Love confused because of empty feeling

My boyfriend and I have been going out for 5 months. We met at work and the first three months, it was amazing. He loved me and I slowly learnt to love him back. Things started to crack because of stress, when we worked together because we were both in the same office and it was a very highly-driven performance based sales job, work took over most of our time. Now he no longer works in that company. Also, he is 6 years younger than me and currently works in a company which has not mentioned if he is being taken on or not (meaning he works for them for free, and its almost been a month). On top of that, he is a pessimist with a lot of family baggage. A few days ago, we wheedled down that despite his protest that looking in the past is pointless, he keeps thinking about negatives rather than the happiest moments we shared. And he told me he felt empty and unhappy and wanted to seperate. I do love him but how do I deal with someone who pretends things are ok but, in reality, he just needs to be honest on what is making him unhappy and make a choice. I realise at this stage that 'I' am not the problem but him. So I fully comprehend when he says it is him and not me. How do I help him and make him realize that the emptiness he is feeling boils down to his inability to understand his needs. Please help. At this rate, the way he is acting, he is going to push peiple away just because he needs to feel something, even if it means feeling heart-broken. I have done what I could to talk to him about my sincerity and intentions, and have shown him as much as I could the strenght of my love. What else could I do, as a person who loves him, and how can I make him understand what he needs to do for him?

take him to a counseillor,he is confused about his life,they teach life skills how to balance things this will help him

I'm with KAAMINI on this one. Your love alone won't do the trick. If he has problems with low self-worth, self-esteem... maybe depressed..who knows.. what he needs is some help and to work on his issues. It's times like these that really defines a relationship and teaches you a lot about yourself. If he's not being abusive or anything but just clearly is having a hard time, then being there for him and being willing to set your own needs aside for a while, could both save and strengthen your relationship in the long run. For the last 12 years I have been living in a relationship with someone who told me that I should go see someone. I didn't listen. Why should I do that? Ok, so I have a few challenges, but nothing I can't fix on my own, right? Of course, I was just deceiving myself but it took almost ending my marriage to realise that I needed help. After I got help I've come to understand how badly I needed to deal with my baggage and that the degree of influence it has had on my life and well-being was far larger than I'd have thought. I don't know how you can make him see that he needs help. You can't really be pushed into it, you need that inner motivation to start working on it but I hope he's a tad smarter than I was and the he wisens up before he screws up the things that are good in his life. Good luck... to the both of you! :-)

Hey guys, thanks for the help. But we broke up just today. Im a bit sad but I'm hopeful for the future for both of us. Turns out he feels empty in general and when he is ready to face it, then things will fall in place. As for me and him, he said he doesnt love me, hes not ready, and not happy. But we still care a lot for each other. So we are still friends and we are gonna give it a 150% shot. As for me, I still love him. I am gutted I can't call him mines any longer. Plus I dont know if there is also someone there waiting for him. But as for him and me, together for now the future is uncertian but bright. I regained another family coz he hasnt stopped me from seeing his aunt and nan.