I'm so glad that you found someone "close" to you (your teacher) that is able to listen to you. I think it works better if the person knows you somewhat. I found it difficult talking to a therapist because no matter what she said, I was still opening up to a stranger, in a face-to-face setting. It always kept going through my mind that I was being judged and that she didn't know me, but was giving me advice. Even writing to these forums is more comfortable to me than speaking to someone, face-to-face. However, if it's someone you know and you know that person want's to listen, then that's great. All the best to you and I hope you find happiness sooner rather than later. Don't worry, your friends and family are always the last people to realise, because they cannot be objective when it comes to you, because it's usually the most difficult for these people to accept things happening in your life and they usually just dismiss it as "something" and try to make as though it doesn't exist. That's why you should always seek someone objective that has no obligation to tell you what you want to hear, but instead tells you the truth.