What Is "normal"

[Navy Girlfriend]

My boyfriend gets overwhelmed easily. I had a bad day today in general and at work. He also had a bad day at work. When I tried talking to him about my day and asked him if he could try to make me feel better, he just shut down and stopped talking to me. I feel like he can't handle me when I'm overwhelmed and he's also overwhelmed himself. Is this normal?

 

[Friday]

Sure.

So is the exact opposite, getting out of our own problems by getting into someone else's.

And the same person may well do both, at different times.