The Full Cycle: Why the 'Love Bomb' ALWAYS Leads to the 'Reverse Discard'.
The Mental Healness Podcast
Lee Hammock
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Did the "fairytale" end as fast as it started? In today’s live session, we are connecting the dots between the intense Love Bombing phase and the cold, calculated Reverse Discard.As a self-aware narcissist, I’m pulling back the curtain on the internal "playbook" used to create a trauma bond. We’ll discuss why narcissists use intensity to bypass your boundaries, the psychology of "Baiting a Breakup," and why you feel like you’re losing your mind during the devaluation phaseThis isn't just about labels—it's about pattern recognition and your psychological safety. Whether you’re currently in the "honeymoon phase" or you’ve just been discarded, this live Q&A is designed to give you the clarity you need to stop the cycle.In this stream, we cover:The 4 Stages of the Narcissistic CycleWhy they "bait" you into ending the relationshipHow to protect your nervous system from the "High-Low" addictionReal-time Q&A: Your hardest questions answered from the "inside."
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| 0:00.0 | Stop waiting for the person that love bombed you to come back. |
| 0:06.0 | They really never existed. |
| 0:08.2 | The love bomber was not real. |
| 0:10.7 | They really were not there. |
| 0:13.3 | You met their representative. |
| 0:15.5 | Like they said the proxy. |
| 0:16.7 | You didn't meet the real version of them. |
| 0:18.6 | You met the proxy version of them. |
| 0:22.0 | If you know, if you knew here, I'm Lee Hammond, a diagnosed narcissist. |
| 0:25.1 | And if you're here today, it's because you're realizing that the fairy tale you were sold in the beginning was actually the blueprint for the discard that you might be going through right now. |
| 0:35.9 | The discard that you might have went through previously., the discard that you might have went through previously, |
| 0:38.6 | the discard that you still might be healing from, right? |
| 0:43.3 | Narcissistic people. |
| 0:44.8 | In essence, what we're talking about is how the love bombing phase |
| 0:50.0 | could transition to the reverse discard, right? Because I have two most recent videos, which will be in |
| 0:57.0 | the description, are about love bombing, the four stages of the love bombing, and then the reverse |
| 1:02.3 | discard. You know, when you first meet a narcissist, when you first meet a toxic person, |
| 1:08.8 | when you first meet a toxic, narcissistic person, that most times they're going to love bomb you. |
| 1:19.4 | Most times they're going to love bomb you. |
| 1:22.1 | Most times they're going to do things. |
| 1:24.9 | Most times they're going to put you through it. They're going to give you everything that you wanted and needed. Everything you've been asking for, everything you've been praying for, they're going to do it for you, right? They're going to do all of that stuff for you. They're going to meet you. They're going to pick you. They're going to love bomb you. They're going to, they're going to send their best. They're going to be, they're going to wear their Sunday best to get to you. Right. They're going to go to word as Sunday best. Give you everything you need. Mirror you. Act like y'all have the exact same interest. But you't you don't have the same interest sometimes you do |
| 2:03.7 | sometimes you do but sometimes you do you realize later on that y'all have nothing in common they were |
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