Love bombing — the overwhelming flood of attention, affirmation, and apparent devotion used to secure attachment before a person can evaluate the relationship honestly — is a form of manipulation that weaponizes love's natural openness. It works precisely because humans are built for connection and tend to interpret intense attention as evidence of genuine care. This domain examines how it works, how to recognize it, and why the people who do it often believe their own performance.
Each step builds on the last.