When one enters a romantic relationship, they are experiencing a lot of emotions and feelings. Their hearts race, hands get clammy, and breathing gets faster. It is a wonderful feeling to experience. But one thing that many people experience when entering a new relationship and not even acknowledge it or know it, is love bombing. Love Bombing is when a partner is overly affectionate and showers their partner with over-the-top displays and recognition. It also includes spending all their time together, talking on the phone and texting all day, and giving excessive gifts. While that may seem wonderful and everything you want in a relationship, it is not very healthy. This is actually considered a form of manipulation. A partner may do this in order to gain trust and have their partner become dependent on them. The type of people who usually perform this behavior are narcissists or people with a narcissistic personality disorder. Narcissists or NPD are people who have an inflated sense of self-importance. They tend to crave attention and acclaim from others and lack empathy for other people. Love bombing is a form of emotional abuse. Usually, if your partner is love-bombing you, they want control in the relationship. One may confuse normal displays of love for love bombing but they are very different as they are not super constant like love bombing is. Love bombing also does not last. Once your partner finally has control over you and has gained your dependence, they will change into being more manipulative. If you ever feel that you are in an abusive relationship, either physically or emotionally, it is important to not isolate yourself and reach out to your friends. If you feel that someone you know is in an abusive relationship, reach out to them and be there for them whenever they need it.