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Real vampires drink blood

John Browning investigates real blood-sucking vampires—people who need human blood to survive. They’re called Sanguine vampires.

For two years, Browning walked around the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans, recording interviews with people who claim to be real vampires.

Are vampires real?

Come on. Vampires aren’t real. Right?

Browning insists that some of the people he studied over the years aren’t role-playing or performing cosplay. In fact, he says this isn’t something they can turn on and off.

From my research, those who need blood claim they can’t deny their craving. To go without blood is like depriving yourself of water or air. These vampires claim the side effects are excruciating. Some say they feel symptoms that mimic depression; they say their health deteriorates, and they feel lethargic. Others compare it to having a cold all the time. Some say the feeling is much more primitive. Like starving animals, their minds get foggy and could become aggressive.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/Dyr5is3Gihw?t=191″][vc_column_text]But not everyone in the vampire community agrees.

Father Sebastiaan hangs around many self-proclaimed Vampyres. Real vampires like to have fun, dress up and wear fangs. In fact, he disputes claims that sanguinarian vampires have a physiological need to drink blood to survive.

Dracula and Lestat are not real. Instead, to him, the only thing these so-called blood-sucking vampires are craving is attention from journalists like me.

In today’s episode, we will talk about real people who claim to be real vampires.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

How to Deal with Self Harm

You know, we bantered about tapping into veins and arteries from the vantage point of vampires feasting on blood. But if you remove the word vampire from our conversation, it starts sounding like a much more familiar crisis…self-harm.  

It’s not uncommon for some of us with depression or anxiety to inflict pain on ourselves. The physical wounds hurt, but it’s nowhere near as painful as the emotions inside our heads and hearts. So if you’re listening to this, there are different places you can seek help. First, talk to a pro. You can use online counselors like BetterHelp, a real-life therapist, or even reach out to a friend. There are also crisis lines where you can text and talk to an actual human for free. Text HOME to 741741, Again text HOME to 741741. I’ll have a list of numbers you can text for my international friends in the show notes. 

https://www.crisistextline.org/

• Get Help
• US: Text 741741
• CA: Text 741741
• UK: Text 85258
• Ireland: 50808

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