Someone may be harnessing your energy
Have you ever noticed that when you are with certain people, you feel so alive, so energetic, but when you are with other people, you feel so exhausted, so tired?
When I was teaching a course in metaphysics, I came across an obscure term called zapper. Today, we think of a zapper as an electronic device. The dictionary defines it as (a) an electronic device designed to attract and kill insects, (b) a person who habitually changes channels (to avoid commercials), or (c) a remote control device used to zap. But when I was teaching that course, the term zapper was used to define people who used up all your energy, sucking the life force out of you.
One of the things I liked to do with my students was to experiment with metaphysical concepts and discuss the various ways of incorporating spiritual theories into our daily lives. Having discovered the concept of the zapper, I had everyone experiment with it. I gave them the task of making a list of the people who made them feel energetic and the people who made them feel tired, and of course I made my own lists.
The results were amazing. We all discovered that we were surrounded by people who could invigorate us and people who sucked the life force out of us.
If this was just a matter of staying away from the zappers and only having friends who made us feel alive, it would be easy to do. Just start yawning or feel like your brain is getting fuzzy, and make a strategic retreat. But, like most things in life, that is not easy to do.
Your boss or teacher could be a zapper, and your options for strategic retreat are limited. It should also be noted that not everyone is affected by the same zappers as you. One person could drain your energy but make another feel alive, and vice versa.
Around the time I was doing these experiments with my students, I had just acquired a new customer. She was beautiful, smart, interesting, and had a good sense of humor, but every time I was with her, my energy level would go down the drain. It didn’t matter if he called me on the phone or came to my office, the results were the same. He was so exhausted that he could have slept for a century. In the end, I referred her to someone else because I was always too tired to give her the kind of help she deserved.
Do your own experiment. Spend five minutes next to someone without either of you saying a word and see how they feel. At the end of those five minutes, a zapper will have a burst of energy and feel great and you’ll feel like you’ve just run a 25K marathon, ready to collapse from exhaustion.