dear Allsmiles, thanks for posting your comment and welcome on board.
As an Occupational therapist you would have seen a lot of people recovering from all types of injuries, including those with depression, but when you are actually involved in a relationship it can be a totally different situation.
The trouble is with your boyfriend is that he believes he can get over all of this by himself is really a faux pas, because where does he start, it won't just go away by itself, perhaps he may believe that it will, OK point taken but the real problems will still be there, and will come and haunt him again.
He maybe able to solve his superficial concerns but it's not these that he needs help with, it's those that are deep rooted that he needs help with, so there are a couple of choices to make, and these are to keep in touch with him and tell him that you are there for him, which you probably do already, because there's every chance that he may ring you up at night just to talk.
The other option is to click under 'Resources' at the top of the page and order all the printed material from BB, which is all free, because it has a wealth of information on depression and any other type of illness like anxiety etc, which he may find interesting.
What I would do is take a photocopy and send him just a few papers to begin with, just in case he decides to throw it out, you will still have a copy.
Hope to hear back from you. Geoff. x
