Depressed partner?

Karla

I honestly feel crazy having to result to this but I need unbiased opinions and also somewhere where i know my bf won’t ever see it but has anyone ever dated someone with depression, if so how do you go about it? We’ve been dating for almost a year but back in June he fell into this weird kind of deep depression all he really does is go to work and then come home and sleep (Mind you were like medium distance, he’s MD im VA) but still will sometimes get on the game with friends or even see his other friends (female mind you) but when it comes to me he’s always weary about seeing me because of how much we’ve been arguing. To give context because of what’s been going on we’ve been fighting a lot and a lot of our past traumas and such are coming up and a lot of arguing but effort is lacking on his part A LOT because of this depression he’s going thru. I try to be reassuring, I try to be as patient as possible but at the end of the day it just feels really stagnant. We have talked about therapy and we are doing couples therapy but he really needs individual therapy and he kinda drags his feet with that too. So idk , I want to stick it out and help him get help but at the same time I’m getting nothing and everyone just keeps telling me I need to be “patient” For added context, I’ve been depressed my entire life on and off but I’ve personally never let it affect how I treat ppl important to me, I get everyone is different but it can definitely be very frustrating.