Love bombing is a misunderstood phenomenon yet a situation increasingly common for people to find themselves in. While being a form of abuse, love bombing often has easily disguised signs and deep roots in attachment style. However, many individuals who love bomb are not actually aware they are doing it, which makes one consider the motives behind such an unconscious act. Like most things, it all goes back to our childhood and our tenderest moments with our caregivers. In childhood, we might have received inconsistent care or experienced a lack of warmth or caregiver interest and affection. In this crucial developmental stage, our internal working model receives these messages and internalizes them, which can later manifest into beliefs like, "If my partner is mad at me, they are going to leave me," or, "I am not deserving of love." "What it creates is an unhealthy attachment system for the child and affects their emotional development and can lead them to develop insecure attachmen...