Does anyone else feel like this?

It probably sounds a bit weird, but sometimes when someone, a stranger even, sits next to me and their arm or leg rests against mine I lean into them slightly because I find it comforting. A teacher I used to have used to stand behind your chair and lean over me to help me with a question if I was stuck (only because there wasn't much room either side of me) and I used to ask for help all the time because it made me feel kind of safe? It's not sexual at all, though.
I feel really needy all the time, which doesn't make sense because I don't really like hugs from my family, nor do I get them. Does anyone else feel like this? How do I find someone who will give me this kind of affection?

Maybe you like hugs more than you think and the fact your family 'aren't very huggy' is why you seek that affection from elsewhere...

This isn't exactly healthy though to be leaning into strangers etc but the need for that kind of affection is totally normal I guess you should try to sort of hug friends every now and then and maybe even your family? Maybe you have a pet? Give it a little cuddle

Are you a guy or a girl?

I have a cat, but I'd rather it was a person, you know? I don't think it's healthy, no, but I can't seem to help myself. I have a friend who hugs me sometimes but I've never initiated one. It feels odd when I do
I'm a girl

I have a cat, but I'd rather it was a person, you know? I don't think it's healthy, no, but I can't seem to help myself. I have a friend who hugs me sometimes but I've never initiated one. It feels odd when I do
I'm a girl