Open yourself up to him
Creating abarrier between you two will not do you any justice. Rather you open yourselfup to him, that way he knows you're there whenever he's ready to tackle thisproblem. In turn, he won't feel the need to hold back.
Share your flaws with him
There'snothing as great as knowing that you're not the only one dealing with issues.By being transparent about some of the things you struggle with, he'll be ableto see that nobody is perfect hence he shouldn't be embarassed about his flaws.
Get to the bottom of it
People withintimacy problems often have a way of dodging questions regarding their ‘problem'.Don't give them the opportunity to do so. Knowing and understanding where theproblem started will come in handy when looking for possible solutions.
Don't be pushy
The trickhere is to take baby steps. You don't want to overwhelm him. Work on his pace,by starting with holding hands, overtime when he's now used to it, follow withcuddling until he gets to a point of comfort regarding anything involvingintimacy.
Encourage him to talk to about hispast
It'sadvisable that you take the lead with this. Share your past relationshipexperiences, the good and the ugly. Get him to do so as well bearing in mindthat you don't want to push too hard. This will give you an insight on how hemanaged to maintain past relationships or what went wrong.
Don't normalise it
Convincingyourself thatyou're okay with thiswill impact your relationship negatively in the long run. Acknowledge thatindeed there's a problem and as opposed to ignoring it you're going to tackleit head on.
It's not an overnight thing
Chances arehe didn't just wake up and realised he had issues with intimacy. It could be acombination of his upbringing and his adulthood experience hence you also wontsee change overnight.
