Love bombing, gaslighting, and the problem with pathologising dating talk
James Greigdazeddigital.com
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Love bombing, gaslighting, and the problem with pathologising dating talk
Looking for love sounds more like chasing the high of an extreme sport, trust falling with someone you don’t really know like that. It demands exacting reciprocity, extreme vulnerability. It brings out people’s basest and most primal instincts and a frightening desire to merge into someone else. When the girlies on TikTok talk about dating, they ra... See more
the era of "damn thats crazy", "yapping", and "who asked" actually killed off so many peoples ability to start and hold a conversation about their interests in a healthy manner
X. It’s what’s happening
that boundaries aren’t walls…they’re doors. Boundaries help us decide who we let in, and how. People who have been bombed can learn from a scary and often disheartening experience like this…become wise about who’s safe to let in, so that this doesn’t happen again.