Here goes. My partner (28 M) of 2 years broke up with me (25 F) in early December. He was in a period of stress with work and had a lot of big decisions to make (changing job/ country etc.) and had gone back onto his medication for anxiety and depression. I didn't see it coming as we had been very happy just before, having worked through a couple of relationship hiccups (mostly COVID-based stress) months before. The relationship felt stable until he was told he might have to change job, at which point he became tetchy.
After the break-up, I went home for the holidays and, when I returned, we had to cohabit the same space for nearly a month until he found a new place. Strangely, this was a positive thing as we were able to talk through a lot of things. Both of us are in therapy now and bonded over the progress we were making. He said he began to regret his decision made in haste due to stress, but said he needed some time out from a very intense period to work out his next steps. There were a lot of tears and he said that his heart loves me like his first love; his head is messing with him. He doesn't want to lose "the love of his life" and he says I've "not lost him." He says it's not the end and once he is ready to commit, I will be the first person he calls.
I'm not sure what to do. I know I can't wait for him and have to work on myself, but it makes it so much harder to move on knowing it might not be the end. Has anyone experienced anything similar? Thank you in advance!