Communication

I just want to know if anyone has any advice on how to get there bf to openly communicate.

With my bf I feel like I literally have to ask him/drag it out of him and that usually takes a bit. Most of the time he will just look at me and shrug his shoulders or ignore me because doesn’t want to talk about it. I have patience with him but it’s getting hard bc it happens every time there is something bugging him or wrong with him. I try my best to communicate with him bc of recent family problems I learned from a therapist that I didn’t learn how to properly communicate in a healthy way. So I try by telling him everything, staying calm and just being patient, it’s what I was told to work on. I thought that it was me, that’s why he doesn’t want to communicate with me but when I asked him he told me I communicate fine, but that he would see if he can work on his.

For me communication is important and I’ve told him several times, but it just seems when I try to get him to communicate with me about his feelings, even a little affection, or his actions hurtling my feelings he just ignores them. I’m slowly starting to break down and I love him so much it’s just hard.

If anyone could offer any advise I’m here for it, I don’t want to walk away from this relationship, until I tried everything to fix it.