Ep 257: Love Bombing – What it is, why it happens

Help Me Be Me

Cloud10

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

What is love bombing? It’s a term used to describe the initial phase of a relationship when someone is trying to “seal the deal” with intoxicating affection. The person connects quick and hard, often validating you in ways you have craved your whole life; saying all the things you want to hear, treating you like you have dreamed of being treated. They make you feel seen and adored, which is why it’s so confusing and painful when it ends. A lot of people ask me, what happened to that person? Was it not real? It was real for you in your personal experience – however the person who enacted it was not portraying their true self. A person like this usually collects fans. They collect adorers, and they get off on the feeling of control. So I describe it often as a person with a different kind of brain. More on this plus some tools in this episode. This is for one person in particular but also meant for anyone who has fallen for a person who immediately disposed of you after you thought they were the one. And if you’ve been love-bombed and then deeply wounded, I send you much love. Hang in there. xox Support this week’s sponsors! LolaBlankets.com - use code HELPMEBEME for 35% off AquaTru.com - use code HELPMEBEME for 20% off any AquaTru purifier Indeed.com/HELPMEBEME for a $75 sponsored job credit Wayfair.com Headspace.com/HELPMEBEME60 to unlock all of Headspace FREE for 60 days TruDiagnostic.com and use code HELPMEBEME for 20% off your entire order or subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.2	Welcome to Help Me Be Me. I'm your host, Sarah May Bates.
0:54.0	I'm a writer, director, mom, and a breakup coach with an MAMFT.
0:58.0	And this podcast is kind of like a personal relationship.
1:01.0	In that I talk to you like you're my friend.
1:03.0	I provide tools to help you feel more grounded, empowered, inspired, and most of all, help you see yourself.
1:10.0	This is aimed at creating more harmony and happiness in the relationship you have with you,
1:14.6	so you can better guide your life and also be better to those you love.
1:19.2	Take what helps and leave the rest.
1:21.5	This is not a diagnosis for treatment.
1:23.9	If you're really struggling, call your local emergency services.
1:36.7	Hi friends, this is an episode.
1:49.6	I am calling Love Bombing, and it is really what it is, what does it look like when it's happening? Why is it happening?
1:55.9	This is for one person in particular, but I really thought it would be helpful for people who have fallen for a person who immediately disposed of them or completely did a 180 after you thought
2:04.0	you were fully in love and connected and it felt like perfect. So that's usually the situation
2:10.8	that happens if you've been love bombed. So what is love bombing? It's kind of a term that's used
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