Idealization Stage

• Love Bombing
• Instant Intimacy
• The Emotionally Supportive Listener (mirroring)
• Charmer

Devaluation Stage

• Narcissistic Rage (walking on eggshells)
• Lying,  Cheating & Triangulation
• Gaslighting (victim begins to wonder if the problem is them)

Discard Stage

• Narcissist suddenly ends the relationship (Literally, I love you/You mean nothing (no closure))
• Narcissist Mask Slips (Lack of empathy is exposed)

DISCARD BY VICTIM

• No Contact
• Gray Rock

Idealization Stage #2 (GOAL IS TO SUCK THE VICTIM BACK IN)

• Hoovering