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TL;DR: My boyfriend is thinking about ending things. I'm hopeful he won't, but I don't know what to do or how to help.

My boyfriend and I have been together for 7 years and living together for 1 year.

He recently sat me down and told me he's not sure he sees a future with us anymore, but he isn't sure if that's the right move or not. I thought we were on the same page, so I was blindsided.

He said it wasn't something that I did or didn't do to make him think this way and that he's essentially felt like this the entire time we've been living together, but didn't want to say anything in hopes his mind would change. He went on to say that he doesn't feel like himself and has felt very apathetic towards life in general. He said that he doesn't know who he is anymore, what he wants for his future, and that he feels lost to the point where he doesn't know if I love the real version of him. He feels that he's molded himself to what everyone else expects of him and it's grown to make him not recognize himself.

He lost a very important person about 8 years ago and he said their loss still makes them feel incomplete, that he's never grieved properly, and that he doesn't know how to continue life without them.