Feel bad and like I’ve made the relationship more friendly

[BananaLana]

I’ve had a really bad few weeks, and I’m now on medication so hopefully on the mend. I have PTSD and had a flare up this month.
I had a few breakdowns and have needed a lot of comforting.

Partner has been great. Gives me lots of cuddles and head rubs, listens to me when I’m upset and comforts me after I had a panic attack.

However, I now feel like I’ve ruined the dynamic of the relationship now I’m on the mend.

He tells me he loves me, and that he’s always there for me. He’ll hug me and kiss my forehead and he’s great at all that stuff. He talks to me in a caring and kind tone.

We used to be very sexual. Recently, it hasn’t been overly frequent, a few times this month. Now, if I try to initiate anything sexual, he absolutely goes along with it but I almost feel like it’s still in that “caring” voice and it’s all quite gentle. Plus I feel bad because now, most nights we will just cuddle and fall asleep.
He often used to call me hot, or comment on my photos with “🔥🔥”.
Now he mainly calls me cute and lovely. But if I ask him if he still feels this way, he says of course he does.

I just can’t help but feel a shift in dynamic. I know how much he loves me and I’m grateful for him but I’m worried I’ve changed everything. Even though he tells me not to worry about that.

Am I being a little dramatic?

Also, he’d sometimes text me throughout the day with suggestive things.. but now it’ll always just be “I miss you” or “see you soon lovely”.
OBVIOUSLY this is so nice but none of the other stuff anymore. I did try to initiate this kind of chat the other day and he said “oooh I like it!” Whereas before it would’ve been along the lines of “omg 😍😍🔥🔥”.

When I brought this up, he said there’s no issue for him, that im overthinking it and he can react to things in different ways.

He obviously really cares about you which is lovely. It'll probably be a gradual transition back to how it was previously

🔥 is not usually forever, how long have you been together?
How old are you?
Is the sexual element of your relationship really important to you? In that you get a lot of esteem from him desiring you sexually?
Because I think most people want both, the desire but also the friendship/love/care/companionship.
Are you saying that the desire for you has gone? Or that you prefer to keep the relationship focused on the sexual/lust because you don't want the love? Or can't handle the intimacy of love/care etc?

I guess what I'm asking, are you the problem? Is it that you just want a sexual/casual thing rather than a relationship?

Been 1.5 years and I’m 27. I don’t know really, I guess I spend a lot of time worrying what it “should be” like (as in having sex every night, not acting like siblings etc) part of the mental health issues I guess.
thank you xxx

Op he sounds like a lovely partner and I imagine the priority right now is your emotional well-being and other aspects of the relationship will come back.he probably does not want you to have any further worry than you are already having.

If you feel comfortable talk to him about how you feel,but like I said op your well being is probably more important to him right now it shows he really cares about you.

Thank you x