Hi  thanks for replying, both replies are really thoughtful and have gave me a lot to think about 🥰 I do get stressed out being around people too long, at the minute I dont have a choice though because I share a house with my sister. It is definitely getting on top of me not having my own space though. I think my parents relationship probably has a lot to do with it, though I hadn’t looked at it from the perspective that I’m behaving the same way as my dad but now that its been said, it really is exactly the same thing! I think my fear of going with my friend instead of my sister is because i just dont want to make my sister feel worse than she already does! I definitely need to work on being more assertive, i had been trying to do that a while ago but i just fall into old habits… I didn’t realize that assertiveness was the same as this… I’m definitely too passive! I’m going to try and work on that, thanks guys, appreciate your help loads!