‘High-Maintenace Personalities’

“The Backstabber” is the most dangerous high-maintenance personality described in Dr. Parrott’s book High-Maintenance Relationships (1996). They are dangerous because they act like your friend. But, just when you need them most, they stab you in the back. Suddenly, someone you thought was your friend has turned into your enemy.
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In Dr. Les Parrott III’s book High-Maintenance Relationships: How to Handle Impossible People (1996), “The Sponge” is a personality type that takes and takes but rarely gives back. He gave the example of the relationship between two women who lived in the same apartment building, Melissa and Janice.
Melissa had just moved into the […]