Talked to MY (F21) BF (M26) about my depression and suicidal thoughts for the first time. He had bad reaction.

Tonight I talked to my BF of almost 2 years about how depressed I've been feeling lately and how much I am struggling. He knows I have depression but it's something we rarely talk about much less talk about in depth. He has never been able to understand it and it's not something I feel very comfortable discussing with him. He was raised in a family that never really educated him about mental health or anything like that so he sometimes says really ignorant and unhelpful things when it comes to these types of issues. Tonight for the first time I talked to him about my lifelong struggle with suicidal thoughts and that I am having a hard time lately. He told me to "stop fucking crying" and that "nothing in my life is even that bad so many people have it way worse." He said if I was gonna say things like that "he wanted no part of it." He was yelling at me a lot and I think he may have been trying the tough love approach but it definitely came off mean and made me feel worse. He really is very ignorant and uneducated about these things so I'm not sure if I need to seek outside help in helping him better understand how to handle these things and actually help or if I am giving him too much credit and he is really just a toxic person I need to understand really doesn't seem to care about my wellbeing.

TL; DR Told my bf for the first time about my struggle with suicidal thoughts and he told me "nothing in my life is even that bad" and to "stop fucking crying." Should I try educating him on mental health issues and maybe try couples counseling or something or is this a toxic person I need to drop?

Submitted August 23, 2019 at 11:33PM by roses3721 https://ift.tt/2L5oXYr