🎧 DAY 8: Love Bombing vs. Love - How to Tell the Difference | UNSTUCK: 30 Days to Rewrite Your Love Story

🔥 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Your friend calls, gushing about her "perfect" new guy—flowers at work, "you're the one" texts after two weeks, a whirlwind straight out of a rom-com. Then... silence. The texts slow. The energy shifts. "What did I do wrong?" she wonders. Nothing. She was just love bombed.

In this important episode of Unstuck: 30 Days to Rewrite Your Love Story, host Christy Holt (Former Master of Ignoring Red Flags) exposes love bombing for what it really is: manipulation wrapped in grand gestures. That flutter when he texts a novel at 2 AM? That’s not passion—it’s your nervous system screaming, "This feels familiar—and not in a good way!"

Time to learn the difference between love and performance.

⏱️ WATCH/LISTEN ALONG

0:00 – Rom-Com Red Flags (When "Perfect" is Actually Poison)

1:15 – Sugar Rush Love (Why Love Bombing Feels Like a Drug)

1:48 – Trauma’s Role (How Childhood Wires You for Whiplash)

2:23 – Real Love Checklist (Safety vs. Dizziness)

3:53 – Body’s Betrayal Alarm (That "Flutter" Isn’t Butterflies)

4:17 – Grounding Exercise (Press Your Feet Into the Floor + Hum)

5:43 – Add to Your F*ck It List: "Falling for Love Bombing"

💬 KEY QUOTES (SHAREABLE AF)

"Love bombing isn’t love. It’s the emotional equivalent of a sugar rush—intense, addictive, and ultimately empty."

"That flutter in your chest at his 2 AM novel? That’s your nervous system screaming, We’ve been here before!"

"Real love doesn’t give you whiplash. It’s steady. It makes you feel grounded, not dizzy."

"You’re not a character in his rom-com. You’re you. And you deserve love that’s real, not performative."

(Tag @CoachChristyHolt if these hit home! 📲)

🔥 YOUR DAY 8 REBELLION: DETOX FROM LOVE BOMBS

1. THE 3-SECOND GUT CHECK

👣 Press your feet into the floor (or grip the couch). Say: "I am here. This is real."

🎶 Hum as you exhale (3x). Let the vibration calm your nervous system.

🤔 Ask: "Does this feel safe—or too good to be true?"

2. ADD TO YOUR F*CK IT LIST

📱 Scream "FALLING FOR LOVE BOMBING!" into your Notes app (or burn it safely).

3. INSTANT REALITY CHECK

▶️ Blast Thank U, Next by Ariana Grande: https://bit.ly/loverebel

💃 Move like someone who chooses real love every damn time.

SHOW YOUR DISCERNMENT: 📸 Tag @CoachChristyHolt with your "I’m not a rom-com character!"moment.

RESOURCES & LINKS

🧘 CREATING LOVE SWEARY AF MEDITATION: A 5-minute gut-check for your nervous system so you can get back in touch with the love that you ARE  https://bit.ly/createlovemeditation

📖 LOVE, UNSTUCK BOOK: Spot Toxic Patterns Early with this guidebook: www.loveunstuck.com

🔜 NEXT EPISODE: When to Burn the Relationship Down (Spoiler: If you’re constantly questioning where you stand, light the match.)

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