Do any teachers actually care?

I had a teacher that I trusted for four years, she knew every problem that I had (self harm, stress, anxiety). She really seemed to care and I honestly trusted her with my life, when I found out she wouldn't be teaching me this year we said that I would go up to her office and still talk to her and she said she would still be here for me even though she's not my teacher, but every time I see her in the corridor she just says hello and walks past without even stopping to talk. I haven't seen her around for months and when I saw her in a shop the other day she looked at me and didn't even say hello or smile.

It's horrible because I trusted her so much and really thought she cared but as soon as it wasn't her job to deal with me anymore she stopped talking to me. Are all teachers like this? Do they just pretend to care because it's their job?

I am a teacher and I can tell you that I definitely care about all of my pupils, even after I finish teaching them. I'm not going to pretend to know your teacher's mind but it could be a multitude of things. I find it odd that she'd act like this after four years, so maybe she does care more when dealing with her own pupils. Teachers are just people and can have the good and bad traits just like anyone else. Personally, I'd like to think that she does care but that she feels like she can't continue being there for you but isn't very good at dealing with the situation.

Thank you, I like to think it's because she's not good at dealing with it but I highly doubt it. Like you said teachers are only humans and most people don't want other peoples problems loaded onto them, she was probably just helping because she had to. It's just a shame that some pupils get quite attached to some teachers, only to be let down when they find out it was fake

why are you bitching when this teacher has given up their time to care about your problems? you sound extremely selfish/ignorant
teachers have no responsibility to care about students' problems outside teaching.
they're called teachers.

At the end of the day, teachers have a professional commitment to their pupils. They have to draw boundaries between them for their own sake as well as for the pupils. It is extremely hard to do well and there are all sorts of grey areas. Maybe it'd be different if she met you again after you'd left school. She clearly cared about you because NOBODY would put that much effort into someone without caring.

on a serious note, can you tell me why i'm an attractive person to the teachers i've had? i've had a few experiences, but recently i could sense a growing relationship with a teacher where i've become her favourite student. i don't even know why. she asks me a lot of personal questions in class, laughs at my jokes (even the bad ones) etc. i don't need to go into specifics because you just know when someone likes you.
can i honestly ask what's up because i've had a few teachers over the years want to get quite close to me (srs)

Without knowing you personally I can't really give you an accurate answer. Teachers often get favourite students, even when trying to actively avoid this. Some pupils just seem a lot more interested in your subject or easier to talk to. It's the same as with people outside of school except you're in the same room as them 3 or 4 hours every week. I don't really want to hijack the topic but it is most likely that you're just a likeable person and they've naturally reacted to that. Obviously, they shouldn't be acting on that in a personal way really.