Thank you everyone for the advice, it all helps a lot and i really appreciate it. I do believe i am a lot more mature than a lot of my friends, i have always thought this and i think about it every day. It's just that sometimes i think that I'm TOO mature, especially for my age. I think there are two main problems: one, i need a girlfriend, really badly, someone who i can really talk to, because i have always had trouble really talking about my feelings with anyone other than a girlfriend. two, i don't feel appreciated by my peers. I think this is a problem that i have to try and solve myself, maybe by doing more to help people, or trying harder at work and uni. Either way, i will try the suggestions you have posted, and again, thank you so much for the advice, it really means a lot, even if it is from anonymous people on the internet.