Sounds like life has handed him a lot to deal with at once and sometimes men have a hard time handling stress. They are more likely going to want to "go to their cave" to work it out in their mind.
You shouldn't have to be the whipping post to all that is going on in your surrounding life though.
IMHO give him the space he needs to come to terms with everything going on right now that he can not control.
Sounds like life has handed him a lot to deal with at once and sometimes men have a hard time handling stress. They are more likely going to want to "go to their cave" to work it out in their mind.
You shouldn't have to be the whipping post to all that is going on in your surrounding life though.
IMHO give him the space he needs to come to terms with everything going on right now that he can not control.
Take care,
Wendy