Is it normal i get attached to mother figures?

Ever since I can remember I have had this problem coming back in different forms, where I find myself completely attached to older women in my life, who I pretty much idolise. I really can't control it. Every time I let go of one of them, I get attached to a different woman, and I don't know why. I don't even feel this way around my own mother. My mother and I have a solid relationship, but we don't really click. I love her so much, but we don't talk much. I always get on well with these mother figures, and my general wellbeing rests upon the fact that they like me too. I find myself making decisions, and asking myself what they would do if they were in my situation.

I am aware of how weird this is, and I feel like maybe it's because I am self-conscious or unhappy with my own life or myself. I fill up all of my spare time with hobbies and events to try and make myself feel more happy with myself, but really, everything leads back to the person I idolise at the time whether this is a teacher, or a neighbour, or a friend, or even someone I don't know, like an actress!!

I just don't know why this happens to me, and I don't know how to stop it. Has anyone else felt this irrational need to have an idealized mother figure, and if they have, have they gotten over it somehow? Thanks in advance.