Boyfriends negativity
Hi all I am at 20 f and my boyfriend also 20 has been through a lot in life and most of the time he feels negatively and he doesn’t appreciate himself. He finds every way to turn around a compliment when he’s feeling negative when he gets like this I usually try and ask him questions that force him to find something positive, and complement himself in a way. I worry that I might be coming off as too aggressive or pushy when I do this because I do get frustrated and the conversations usually last longer than 40 minutes and it’s me taking and him responding with mumbles or “ okay” but he also doesn’t communicate with me that well. He will wait months to tell me if he doesn’t like something or if something was bothering him. I don’t know what to do or how I can improve. I don’t want to push him further in a hole or make him feel any worse