u/Cautious-Series956

How do I 15M get my partner 16M to trust me more and open up?

When I had first met my partner they were joyful,cheerful, friendly and just the sweetest person I had ever met, they helped me improve in a lot of ways I can't really say now ​​but basically their mental health has started to fall apart(they do have DID and some other mental disorders) and obviously as their boyfriend I can notice the changes but they simply refuse to acknowledge it and keep saying they're fine.

I won't say much ​about their trauma and all but they do get pressured a lot by their family and it seriously has had an affect on them, in Valentine's Day I was so excited to show them the gifts I made and more excited for their gift because in their social media notes it was written​​ "got smth special planned for fine shyt hehhehe" But as days passed after being left on seen, they finally exploded on me, a full mental breakdown, crying and apologizing for being the way they were​​, telling how much they didn't deserve such a caring boyfriend like me when they couldn't keep up with my love and care. This was just one of the situations where this type of thing had happened and obviously I tried to comfort them but they completely shut off after that.

Even a few days ago, they said "Stop comparing me to (family member they hate)" So I replied who even said those things, worried and they replied quite dryly with "my grandma ig.." (Mind you this is the same person who usually replies like "​LMAFISKA WHAT??") This reply made me more worried which made me try to pry more and say " I am so sorry about that babe, did you tell her to stop??" (Ik not the best reply, I was also mentally drained at the time and also I am not the best comforter) to which they got angry at me saying "do you think I haven't been saying that to her for the past 2 years?" It was unexpected so I told them if they wanna talk about it I was free and wanted to listen to everything if they wanted and again.. Shut off with hours later "​​im feeling better!!don't wanna talk about it" The same cycle.. I just wanna be there for my partner but how will I do anything when they don't even open up to me? Should I just like wait it out until they're comfortable on their own? Or should I try to push harder and remind them that I am there and they don't need to "get better" On their own because I would be there? (I lwk only made ts account for help on ts cuz I can't find any help from websites and articles so Reddit is my last hope, plz don't mind the profile)

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u/Cautious-Series956 — 5 days ago