Thanks for all your replies!!

WillowLeaf: Great idea about opportunities and how I dealt with it, thanks !

Raging Quiet: What is Codepency if you don't mind answering?

Aunty2014 and Unlockingsanity: Sorry, I can see how I haven't made my homework clear! It's quite difficult to specifically say what I would like help with - because if i knew - I would have done it!

So my homework is to talk to my friends about how I am feeling. For example , sad/angry or upset. I don't necessarily have to have a reason I don't think. Its just a way of getting comfort because I don't let anyone give me any.

But I don't know how to approach my friends even though I am so close to them! They know things in my past but they don't think i'm effected by it the way i am ...and I can't express feeling sad/unhappy - i always come across as happy.

So i guess i'm asking you guys if you have experienced feeling like I have and how you overcame it. Or any suggestions about how to approach friends and express my inside feelings of upset and sadness even though on the outside i'm smiling. I just would like a hug

Sorry if that doesn't answer your questions as to what my homework is!