I recently broke it off with someone I was talking to for a couple months because they were not ready to be in a relationship. I couldn't bear the thought of being just friends with him so I told him I needed some time away from him until I get over him. It's been about a week and I'm doing okay and I dont have the urge to message him but the thing is that I miss his friendship and companionship. Feelings aside, he is truly one of the best friends I have ever had. He genuinely cared about me, would go out of his way to do things for me and wanted to know what was going on in my head. He would ask questions that exposed my vulnerability in ways I've never experienced and we would just sit and share our deepest thoughts with each other. I never imagined my life without him and now that we aren't talking, I miss him terribly. I know that this is probably pretty normal but for me it's different. I've never had someone cared for me like that either as a friend or a partner so this is really hard. I'm always the one doing most of the caring so obviously I'd want to hold on to someone who cares just as much. I have a strong urge to message him today but I know that I shouldn't. Sometimes the pain of not talking to him is so much that I can't breathe. How do I make this process easier? TIA