Really not sure where to go with this. But I've come to

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Really not sure where to go with this. But I've come to realize that I enjoy when other people rely on me.

I've got a couple people I'm talking to with severe mental disorders, who I'm pretty much in 24/7 contact with, in addition to my school/work/social life. I find that I crave being relied upon to listen, or in some cases, being desired romantically or sexually by some of these people. I don't necessarily even want to listen to them, or be sexually involved with them (I've rejected any kind of advances like that), and while I do care about their problems, it wouldn't really bother me too much if we suddenly stopped talking, or if they disappeared. I just like the knowledge that they need me in their lives.

If there's people that I'm interested in, either platonically or romantically, I become fixated on getting them to be completely dependent on me. I'm fairly upset if it doesn't get to that point, but when it does, and someone gets to that dependency on me, I completely lose interest and stop really caring about them.

Really not sure what to call this. What's wrong with me? I'm not a sociopath or anything, I generally care a lot about other people and living things. I just crave the dependence people have on me.