How Emotional Vampires Drain You

!- NO RECIPROCITY WITH THEM. You are here to fulfill their needs but they neglect yours. Everything is one-sided, favoring them. Their conversation are about them. Conversations feature them as the one and only person who is important. They control you to make themselves feel powerful and superior. 2- THEY PUT YOU DOWN AND TAKE PLEASURE IN SABOTAGING YOU. Toxic people on the higher end of the narcissistic spectrum tend to be envious of their victims. It sparks jealously in them when they see that you're thriving and successful. Rather than celebrate your success, they undermine it or attempt to diminish it. They can resort to petty ploys to do this. Whether that means praising someone else and comparing you in a demeaning manner to others. They are out to make a name for themselves. They one-up anyone who threatens to take the spotlight away from them. By Shahida Arabi