In psychology, a savior complex is an attitude and demeanor in which a person believes they are responsible for assisting other people. [1] A person with a savior complex will often experience empathic episodes and commit to impulsive decisions such as volunteering, donating, or advocating for a cause. [2] A person with the complex will usually make an attempt to assist or continue to assist even if they are not helpful or are detrimental to the situation, others, or themselves. [3] It is often associated with other disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and is commonly used interchangebly with the similar term ' Messiah complex'. [4]