<human>: My girlfriend and I have what seems to be the best situation when it came to dating, we discovered our sexuality together and ended up going through a lot of our firsts with girls. As of recently due to a lot of things coming up in her life (history of depression, deeply religious family, overbearing mother, and BPD) and my life (lost my job, finishing school, father is schizophrenic, one of my good friend died 6 months ago), we've ended up becoming very distant and lost sight of what we want and need from each other so we've taken a break. I know some of you might say that breaks aren't real or they are on the road to breaking up, I don't think we're completely done. I really believe that we still have a lot of things to experience together and I know she feels the same way. There has been a lack of communication usually on my end, for quite some time, due to my personality of being alone all the time. My question for you guys is, do you have any advice on how we can move past this, any books? New ways of communicating? Little exercises we can do to reestablish our connection etc.? We both love each other, and during this break, I'm trying to realign  my appreciation for her and realize what I want and what makes me happy. She makes me happy and I make her happy, but there is just this large, large invisible barrier or wall so to speak, that I can't figure out how to break down or get over it. Any tips would be helpful

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<bot>: ! Through each of us going through deep and intense issues in our own lives, we've lost sight of "us" and need help connecting but don't know how to go about it. Any tips are welcome.