I can have cordial, healthy, even somewhat "close" relationships with friends, acquaintances, coworkers, even casual dating partners, so long as they orbit me at a certain distance and don't get *too* close. But as soon as they cross a certain invisible boundary, I go full-on codependent mode and have an irresistible compulsion to suck them down into the empty place in me.

Now that I'm experiencing yet another relationship begin to come apart, I'm wondering if everyone is just better off if I keep my relationships in the "friendly, but not too close" stage forever.