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The Sabrina Zohar Show

186: Is It Lovebombing? Or Were They Genuinely Interested?

The Sabrina Zohar Show

Sabrina Zohar

Relationships, Mental Health, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

When someone comes on strong early, it can feel like intimacy—but it’s often just intensity. In this episode, Sabrina breaks down love bombing, future faking, and why fast-moving connections activate dopamine and attachment wounds rather than real emotional safety. She explains what’s actually happening in your brain when chemistry feels overwhelming and why those relationships tend to crash just as fast. You’ll learn the most common signs of love bombing, why stable connection can feel boring at first, and how anxious attachment keeps people hooked on the high. Sabrina also shares the Reality Check Pause, a practical tool to slow down, spot red flags early, and build relationships based on consistency, trust, and choice—not urgency or fear of being alone. If you’re struggling with breakups or repeating unhealthy relationship cycles, this episode breaks down why heartbreak hurts so deeply and how healing actually begins. If you’re ready to slow down, trust your instincts, and break your old dating patterns, the Healthy Relationship Foundations Course walks you through it step-by-step  HERE! If you’re serious about changing your dating patterns instead of repeating them, the Art of Going Slow course helps you unlearn urgency, regulate your nervous system, and build real connection without rushing, chasing, or abandoning yourself HERE! Get Ad free HERE!Want to work with Sabrina? HERE!Get merch for The Sabrina Zohar Show HERE!Don't forget to follow Sabrina and The Sabrina Zohar Show on Instagram and Sabrina on TikTok! Video now available on YOUTUBE! ============================= Chapters 0:00 Love Bombing vs Real Intimacy 3:10 Intensity Feels Like Connection 6:05 Dopamine and Dating Chemistry 9:30 Why Fast Relationships Crash 12:40 Texting, Attention, and Control 16:05 Future Faking Red Flags 19:20 Intermittent Reinforcement Explained 23:10 Why Healthy Love Feels Boring 27:00 The Reality Check Pause Tool 31:00 How to Slow Down Without Losing Them Disclaimer: The Sabrina Zohar Show, formerly known as Do The Work, is not affiliated with A.Z & associates LLC in any capacity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you ever had someone tell you on the third date that they've never felt this way about anyone that you're different?

0:03.8

And they just like, no.

0:05.0

And oh my God, this feels so special and different.

0:06.8

And part of you was like, oh my God, finally.

0:17.5

Like someone finally gets it, isn't afraid to go all in. But then there's another part of you. It might be a lot of quieter that's like, well, how do they know that? Like you don't even know my fucking middle name. You haven't seen me stressed.

0:18.1

You haven't seen me stick.

0:19.0

You haven't seen me bored.

0:20.1

And the thing is, it's like that intensity feels like intimacy,

0:21.8

but they're not the same.

0:23.6

Hello, hello, hello. Welcome to another episode of the Sabrina Zohar Show. My name is Sabrina Zohar, and I am your host. Welcome back, babes. Today I'm really excited. I'm going to be breaking down why that rush when someone comes on strong might be a sign that something is missing, not that something is there. And I want you to stick around at the end because I've got a tool called the reality check pause that you can use in real time when you're in the middle of that whirlwind to figure out if it's real or if you're fucking being played. And guys, as always, don't forget to rate and review the show. Leave a comment, share it with a friend. And if you guys need anything. We've got the foundation course. We have the going slow course. We've got resources, whatever you want. Check it all out

0:57.8

at Sabrina ZOR.com. But first, let's talk about what's actually happening in your brain when

1:02.8

this happens. And side note, don't forget, if you guys want to add free, that is an option. I get it,

1:07.9

not for everybody. So don't forget to check that out. Okay. Let's talk about,

1:12.1

and I want to kind of zoom out, because I think we hear love bombing, and I remember even like when Love Island was going on and everyone's like, Jeremiah's love bombing her. And it's like, there is a difference, right? I think some people see love bombing as like they're coming on strong. and it's like, okay, no, those are two separate things. You can have someone that comes on strong,

1:27.2

and then there's love bombing.

1:28.4

To me, love bombing, it's not always at a malice.

1:31.0

Like I even had a friend I had to talk to the other day by the time this comes out, luckily

1:33.7

it'll be a couple of weeks after. But I had a friend the other day that I was talking to. and he kept saying, no, no, I was just like really, you know,

1:40.4

it was like really into this person.

1:41.6

And I was like, motherfucker, we need to talk.

1:43.1

And I was like, you love bomb him.

1:44.1

He's like, no, I didn't.

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