From Need to Crave to Gratification

She needs. He needed to be needed. Great match. Perfect pathology.
- courtesy Naina


Then the need becomes a crave.

She makes him crave with her helplessness. He craves for more opportunities to display selflessness. Salutations to the manipulative brain. Long live the egotistic mind.

And then, the game begins. A vicious game of selflessness vs helplessness, ego gratification vs manipulation. The game unfortunately enters a non socially optimal nash equilibrium.