“Hoovering”: The Sneaky Tactic Narcissists Use To Reel You Back In

How to spot it, deal with it and fight back.

Glenna Gill
Memories Mastered
Published in
6 min readMay 1, 2023

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The word “hoovering” originated from the Hoover vacuum cleaner because a narcissist will do just about everything to suck their partner back into the relationship if they leave or threaten to leave. There’s nothing about it that is loving. Instead, they use extreme forms of…

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Glenna Gill
Memories Mastered

My memoir, “When I Was Lost,” is available now. Owner of Memories Mastered publication. Writing here since 2018 and love it!