<human>: Hello /r/relationships, thanks for deciding to read my post. (As I've posted in the title, I am very young and this is my first *serious* relationship so I am not as knowledgeable as most people on this subreddit. If you want to, please give some additional advice that can help me in the long run that may not even be relevant to this issue. Thanks again.)

My girlfriend and I are both 17 and have been dating for almost 3 months. I've noticed how our relationship is very stationary, and that is mainly due to her having a bad past and currently dealing with minor depression and very bad self-esteem. She has made it clear to me before that I am the man she wants to be with, and I want to be with her, but our relationship is almost unable to get anywhere.

I want to be closer with my girlfriend and be able to get on a whole new level of trust and love, but my girlfriend is afraid of opening up to me. She believes that I will leave her for another girl that isn't as broken as she is if I find out what really has been going on in her life. Other than this, our relationship is doing amazing, and I find that this is basically a roadblock that is hindering any possibility of improvement. I want to be able to make it work with her, but I don't know how I can if she doesn't want to open up to me any more than she already has.

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<bot>: I suppose the main thing I want to get out of this is finding a way to have my girlfriend see me as a larger figure of trust.