In the beginning of a romantic relationship with a narcissist, a victim may describe the initial infatuation stage as “otherworldly.” The emotional high can feel like a drug cocktail as potent as cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy, all rolled into one noxious dose that lasts a few weeks, months, or in some cases a year or slightly more. Victims of narcissistic abuseNarcissistic Abuse is a form of emotional abuse projected by a narcissist on to another individual, Although narcissistic abuse More report feeling as if they have found their soulmate, and often the narcissist will declare their “true love” or insist you are their “soul mate” very early on in the relationship. “Love bombingLove Bombing involves being showered with affection, gifts, and promises for the future with someone making More” is a phrase describing this stage, in which the narcissistic person may smother the target with praise, courting, intense sex, vacations, and grand promises of a future together. future fakingFuture Faking is promising a future that the manipulator has no intention of keeping. Instead, they More.