00:00If you've been around social media lately, you might have heard the term love-bombing on the rise,
00:04and if you have several relationships on your resume, you've most likely experienced some form of it.
00:10Cosmopolitan says love-bombing is characterized by excessive attention, admiration, and affection
00:15with the goal to make the recipient feel dependent and obliged to that person. Yikes.
00:21At first, love-bombing can boost your confidence in our willingness to be vulnerable.
00:25Sanam Hafiz, a neuropsychologist, told HuffPost that much like falling in love,
00:31love-bombing has been shown to release happy hormones like serotonin, oxytocin, dopamine, and norepinephrine.
00:38But what does it actually look like?
00:40Love-bombing can look like extravagant gift-giving, excessive complimenting, and constant texting or calling.
00:46It can look like being showered with love, attention, and validation,
00:49and it can feel like guilt and anxiety when it doesn't necessarily get reciprocated right away.
00:55In fact, because of these feelings of anxiety and lack of boundaries,
00:59love-bombing is categorized by some as emotional abuse.
01:02Now, look, I've been guilty of love-bombing before, and you might be too.
01:06It's okay as long as we learn from our mistakes, but emotional abuse is no joke.
01:12Relationships are hard. We've been trying to make them work since the dawn of time.
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