Expert guide to love-bombing: signs, psychology, and recovery. Insights from clinicians, peer-reviewed research, and survivor case studies.
Data Mining
In the context of narcissistic abuse, data mining is a manipulation tactic used to collect information about a person’s goals, desires, and dreams. Perpetrator’s do this by expressing a high level of curiosity in the target and asking questions to harvest information about their wants, needs, strengths and vulnerabilities.
The four phases of the narcissistic abuse cycle: idealization, devaluation, discard, & hoovering, explained by a coercive trauma specialist.