<human>: My boyfriend and I have been through a rocky patch, where we had some pretty bad arguments. He suffers from depression and anxiety (has done for years) and has pretty bad panic attacks fairly frequently.

Lately his anxiety has been so bad that he's avoiding anything that he sees as a potential trigger. Unfortunately, now sometime's that's me. Because of our past arguments he worries that we might argue again and trigger another panic attack. It's difficult for me because he then speaks to me less or sounds a bit 'off', and I end up worrying that he's angry with me.

I am really struggling with getting him to communicate when he's struggling. This is taking a toll on both of us. I just want to get it through to him that he needs to communicate more.

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<bot>: Boyfriend has anxiety, some of it because of me. Am doing my best to support him, what can I do to get him to communicate more?