Also, sangs and hybrids awaken too….. how you got the impression that they didn’t it beyond me. All vamps are born as they are, and just realize it later on.

and thank you for your comment.

Thank you for your input though. We love to hear a real sang or psi’s point of view on the subject.

“Many, not all, but many Sanguinarians feel that they are much more, prestigious if you will, because they are born into their vampirism rather than “awakened” into it like a psi.”
Nonsense. In almost every case, psychic vampires are born that way as well. Sanguinarians go through the same “awakening” that psivamps do. Awakening only refers to that point in one’s life where one realizes one’s nature, whether that be psivamp, sanguinarian, witch…whatever. Hell, technically realizing one is adopted could be considered an “awakening” of sorts, or realizing one is at heart a teacher. However, the term came into large popular usage in the vampire community (and some others) in the late 90s, so that’s what it tends to get associated with when used in a proper sense.

“Sang vampires are also known for having generations worth of Sanguinarians in their family, which over the years builds a sense pride and respect in oneself. This tends to cause a rivalry between the two.”
Again with the stuff n’ nonsense. There is no evidence aside from circumstantial that any type of vampirism is genetic, aside from genetic disorders that cause iron deficiency or blood cravings, of which the cases are rather few (in those cases, vampirism is a treatment for an underlying condition that not all vamps share). And there are close to just as many psivamps who point at parents or grandparents as being likely psivamps, or siblings. And just as many psis & sangs who have no vampiric relatives.

“This awakening comes during puberty and it causes an assortment of changes, including: problems sleeping at night, sensitivity to sunlight, they have a difficult time digesting solid food (since they switch to feeding on energy), an increase in psychic abilities and heightened senses.”
Correlation does NOT imply causation. Actually, the reverse case is how it is: the “changes” tend to cause the awakening (which can happen other times than puberty, that just tends to be the most common). As referenced above, “awakening” is the lightbulb moment where one realizes one MIGHT be vampiric. Usually the reason one comes to the realization is because one experiences weird symptoms that can’t be treated any other way, and one eventually reads about vampirism and tries feeding and it all makes sense. Since vampires (both psy and sang) are generally born and not made, for those years before awakening, the person’s system feeds on a low-level at an unconscious level to help it maintain maximum health and function. Awakening tends to happen when something causes a strain on the energetic system and it goes out of whack so that what once worked doesn’t work anymore, and conscious efforts are required in order to keep going. Most of those “drains” you reference above come from unawakened psivamps who have no clue what they’re doing, not “attacks”. And the symptoms you mention above are not universal, they’re just suggestions of what might happen. Same with the sang awakening symptoms (symptoms which non-vampiric individuals also can experience to certain extents. My ex is not vampiric in any way, yet has much worse sun sensitivity and sleep problems than I do.)

There is no “switch” to feeding on energy; unawakened psivamps as well as awakened psivamps feed on energy, AND on solid food. It’s true, if the body doesn’t have enough vitality because the vamp hasn’t been feeding, digestion can become more uncomfortable, but that’s not because of awakening, it’s energetic deficiency.

Oh yeah, and as to your “types” of psivamps, there are more than that…we can’t all be fit into boxes like that. Maybe you pinpointed 3 mains or large groups, but your current wording suggests there are no more than the 3 you mention. Might want to fix that, for clarity. And many psivamps, while haven’t a specific type of vitality they _prefer_, can adapt as needed to other sources.

I understand that you are trying to present less on the fiction and more on the nonfiction, but there are some absolutely horrible books & websites out there, and some disreputable people trolling the community. If you want to do good research in the future, try Sanguinarius.org.

Thanks And my the goddess be with us all.
Lana M.

I am a psy-vamp and agree with Mike about always being a psy-vamp and maybe not realizing the full breadth of it until I was awakened. As far as the sang vs. psy debate, I only have an issue with certain vamps thinking they’re better than others. We are all equal, in my eyes. Seriously, can’t we all just get along? :)