I have been with my boyfriend for about six months now, and he has just recently been admitting some things to me. I'll go through and just explain as much as I can. He says he is constantly worrying about things, everything from his schoolwork (we're in college) to things I do to things that don't really even affect him. Also, he says that his emotions have been quite unstable. One day, for example, everything will be fine to him and then the next, he will feel very negative and not want to do anything. Nothing really triggers it, he says. He has also told me that things that are very insignificant tend to bother him a lot. A couple of examples of this would be me talking to another male that he doesn't know very well or the way someone says something in a specific class.

Another large problem that he has been having deals with school much more extensively. In one specific class, whenever had an oral exam, he completely froze up, and literally could not say anything. He had this happen so many times that the professor suggested he drop the class, and so he did. He does the same sort of thing with written exams - freezes up. These, however, he can at least finish some of.

I have found that some of the things he has described to me sound very similar to how I felt when I was going through depression, and this severely frightens me. But looking at the additional things, I have been fearing that he might have anxiety disorder.

I am very worried about him and would like to find out what exactly is going on. Despite this, I know he is very sensitive when it comes to this sort of thing and has previously expressed to me that he does not like the idea of taking medications for anything. I am asking for any sort of thoughts and suggestions.

Thank you.