Parasitism on strong personalities

Some people with strong personalities (such as my late father, and now, to some extent, myself) find other people using them to feel better about themselves.

Is this just passive-dependent people latching on to someone who can transfer some OK-ness to them? I think not quite, because it is done by people not entirely dependent, too.

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