So I'm in a LDR at the moment and my boyfriend calls me everyday, sometimes twice or even three times. Our phonecalls are more often than not at least half an hour long. The issue I'm having is that at the moment he's going through a period of stress and he's choosing to call me instead of replying to my messages, sometimes an hour or more after.

We communicate very well with each other, we're fully in each other's loops. We have quality time watching movies together and such, despite the distance right now.

My incredibly stupid problem is I find unanswered messages SO SO triggering, I perceive them as emotional withholding when they're not and I have no idea what to do. He's chill about the whole thing, I just feel asking him to reply when it's not necessary is a ridiculous and overly needy request on my part.

Any advice or anyone experience similar?