The idealization, love-bombing phase, starts with excitement for both the narcissist and the victim / new supply.

But its not love for a narcissist, they can’t feel love, they feel infatuation.

The narcissist is getting a feel for something new and exciting, a new mark whose life they hope to conquer, exploit, deplete in due course. A long process, with the narcissist gaining something each step along the way, as the target falls to unprecedented depths. At first though, the narcissist enjoys the idealization.

Its very deliberate, the narcissist has studied the target in-depth, it is now time for them to employ a series of moves to captivate the target to euphoric heights through love bombing,

Step by step the narcissist massages each insecurity, each unfulfilled thought, each worry, each desire, to a good feeling place where the target believes the narcissist will be the answer to a prayer, mirroring everything the target seems to need and want.

Each and every thought which carries an energy of “lacking”, the narcissist massages into a place of “fulfilment”.

The target feels just great with the malignant narcissist, falling prey to an irresistible, dovetailing, feeling.

And once the target dovetails with the narcissist, it is what it is – they are trapped from multiple angles.

If something feels too good to be true, you’re probably right.