How can someone be so strong when they feel so broken!

I know this is long, but i just wanted to post this for all other women to see that things dont always go the way we have planned but they can get better. My world has been crushed in as little as 24hrs but hopefully things will only go up from here for me & others who need it.

-but let me just add, always go with your heart. Everyone kept telling me to leave him alone & not talk to him for a few day but that's not the way i am. I want him to know how i still care & im fighting for this.

Yesterday was a hard, excruciating day. My SO woke up at 6 am & told me we needed a break, time apart for him to find himself. As you can imagine my entire world was crushed, 6 years in i never expected this. I came out of no where. He had no explanation at the time. We have a home together & since my family has helped me move completely out. He is also moving out tomorrow. We gave it 24hrs & decided to meet & talk about things today. He now had an explanation, we have been together since he was 16 & i was 18. He never had time during/after high school to just do him & find himself. All of his co workers are single & that also influenced his choice. But he has told me that he wants to work this out over time.. we have both decided that this is what we want & we are going back to the basics. Over the last 6 years things have gone from great to good to okay to eh, lets ignore the issues to bad & now terrible. We are both horrible about communicating our feeling and that a major part of it. I will be moving back into our home as soon as he is moved out" he will go stay with his parents & we are going back to starting over. We set a goal of dating one or two nights a week for the next month & then re evaluating everything we want at that point & hopefully with a lot of work & communication after the next month he will be ready to come home! I know its not going to be easy being alone but i know we need this to be stronger & better together. At least we are now on the same page & are fighting this battle together! Stay strong ladies!