TYPES OF VAMPIRES

Generally speaking, I would say that “vampires” can be divided into two main categories:
a) Human
b) Non-human
In popular parlance, we would call the humans “real vampires”, and the non-human’s “true vampires”. These are not MY terms, BTW. In no way should my usage of such terms indicate that I believe in such things as “reality” or “truth”, but I digress…
The term “real vampires” GENERALLY refers to one of two groups (or to both following groups):
a) “sanguinarians”, and
b) “psychic vampires”.
“Psychic” vampires are those who claim to feed on other people’s ” psychic energy”. Whatever…
“Sanguinarian vampires” are people (humans) who drink blood (because they think it’s cool, or admire either “true” or fictional vampires, or suffer from severe mental illness). A TINY fraction of sanguinarian vampires are cannibals, serial killers, or both.
Personally, I would add a THIRD subsection to the category of “real” (human) “vampires”, and that would be the “psychological vampire”.
The “psychological vampire” wouldn’t necessarily pretend to LOOK like a vampire, try to steal other people’s “energy”, or drink blood indirectly (through something other than fangs). A “psychological vampire” would simply adopt the MINDSET of a vampire. For example: they wouldn’t particularly care about “human affairs”. In other words… they wouldn’t really be concerned with whether or not humans are protesting Wall Street (unless, maybe that represented some sort of self-serving opportunity).
FINALLY, this brings us to the category of “true” (non-human) Vampires. I think the capital ‘v’ is appropriate. These are what are also known as “Supernatural Vampires”. These are the folks who can sprout fangs (they don’t need to shave their teeth) and suck the blood from your jugular until your body is bloodless. These are the folks who are “fairly immortal/invincible” (and tend to heal at an amazing rate)… the folks who can snap your neck in a nanosecond with one hand, or slice your throat open with a page from the Bible, or punch a hole through your rib-cage and rip out your heart (literally)… who can fly, levitate, transform into wolves and bats, etc. THESE GUYS are known as “supernatural” or “true” Vampires. They are the beasts of legend, and the stuff of romance. We fear them, EVEN THOUGH, we don’t believe in them (unless of course… YOU happen to know better).