I remember it like it was yesterday. I was at a gathering, a beautiful outdoor event, full of laughter and light. I was speaking with a man I’d just met. On the surface, everything was fine. The co...
I remember it like it was yesterday. I was at a gathering, a beautiful outdoor event, full of laughter and light. I was speaking with a man I’d just met. On the surface, everything was fine.
The conversation was pleasant, the sun was shining. But within minutes, a striking and unsettling exhaustion washed over me. It was a bone-deep weariness that had nothing to do with being tired.
My mind grew foggy, my mood plummeted, and all I wanted to do was leave and be alone.
It wasn’t until later, after I had a chance to sit in silence and reconnect with myself, that I realized what had happened. I had just had a close encounter with an energy vampire.