Love Bombing: Every other day a new term and condition has come up in the relationship. One of them is 'Love Bombing', After reading its name in English, you too must have felt as if someone's heart is bursting with love, but it often happens that things are not as they appear to be.
To remove this confusion of yours, today we are going to tell you about this new concept of relationships i.e. love bombing.
Let us tell you that this can be good as well as bad, that is why it becomes important for you to know about it. Especially those people who have recently entered into a new relationship need to be more careful.
What is 'love bombing'?Love Bombing
Love bombing is a way of trapping a person by showing excessive love, care and effort. This is mostly seen in the beginning of a relationship, where the new partner does many things to make you feel special. This is then used to emotionally influence and manipulate the other person.
signs of love bombing
Love bombing can happen in any relationship, but it is more likely to happen in newly formed relationships. To know if your partner is love bombing you, you can keep these things in mind. When someone pampers you too much and repeatedly compliments you that you are very beautiful, amazing, or very special to them.
Caring, expressing too much love, planning for the future also come under love bombing. Apart from this, if your partner calls you continuously, pretends to care for you by always staying connected and if you do not listen to him then he makes you feel guilty or ambiguous and tries to control your emotions.
Why is love bombing dangerous?
Love bombing can be dangerous for anyone because its symptoms appear somewhat similar to those of a healthy relationship, which means that anyone can make you believe that he/she loves you very much and can play the game of love bombing with you.
But there is another aspect to this, that sometimes the feelings of the other person may be true, but our lack of clarity about the concept of love bombing can ruin our otherwise good relationship.
How to know if someone is 'love bombing'
If you are in a relationship with someone in which you have to compromise your self-respect due to constant criticism and insults, the other person is trying to emotionally control and manipulate you, is threatening you to get his/her way etc. then it means that someone is playing the love bombing game with you.
Ways to avoid love bombing
- After knowing the meaning of love bombing, the question that arises in your mind is how to avoid it. So if someone suddenly starts loving you and starts showing care then be careful, trust your feelings i.e. if you feel something is wrong then pay attention to it.
- Maintain a limit between you and your partner about what is acceptable and what is not. If you feel something is wrong, talk to friends and family and do not make any decision in haste and give yourself time. Also understand your value.