About Damien Daville



Greetings..

I am a 50 year old primarily empathic vampire now living in Norfolk, Virginia in the States. I also like elemental sources, and am a sanguine vampire with the right donor. I first learned of my vampirism as a teen in high school around 1970, and have developed its needs and abilities ever since. I have worked in some way helping others understand real vampirism for about thirty years. I came to the internet about 1995 and worked online in the few vamp forums around. I founded the Darkfear Network in early 1997, and then the Vampire Church in 1998. I also founded Web Alliance. In 2001, I founded the Texas Vampire Association, to better bring real vampires together in the state of Texas. Then in 2003, I founded the MidAtlantic Vampire Association to do the same thing in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and in Delaware. I spend most of my time now, working in the offline vampire community and in the public, helping other people to understand real vampirism. The Vampire Church is active both online and offline.

Damien Daville

Damien is the founder and elder of the Vampire Church



Greetings,

The condition of vampirism can cause a myriad of symptoms and side effects due to changes in your environment and the accessibility of energy sources. The amount and kind of energy sources available can have an impact as can changes in the weather and air pressure. taking in too much energy can be just as detrimental as taking in too little.

A very common side affect of vampirism is headaches, lack of sleep, and irritability. I have experienced all of these and seen others who have as well. Energy sources, and the ability to access them can lead to these side affects. Usually if usual energy sources disappear and one has to resort to alternatives, then can these common symptoms be seen. Adding to availability of energy sources, is change in weather, temperature, and air pressure which can contribute to side affects since vampirism increases one's sensitivity to change in one's environment.

If energy changes and environmental changes are long or severe enough, other more severe side affects are possible. If there is a propensity for depression, attention disorders, bi-polar disorders, and anxiety, then these can be exasperated in some. I have been fortunate to not suffer from these disorders, but there are some who have seen these problems made worse by their vampirism.

Problems with one's vampirism can also exasperate physical problems from the stress of environmental changes such as diabetes, digestive problems, allergies and possibly other physical problems. I have never had diabetes but I do have allergies to changes to the quality of the air that have been exasperated by problems with my vampirism. I have largely been fortunate to avoid physical problems, but many do not. I suffer sometimes mainly from headaches and sleep problems when my vampirism is affected by changes in weather and energy sources, however, there is much diversity and severity among many with the vampire condition.

Damien Daville
Elder and Founder
The Vampire Church

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