“The gist of the article is that self-identified vampires are probably more common than most people realize”.
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“Real vampires aren’t necessarily into any of those things, but it’s all around their perception of needing energy for health” said Williams. The study makes a difference between lifestyle vampires – who dress in black and wear fake fangs and genuine vampires who need other persons’ blood to gain energy.
The trial, found in the notebook Critical Social Work, mentioned to ask with replacement identification decide to not ever present their personal pursuits and routines to effectively helping out technicians for fear of being divided into “delusional, tender, or even a warning tends people demand”.
Williams, also lead author of the study found that “real-life vampires” continue their practices of sleeping in a coffin during hours of daylight, having human blood and sleepless nights.
The researchers designed the study to assess how the vampires had disclosed their identity to clinicians when seeking help for psychological or physical issues. “
Most vampires believe they were born that way; they don’t choose this [
for themselves.]”.
A recent study had revealed that self-identified vampires are going through some hard times.
Advances in technology and social media have created an environment conducive to unique and unconventional identities, the authors state. They need to drink blood from willing donors in order to get their daily dose of energy, but people aren’t that quick to offer up a vein. “Some of these people with alternate identities may come to a therapist with these issues, and if clinicians are open and educated about this group, they should be able to help the individual much better”, Williams said in a statement.
Participants in the sample seemed to function normally, based on demographic questions concerning their psychiatric histories and in their social and occupational roles. “People of all kinds sometimes struggle with relationship issues or have a death in (the) family or struggles with career and job-type issues”.
Encountering a self-identified vampire can pose challenges for clinicians in the helping professions such as social work, counseling or medical fields.
Williams, along with co-author Emily Prior of the Center for Positive Sexuality in Los Angeles, recently published the study “Do We Always Practice What We Preach?”
In becoming more aware of alternative identities alongside potential biases and stereotypes, the authors suggest that helping professionals can better establish trust with clients who have alternative identities and beliefs and, therefore, provide a more effective service.
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They were asked to answer to a survey whose results indicate that the vampires are very concerned with making their identity known to helping professionals.
