How to break up with my boyfriend?

sit your boyfriend down and tell him you have somethings you need to discuss with him. tell you are trying to work personal stuff out in your life and its been hard dealing with that and his shyness and its been difficult trying to have conversations when he can't hardly talk to you or anyone in person. tell him this thing you are going through right now has really nothing to do with him and you hope you haven't hurt his feelings. tell him you have a lot on your plate and it wouldn't be good if you were a couple for at least right now. maybe when you have sorted out whatever you are going through and have taken care of the problems you have, you can maybe get to know each other again and eventually start dating again. be very clear on what you want to get across to your boyfriend and if you have to, use simple terms so he can understand you better. hope this helps you out.