The Pros And Cons Of Real Stampirism

So-called ‘real’ vampires do not disclose their practices to medical professionals because of the very human fear of being discriminated against or labeled as mentally ill, a study finds.
The study, published in the most recent issue of the journal Critical Social Work, looks at people who self-identify as ‘real’ vampires– that is, needing others’ blood to gain energy – not members of the subculture, which embraces vampirism as a lifestyle.
The research led by Dr. D.J. Williams, director of social work at Idaho State University, found that although helping professionals, including social workers, are commonly taught to embrace human diversity, ‘real’ vampires were distrustful of helping professionals and preferred to “stay in the coffin” for fear of being misunderstood and potentially having to face severe repercussions to their lives.
“People with real vampire identities, were

Some real vampires called “sanguinarians,” seem to prefer feeding by consuming small amounts of human blood or animal blood, while “Hybrid” vampires report feeding from more than one form - psychically or from blood.
Unlike lifestyle vampires, real vampires believe that they do not choose their vampiric condition; they are born with it.
Researchers thus argue that real vampirism should be approached as an alternative identity, rather than a subculture or lifestyle.
The real vampires community
A large international demographic survey shows that real vampires (Atlanta Vampire Alliance, 2007), reflect an extensive demographic diversity - a variety of ages, religious and spiritual views, races and ethnicities, occupations, education levels, and sexual and gender identities. The number of self-identified real vampires should be in the