Vampire Characteristics
What Are The Symptoms Of Vampirism?
No one knows nor has been able to determine what causes vampirism. The leading theory is that vampirism may be a combination of genetic, physiological and metaphysical causes. One will often see vampirism referred to as a condition, and then compared to some other physiological conditions such as diabetes or high blood pressure.
Keep in mind that possessing any or all of these traits, characteristics and abilities does not make one a vampire as many of these same traits, characteristics and abilities can be accounted for by other reasons. All other explanations (i.e., medical, psychological, environmental, etc.) should be explored before assuming that one has those traits due to vampirism.
The key factor in determining if one is a vampire is going to be if one has a genuine need for life-force energies from outside sources and their traits, characteristics and abilities are tied to their vampirism. Also, not all vampires will have all traits, characteristics and abilities. Each individual vampire is different and may have different traits, characteristics and abilities from each other. Just as every individual is different, every vampire is different. Some will have more abilities than others. Some will have more limitations than others.
Physical characteristics:
Mental characteristics:
You also may be a Vampire If:
Keep in mind that possessing any or all of these traits, characteristics and abilities does not make one a vampire as many of these same traits, characteristics and abilities can be accounted for by other reasons. All other explanations (i.e., medical, psychological, environmental, etc.) should be explored before assuming that one has those traits due to vampirism.
The key factor in determining if one is a vampire is going to be if one has a genuine need for life-force energies from outside sources and their traits, characteristics and abilities are tied to their vampirism. Also, not all vampires will have all traits, characteristics and abilities. Each individual vampire is different and may have different traits, characteristics and abilities from each other. Just as every individual is different, every vampire is different. Some will have more abilities than others. Some will have more limitations than others.
Physical characteristics:
- Pale skin
- Sensitivity to sunlight physically (i.e., sunburn easily) and/or visually
- Visual sensitivity to any light source
- Better night vision than day vision
- Eye color changing with mood or for no apparent reason
- Heightened senses
- Unaccounted-for strength (i.e., stronger than one should be without working out) and quick reflexes
- Often feels hungry and/or thirsty despite an adequate food diet
- Extreme cravings for certain types of food or extreme cravings that can not be satisfied with food
- Often feel run down, fatigued, tired despite an adequate food diet and activity level
- Frequent headaches for no apparent reason
- Does not require very much sleep
- Able to heal quicker than others
- Often get sick with "flu-like" symptoms with no medical explanation when they go without feeding for a period of time
Mental characteristics:
- Strong-willed; independent nature; confident
- Intellectual/highly intelligent
- Well-learned/educated, although not necessarily school-educated
- Predatory nature
- Dark nature
- Prefers nighttime over daytime; i.e., nocturnal nature
- Moodiness/mood swings/quick-tempered
- Mental and/or personality disorders (diagnosed by a medical doctor)
- Empathy
- Telepathy
- Mind reading
- See and read auras
- Extra-sensory perception (ESP)
- Clairaudience, being able to mentally hear things from a distance
- Clairvoyance, being able to mentally see things from a distance
- Clairsentience, having knowledge that one can not explain
- Audiovoyance, being able to see and/or hear spirits and possibly communicate with them
- Telekinesis
- Pyrokinesis
- Astral travel/astral projection
- Psychometry
- Invisibility, although not as in the Invisible Man kind of invisibility; the kind of invisibility where one can blend into a setting, room and/or crowd, and not be noticed by anyone looking for them.
- Precognition/visions
- Past-life memories, especially vampiric past-life memories
- Immortal soul and a belief in reincarnation
- Experience déjà vu quite frequently
- Able to sense other vampires (often referred to as "vamp radar")
- Involved in "alternative" religions (such as pagan, Wiccan, satanic, etc.) or have "alternative" spiritual beliefs
- Most are either born vampires or experience an awakening to their vampiric nature later in life, usually in their teen years but it can happen later in life
You also may be a Vampire If:
- You have a strong desire for and/or Stimulation by blood (sexual, revitalizing or otherwise)
- You have a nameless craving that can never quite be fulfilled
- People you get close to tend to become tired, weary and upset a lot around you
- People tend to find you interesting at first, then begin to avoid you
- Even when surrounded by others, you always feel alone
- Sunlight/bright light in general hurts your eyes (but you can go out in it, even so)
- You tend to be a night person by nature (because you may feel more comfortable and "alive" at this time)
- You have had a strong interest in vampires(in any aspect of the genre) probably since puberty onwards
- You have had a strong interest in vampires since a traumatic event occured in your life.
- You don't get sick often, or if you do, the maladies are often strange or severe
- You are a fast healer
- Sex tends to leave you feeling revitalized and full of energy
- You have drank blood before or would like to, if you could
- You enjoy imbibing sexual fluids because of the vitality they contain
- Electrical appliances and you don't generally tend to get along well (watches stop often, computers malfunction for no reason, microwaves start up by themselves, etc)
- You prefer rich fabrics, tastes, scents etc.
- You are very sensitive to sensory extremes (strong scents, rough textures, sour tastes,etc)
- You feel totally different on some elemental,intuitive level to most other human beings
- You feel you don't belong in this century, maybe even this world
- You believe in reincarnation and maybe even have had past life visions
- Your dreams are often extremely vivid and sometimes result in cases of deja vu
- You easily "trance out" or find yourself detached from the world
- You posess an ability similar to ESP (or are highly intuitive in general)
- People often find you very empathetic to how they feel
- People often either trust you completely or think you are very dangerous.
- Your style of clothing tends to be more on the dramatic side
- Your relationships tend to be very rocky and emotionally unstable
- Your relationships tend to be very intense and passionate
- People tell you that you are too intense/an "enigma"/"dark hole"/add similar phrase here
- You look younger than you are (when you're beyond twenty years of age) or look older than you are (when you are younger than 20 yrs of age)
- You can see and/or read auras
- Animals tend to get along well with you
- You have good, natural "magical" abilities (if you do spells, etc, usually they work)
- You have only one or two friends/lovers who really understand you and whom you get along with
- When you will things to happen, they usually do
- You can often easily tell how other people are feeling
- You feel sick/get rashes/etc in the daytime when the sun is shining
- Your period starts late in the day and your cycle is usually timed to the full moon
- You suffer from allergies