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Too Good to Be True: The Deceptive Start of a Narcissistic Relationship
At the beginning or introductory phase with a narcissist everything will seem to be perfect maybe even too perfect. You might think you’ve found someone who you’ve been waiting for all of your life especially with all the excessive attention, affection, gifts, and affirmations that they will overwhelm you with. The introductory phase is an emotional manipulation tactic narcissist uses to get their victim physiologically bonded to them.
Introductory, idealization, and love bombing are all the same.
Here is what to expect during the introductory relationship with someone who has NPD narcissistic personality disorder. Love bombing is very common in the initial phase especially within 3–4 months of meeting a narcissist or an emotional abuser. Love bombing is overwhelming someone with signs of adoration, attraction, and attention. Examples are unlimited text messages/phone calls, sending you messages over social media, telling you sweet loving comments/compliments, tokens of affection, love notes, bombarded with gifts, a football field of attention, passionate amazing sex, hinting to commitment moving in or marriage, you’re their soulmate, you’re different, saying “I love you” making plans to meet the parents. Making comments such as I’ve never met anyone more beautiful or handsome than you, or my life…
