Emotional Vampires In Your Life: Dealing With Difficult People

Past-Slingers
These people love to pull past incidents into the present and throw them in your face. There is absolutely nothing to gain from this. The past needs to stay in the past

switch gears and change topics

Gossip Kings and Queens
Get these people FAR away from me. There is absolutely nothing good about spreading rumors about situation you likely know diddly about

Stompers
These are those buggers that like to step on others to get to the top. They literally do a happy dance when others are suffering. Out of the blue you may get blamed from something you know nothing about. It’s confusing and just plain wrong.
Solution
Be prepared mentally and walk away. There's generally no use wasting your time arguing or trying to talk sense into these difficult people

Complainers
You run into these negative people everywhere. Some are minimal whiners and others take it to the extreme

avoidance works best or simply ignoring their wrongs

Hypocrites
You and I both know this type and studies show that hypocrites are crafty and often fly under the radar because they may appear perfectly normal until you get to know them. This type of person might do or say one thing and then turn around a jab a dagger right in your back. They do things to suit "their" personal gain, never mind you or anyone else.

Extreme Thinkers
These people tend to take life too seriously and overanalyze anything and everything. Although normally not as negative as the pessimist, these people are vampires and will suck the positive energy from you if you aren't careful.

Avoid these people as much as possible. Another option is to cloud your mind with continuous positive thoughts and try not to pay any attention to the dark side of the equation. The problem is that they are like radiation. If you are close enough, they will cause you harm, knowingly or not.