HIGH maintenance people require constant attention and approval.
They crave to be the centre of almost every conversation and will often become symptomatic (moody, resentful, loud, threatening) when they are not. They analyse every move, thought, word and action of others, and then read more meaning into things (statements, looks, sighs, attitudes) than was intended. They are easily hurt, quickly offended, quick to rebuke when they do not get the kind of attention they think they deserve.
Threats of withdrawal or desertion become a way of life.
High maintenance people are difficult, sometimes impossible, even in the most relaxed of circumstances. They pick fights, find fault, and personalise almost everything. They argue with people who are closest to them for no apparent reason. They often pick on strangers (waiters, helpers).…
