Have you ever met someone who just seemed to suck the energy out of a room? You know, that person who makes you feel tired and drained after spending time with them.

It’s not always easy to tell what it is about them that has such an effect on us, is it? But there are certain signs of negative energy in a person which can help us figure this out. Here are 7 of the most common ones!

What is Negative Energy?

Before we can go into the signs, it’s essential that you clearly understand what negative energy is.

Negative energy is negative thoughts that are trapped within a person’s mind, creating negative emotions and negative actions. These negative emotions–which can be of any kind, like fear, anger, jealousy, or even hatred– cause people to behave negatively.

What negative energy does within a person is that it builds up over time until released through negative actions. For instance, if you were to hold your anger inside, it’d build up until you finally lose control and shout at someone.

When someone emits negative energy, they’re essentially draining your energy in one way or another. Some negative energy emitters may be aware of what they’re doing, but others may not. It’s a person’s subtle negative energy that's often more detrimental than their apparent negative behavior.

Most people are exposed to negative energy without even being aware of it. Have you ever gone through a phase in your life where you were constantly experiencing negative emotions? If yes, then you have felt negative energy yourself.

How to Identify Negative Energy in a Person: The Signs

Now that you understand negative energy better, let’s look at how you can identify it. Here are 7 of the most common signs of a negative energy person to watch out for.

1. They Find Fault With Everyone and Everything

Have you ever been around someone quick to judge and pinpoint all of your mistakes? Or perhaps, they constantly complain about things no matter how good they actually are. If the answer is yes, then you’re dealing with a person steeped in negative energy.

Someone who’s emitting a lot of negative energy will find fault in just about everything. Nothing is ever right, nothing pleases them, and nothing makes them happy. They have a love-hate relationship with the world, which means they love to hate things and hate to love other things.

They’re negative about the way their friends dress, about what their parents or siblings do, about their boss, co-workers, even the weather! 

Simply, they always try to find fault with everything and everyone around them and are critical of everything. In fact, they seem to enjoy doing it, too! This shows that negative thoughts are constantly running through their mind, which then manifests into negative behavior.

So, the next time you see someone pointing o

2. They Try to Bring You Down With Them

Have you ever had an encounter with someone who, when even things seemed fine between both of you, managed to deflate your happiness anyway? Perhaps you were excited about something, but this person managed to make you feel less enthusiastic about it.

What’s worse is that sometimes they might even try to convince you that whatever made you happy was actually stupid or not worth your time.

For instance, if the person is a friend who tries to bring down your enthusiasm for traveling, they might say something like, “You’re just going to go for a week and come back. What's the point? Why did you even want to go? Is it because your cousin convinced you?"

Negative people often try to make others feel as miserable as they do. They think this will somehow strengthen their bond of friendship or relationship since they’re both “in the same boat.” So when someone tries to get you to wallow in negative thoughts and emotions, know that they must be in that state!ut all the negative aspects of something or someone, know that this person is emitting negative energy!