I looked up attachment disorders online because I had suspicions that I had one, and Anxious/Preoccupied Attachment sounds exactly like me, but with one difference. The way people talk about this disorder is always relating to partners and love relationships. But my attachments are always with other women, and not in a partner kind of way. I don't feel an attraction to the people I get attached to in the way of a relationship like a partner, but just a friend. Some say like a mother figure maybe. It's always women, and they are always older than me. It's normally someone who I have put my trust in by telling them about my life, or about problems that I'm having, trials I'm going through. I don't know why I get attached to these women, and I don't want to be doing it either. I just want to be capable of maintaining normal relationships. Most people don't take this very seriously when I tell someone, but I feel very self-conscious about it and just want to understand it, and stop it.
If anyone with a psychological knowledge in this area could give me some insight I would be most grateful.