Number 2. Love bombing.
You may think anything mixed with the term love can’t be wrong, but narcissistic love bombing is quite different than a normal loving relationship. It happens when someone overwhelms you with loving words, actions, and behavior as a manipulation tactic.
The goal of the love bomb is to quickly gain their partner’s trust and affection by presenting an idolized image of themselves. Once this is accomplished and they feel like they have you right where they want you, all your trust and attention, they’ll typically switch it up and become manipulative, emotionally abusive, or just plain difficult to deal with.
Number 3. The silent treatment.
The silent treatment is used when the narcissist abruptly stops communicating with you for no apparent reason. Well, the reason won’t be apparent to you, meaning there will be a reason but you may not be privy to that knowledge, because a narcissist can come off as confident and self-assured.
In reality, they have a very fragile ego. So, they will employ silent treatment at the slightest of infractions. The silent treatment is typically used by the narcissist as a form of punishment without them communicating to you what caused the issue. They may employ silent treatment if you set a boundary they don’t like.
If you say something they don’t like. They can use the silent treatment as an avoidance mechanism to get out of something, answering a question they don’t like. Or to get out of something they promised they would do but don’t have the intention of doing it.
In a romantic relationship, the silent treatment may be deployed if they are bored in a relationship and are trying to garner more attention from you, or if they are trying to start a new relationship, they may start a disagreement with you to deploy the silent treatment, so that you won’t bother them while they are love bombing their new supply.
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