New Book! Emotional Vampires And How You Can Combat Them In Your Life

I'm pretty sure everyone has had friend like this, at least once or twice in a lifetime. They may even be a part of your life right now!  They're the kind of person, who I have described more than once, as someone who calls you and "verbally vomits on you".  What I mean by that is someone who calls and dumps every issue, concern, problem and any other drama that may be going on, and then they gotta go.  Thats not a real friendship.

Well, Psychiatrist Judith Orloff has written a book all about just that.  It's  called Emotional Freedom. Emotional Vampires can be relatives, co-workers, or really anyone who you allow to abuse you emotionally.

I remember when I went through the Victory Institute For Weight Management program and lost 120 pounds.  I discovered there were people who were triggers.  When they called, it made me want to eat.  I usually craved the agressive foods, like crunchy, salty anything.  I learned that those people were not healthy for me.  Instead of severing or limiting my contact with them, like I shouldhave done,  it was more of a displaced agression that came out through eating those agressive foods.  I have learned, through the years , that those people were not healthy for me and they had to exit my life.  How did Julie Chen on The Talk televison show describe it?  She said she pust them in the" Julie Chen deep freezer", which translates into "icing them out of her life."  If this is you or you know someone like this, it is a "must read". See if you recognize any of these behaviors.  And btw, don't worry about icing them out of your life they will always find another willing vicitm.  I also included the author talking about one type of Emotional Vampire.