My boyfriend has an acquired brain injury.

We have been dating for a year and a half now and I absolutely adore him and I can't imagine life without him. Lately though his lack of emotional connection and inability to express anything is becoming a much harder issue for me to deal with. I realise he can't express emotions well as a result of his injury, but that is really the only thing I need from him.

I just keep having this niggling thought that he wouldn't really care if we broke up and maybe he's only dating me as a last ditch effort because no one else has given him a chance so he'll just settle.

I've true to discuss this with him call and openly and have asked for his true feelings towards and I get blank stares and 'I don't know' not overly reassuring when all I want is for him to say, shut up I love you, cool?!.