If I’m “High Maintenance,” It’s Because I Identified the Problem
Another Female Rant Straight From The Realm of Chaos….
Somewhere along the way, people started calling women “high maintenance” like it was a damn medical diagnosis.
As if noticing patterns is considered a flaw.
As if standards appeared out of nowhere, like petty magic, or something along those lines.
As if self-awareness is a personality defect.
Let’s be clear.
I didn’t become “high maintenance.”
I became self-aware.
In every area of my life.
Lawless (counting on her fingers):
“Boundaries. Preferences. Memory. Yeah, that tracks.”
High Maintenance Is Just Pattern Recognition
Here’s what actually happens.
You live life amongst others.
You observe their continuous actions.
You connect all the damn dots of the puzzle.
You especially, stop tolerating nonsense.
And suddenly people are like:
“Wow, you’re a lot now.”
No.
I just remember things now, and then, and always.
Rebel (deadpan):
“If noticing the same behavior twice is high maintenance, then sure.”
Identity Shift: From Easy To Intentional
The moment you stop being:
- endlessly flexible
- conveniently forgiving
- emotionally available on demand
You get rebranded, to some high maintenance bullshit.
Not because you have changed,
but because your role to someone else did.
Low maintenance is passive.
High maintenance is intentional, serves a purpose to your whole being.
Vex (tilting her head):
“Once you know who you are, pretending not to is exhausting.”
“High Maintenance” Usually Means “Won’t Self-Abandon”
Let’s translate.
High maintenance means:
- you ask questions all the time
- you notice effort levels
- you expect follow-through
- you don’t ignore your own reactions, especially to benefit others.,
Which is wild… because that’s just having an identity, and not being this low maintenance broad that doesn’t demand to be present.
RAGE (ALREADY IRRITATED):
“Funny how awareness makes people uncomfortable.”
The Realm’s Identity Rule
In the Realm, labels don’t stick unless you accept them, yourself.
High maintenance.
Too much.
Difficult.
Those are just things people say when:
- you’re harder to manipulate
- you don’t shrink on cue
- you know what you want
And refuse to apologize for it.
Yeah we don’t apologize for being ourselves around here.
Meany (chewing a ripped label):
“Unnecessary.”
Final Identity Check
If you’ve been called high maintenance lately, ask yourself:
Did you actually change?
Or did you finally identify yourself clearly enough
that other people lost access to the version of you
that made their life easier?
ExactlY,
That’s the point!
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