My boyfriend and I have been together for 8 months. I love him like I've loved no one else. But from time to time he gets really low, and I've never had anyone close to me have anxiety or depression so I'm at a loss for what to do.
I am a generally very positive happy person and despite anything life throws at me I push through it. So I really struggle to understand his moods sometimes. I just want to help. I give him love and support, but he will push me away, so I'll give him space, but he just retreats into himself even more. In the first few months of our relationship he was amazing, really loving and 'clingy' for lack of a better term. Occasionally he would have a couple of bad days but he seemed to manage them. But in the past month his mood has changed dramatically. He is working a lot more and bought a Playstation, so when he isn't at work he comes home and ignores me.
When I approached him about it, he got angry, saying he has just been a bit low and Playstation is his release. Which I found odd because the first 7 months with no Playstation he was happier than he is now. I have heard that him pushing me away can be a cry for attention, so I'm trying to give him all I can give, but I either get pushed away or he barely even looks at me, it's like he isn't really there. When I say all I want to do is help him, make him happy, make him feel better, he just tells me there isn't anything I can do.
