by Albert Bernstein | Publisher: McGraw-Hill | Release Date: May 2012 | ISBN: 9780071839204

Protect yourself from people who take undue advantage and suck the energy out of your lifeEmotional Vampires will help you cope effectively with the people in your life that confound you, confuse you, and seem to sap every ounce of your energy. Bestselling author Dr. Al Bernstein shows you how to recognize each vampire type--antisocial, histrionic, narcissists, obsessive-compulsives, paranoids--and deal with them effectively. He uses many examples from the latest news headlines, which will help you distinguish between the types and deepen your understanding of each one.In response to the daily calls and emails he got about the previous edition of this book, Dr. Al Bernstein has added his advice for dealing with those emotional vampires who come in the shape of spouses and lovers, relatives, and children. Dr. Bernstein shows you how to deal with each vampire type and what you need to do to keep from getting drained.

1. Open 00:00:21
2. Chapter 1: Children of the Night 00:21:35
3. Chapter 2: Maturity and Mental Health 00:10:16
4. Chapter 3: The Way of Vampires 00:15:37
5. Chapter 4: Lovable Rogues 00:15:42
6. Chapter 5: Vampire Daredevils 00:30:28
7. Chapter 6: Daredevils in Your Life 00:37:21
8. Chapter 7: Antisocial Used Car Salesmen 00:21:51
9. Chapter 8: Vampire Bullies 00:27:43
10. Chapter 9: Antisocial Used Car Salesmen and Bullies in Your Life 00:35:53
11. Chapter 10: Therapy for Antisocial Vampires 00:08:27
12. Chapter 11: Show Business, Vampire Style 00:15:35
13. Chapter 12: Vampires Who Ham It Up 00:25:34
14. Chapter 13: Passive-Aggressive Vampires 00:41:06
15. Chapter 14: Histrionics in Your Life 00:22:38
16. Chapter 15: Therapy for Histrionic Vampires 00:07:54
17. Chapter 16: Big Egos, Small Everywhere Else 00:20:17
18. Chapter 17: Vampires Who Are Legends in Their Own Minds 00:34:19
19. Chapter 18: Vampire Superstars 00:34:46
20. Chapter 19: Narcissists in Your Life 00:18:49
21. Chapter 20: Therapy for Narcissistic Vampires 00:04:11
22. Chapter 21: Too Much of a Good Thing 00:17:16
23. Chapter 22: Vampire Perfectionists and Puritans 00:37:30
24. Chapter 23: Obsessive-Compulsives in Your Life 00:15:32
25. Chapter 24: Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Vampires 00:04:19
26. Chapter 25: Seeing Things That Others Can't 00:16:44
27. Chapter 26: Vampire Visionaries and Green-Eyed Monsters 00:34:05
28. Chapter 27: Therapy for Paranoid Vampires 00:03:47
29. Chapter 28: Sunrise at Dracula's Castle 00:04:07
30. Close 00:00:43