing an dsomehow i got round to talkin bout god and aliens!!!) u dont wanna get me talkin cuz i might not quite!
and the first thing artemisia posted was pretty enlightening!
keep up the work every one cuz this makes for a nice read!

well the weird thing about my symptoms is that ive had mostly all of them for my whole life been theyve never been this extreme (careening out of control type of thing) until just recently

and LadyLilian-
u sound like u know what ur talkin bout. feel free to talk to/ send me a message whenever u want. (l8ter on i may have questions)

sorry. in the 1st paragraph of my last post i ment to say but instead of been

Hmm .. u got fangs , dark aura and a coffin in yer basement ? Ur a vampire :P

Symptoms(physical):
-need to drink blood, smell it, feel it.
-can't stand the sunlight, high sensitivity, poor vision when it comes to natural light
-absorbing "energy" through various incantations/rituals/group circles
(psychological/emotional):
-literally can't function[thoughts,actions] without drinking blood, even if it is a tiny amount
-belief that life will be ended if certain amount of energy can't be attained
-emotions at their peak during night time hours

Eh...various other "symptoms"...don't look at me like that! I'm just saying what I've experienced through various friends and other secrets that I shouldn't reveal...

It really is something that you need to find in yourself, and find out for yourself. Otherwise, it probably isnt the thing you are looking for.

now you can see who is fake and who is not....

I think you senses would be well hieghted

I think its something that is inside you. it comes natural to u. As a vampire you feel yourself and you dont care what others say. I dont think there is like symptoms as I need some blood or i have to bite someone. so you think 2 yourself is that a sign that I am a vampire. It comes within your soul.

If you are a vampyre.
You know you are one... It's not about symptoms.. It's something you feel inside.



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try going out to the sun..if you'll burn..that's IT!

Having the sudden lack of appitite for food. Living soley off blood, maybe you start drinking from animals and then you get a thirst that you can't satisfy, until you drink from a human and is cures your hunger. Starting to find yourself alert and awke during the dark hours and soundlt asleep during the light hours.. Becomming a loner, forgetting about your past and finsing yourself traveling far and beyound.. yearning for the time when you were'nt hunted and loathed.... never being able to find true happiness and relaxation.. always restless... it is not all 'cool' being a vampire, it can be the most lonely and saddening curse to be bestowed upon a mortal..

i can only speak from the point of a turned vampyre but i have become more imune to diseases, reflexes became faster, i sense things better etc etc

not allowed to be pregnant, not allowed to be in sunlight, growing fangs, cant see your reflection in the mirror (not true its just that they dont like to look at themselves because they dont like their appearance, cant eat anything but blood, cant touch silver, and they have a great sense of smell so they hate the smell of garlic (dont we all)

u hate sunlight, garlic and u love necks

thirst for blood.......hhmm? sensative to daylight? prefering night to day? well, i guess i must be a vampire......lol!!! and about half or my friends too....... heehee. na, were just alchoholics and drug addicts. im kidding.

Lets see, I wrestled for highschool, and got kicked off of the team for dislocating my opponenets shoulders, fingers, etc. caused too many injuries. My reflexes actually are hightened, and my periphial vision has been improved, when I play airhockey, I stare down my opponent, not taking my eyes off of them, its a trade mark move of mine, and I havn't lost in 13 years... I am much stronger in body and mind, I am a night stalker, if I do not want to be seen, I am not. I am constantly biting people anywhere around an artery.

Hmmmmm...i do not know about symptoms.. but i do remeber the day i first tried blood and it just drove me deeper into vampirism...and now i can never get enough blood.

i would say blood, than again, its not always what is tha obvious, people cant stereotype somone as a vampire if thay love blood, although i think it is a part of being a vampire, buh not what makes one... everyone to thar own..blessed be

sucking blood doesn't make you a vampire, I mean I don't consider a mosquito to be a vampy

Well I suck blod are alerdgic to the sun (nothing I just says it I go out for a long time in the sun I get al svoulen and my skins starts tu hurt) My eyes hurts in day light and I don´t like the "normal" things in life.

im the same as michlin

If you were a vampire you wouldn't need to be asking us about symptoms.

It is not always bloodthirst, there are physic vamps too.

no shit sherlock