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What comes after love bombing with a narcissist?
The narcissistic abuse cycle would go like this: Love bomb → devalue –> discard → hoover. Following Mike’s love bomb, he would have begun to devalue her through criticisms, gaslighting, and passive-aggressive jokes.
How do you stop love bombing?
To prevent yourself from falling into the trap of the love bomb, beware of those who:
- constantly seek to stroke your ego.
- push a relationship to levels you’re not ready for.
- are quick to show warmth and affection, but then lose their temper or find other ways to “punish” you when they don’t get their way.
What happens when a narcissist does love bombing?
Once the narcissist reaches the devalue or hate bombing phase, they will revert to love bombing just long enough to grab your attention. The narcissist knows that if they put you down and treated you like crap all the time, you would eventually catch on and leave.
What is love bombing/idealization?
Since love bombing/idealization is part of the narcissistic abuse cycle, it can happen intermittently throughout the relationship as part of the intermittent reinforcement pattern narcissists use to keep their victims hooked. Why does love bombing work so well? We all know how predictable a narcissist can be.
What happens during the love bombing phase?
During the love bombing phase, the narcissist is setting you up for an addiction. Just like drug dealers give away free hits to inexperienced users, narcissists shower their potential victims with praise, admiration, attentiveness, and even understanding as a first ‘high’ to show how amazing they can be as a partner.
How do you know if your ex is a narcissist?
They will love bomb you: this is the most obvious sign. Love bombing is when a narcissist shows you exaggerated love, affection and attention. Narcissists are likely to use love bombing to attract their ex back but they can also use it to attract someone they are in love with especially if they feel comfortable around that person.