Dear Arie1276:

I am not surprised that your boyfriend is depressed, so many, many people are depressed. In the state the world is in, does not surprise me. When feeling depressed, we naturally withdraw and need some distance from intimate, emotional interactions with others, so to recover some.  Depression and intimate-interpersonal withdrawal go hand in hand.

“I don’t know what to do. Any suggestions?” – let him know you are there for him, that you want to help him best you, that you are looking forward to him reaching out to you, and then give him the distance that he needs. He needs the distance right now, but not for long, I am guessing, hoping.

anita