My boyfriend and I have been together for 7 years. I think he suffers from depression. He works in the refineries and whenever he is out of town he gets into a funk. When we talk he’s not himself, he seems off and not very interested in what we’re talking about. At first i thought he might just be falling out of love. But when he’s home we are the same us. Totally In love, always lovey dovey. Anyway last week we got into a really big fight about how lonely I feel because of the amount of hours he works and when he’s able to talk to me it feels forced. I fount a suicide note one day when we had gotten into a huge fight and I told him i wanted a break. It just said that all he wanted to was for me to know I’m the love of his life. I brought it up to him and he completely shut down. He will not talk about his feelings. He will just stay quiet. And it really bothers me. That’s mostly what our fights are about. I don’t know what to do, I really do love him and I know he loves me but i don’t know what I should do. How can I get him to talk things through with me instead of shutting down.

EDIT *** his mom puts him last. She only comes to him when he needs money and he gives her money thinking it will make her love him. My boyfriend is the only one make something out of himself. His older brother is a drug addict and lives at home his younger sisters 1 is pregnant at 17 and the other suffers from depression as well. The one time I got him to talk was him just saying he’s not enough for his mom to love