Final Major Project- Research Help!!!

For my final major project i am designing a book based around the subject area of relationships.  I needed to find a specific area of this subject to focus on due to the scale for the subject.  I created the concept that the relationship you have with yourself is ultimately the most important relationship you can have as this ultimately determines the kind of relationship you have with others.  I wanted to base it on myself, but was advised against this.  I have experience of  issue i feel can effect yourself and the relationship you have with others. For example my eating disorder effected my relationship with my family friends but most important the relationship i had with my partner. I relised that the obvious is good to look at but many people experience the same or different things, but it will effect each of us in different ways.  I wanted to gain alot of personal responses so i have more scope to take forward.

The book its-self will be a visual and typographic reflection of all the information i have gathered.  I want to highlight key feelings, emotions about the person and the explain to others that their is a deeper scope in to relationships its not all black and white.  

This is the basic information on my book. Im still at the early design and research stage, but i would really appreciate you help :)

No names will be used... i need to get an understanding of different experiences..

all i want to know is 

the relationship you have with yourself i.e are you confident, shy, outgoing, etc  and explain the experiences that have made you the person you are whther they are good or bad.... then if you can explain how and why theses experiences effected you relationship with people such as friend, family, work colleagues, partners.

The information you supply again is simply to understand different people experiences as we all have different self images which have been determined by our experiences from childhood to the present day and this experiences will effect elationships with others in different ways as well.

I need all the help i can asap please!!