my name is danielle. i am 22 years old. i have lived in cleveland, ohio my whole life. i started developing an interest in vampirism recently, to be honest. i figured out i was a vampire until recently, as well. my whole life i have been very sensitive to sunlight, even as a child. it always hurt my eyes, and my skin would burn very easily in it. i have very pale skin and blue-green eyes, so that don't help. i do not cut easily at all, and it takes a lot for me to bleed from a cut. i have tried animal blood, but never human blood. i like blood from raw steak usually. i just drain the blood out of it, and drink it. it helps me to feel more energetic and less tired. when i do not get enough blood or iron in my body, i tend to feel weak, and i am more prone to getting headaches and feeling exhausted all the time. i have a disease known as ulcerative coliitis, and i am taking blood thinners for it. when i was 18 years old, i lost 2 pints of blood, and needed to get a blood transfusion. this was when i was diagnosed with this disease. now today, i am even more sensitive to sunlight, and being out in the bright sun as well. this disease i have only complicates things for me today, but always throughout my life, i never had as much energy as most people around me. and i never did too well being out in the sun for long periods of the day. i always tend to absorb people's energies around me, whether positive or negative. when i am around negative people, i tend to feel their emotions more easily, and their energy makes me feel more drained, causing me to get headaches and feel more tired. positive energy people tend me make me feel more like them. i can't be in crowded places because i usually feel sick with headaches and exhaustion when i am around too many people at once. i absorb their energy without even realizing it i feel. i am on this site to get to know more vampires out there, and to see how it is for them. sorry, i don't have any pics, but i can describe myself, as slim, black hair, blue-green eyes, 5'4, 110 pounds. i like both men and women, as i am an experimental person.