<human>: So me, a 25 year old male, has had communication problems for most of my life. My partner of a yearish, is basically at her breaking point when it comes to how frustrated she is with how introverted I am.

I've been in a few serious relationships and openness has always been something I struggle with. I don't feel like I'm ever able to communicate effectively.  Whenever we have a serious conversation I find myself freezing and unable to construct a sentence. The way I've explained it to her is its like being in a snowstorm and trying to follow a single snowflake as it falls.  I don't get hyper-emotional and break down, I just turn to stone.

In addition to that, I find it very difficult to bring up difficult topics. If something is bothering me in our relationship I usually try to think it through on my own to figure out how I can resolve it. I know that I am the cause of our basic issues of communication and trust so I feel it is my responsibility to resolve them.  But because I keep all of those feelings inside, she no longer trusts me to make her aware of issues. Which I feel is understandable because I'm not being honest about them at all.

I realize that my taking the entire weight of the relationship isn't healthy, and is actually part of the problem. What I'm looking for is a strategy for tackling this head on.

My SO and I have been talking about this quite openly lately, but I'm still at a loss for a long-term openness strategy that will work this time.

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<bot>: My lack of openness has caused my SO to lose trust in me. I need to figure out how I can be more open  and regain that trust.