Welcome to Narcissist Apocalypse, everyone. I am Brandon Chadwick, and today we are going to be

talking about when love language becomes leverage and patterns when people are saying things that you think are really nice words, kind words,

loving words, caring words, passionate words, and the meanings behind them.

And when it comes to these words, in a regular, healthy relationship, these are normal words, but in an abusive relationship,

they take on a different context or meaning because of the motives behind everything.

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So now we're going to go through different patterns and a lot of different sayings that go with these patterns.

So the first one is the acceleration pattern.

And this is when intimacy moves faster than the information that is coming and things are moving

so fast you don't really have time to think you get swept up in a lot of things so there's a

reason this feels really good you're being chosen it's quick it's intense and it hits you. And this builds attachment before you've had

time to actually evaluate someone. You're emotionally bonded before you have enough information

about who they really are. And once these bonds form, looking at behavior becomes harder, a lot harder. You're just already sucked in. You're already

in it at this point. And we're not going to have every saying, but these are some sayings

throughout the whole entire thing that you might hear. I've never felt this way about anyone.

And this phrase signals that you are exceptional, compelling,

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