Break up

So i just took a pause from the rls with my bf , the reason is that he feels down for a while about 10 days and he feels he'll be like that for a lot longer , we were bestfriends nd he wants to return like that until he figurs it out ( he said dont grt ur hopes up) he said he wants to do that to protect me nd himslef cuz he cant pretend he's okey nd cool with the rls when he's comfortable , but it hurts me sooo mich cuz i love him but he changed a lot out of nowhere nd i struggled for while after trying to figure him out nd help him get out of it , i put so mich effort but nothing in return which is another reason for him to not feeling comfy cus he feels guilty , he's a good person i swear i know he's genuin but it reay realy hurts i never thought we'd struggle for no reason nd it was like sudden cuz one day he was all sweet nd then for the past 10 days he changed , he didn't even told me he misses me or love me (we live in the same town not to far nd didn't met for above 10 days ) i'm still crying for ober 2h straight now nd dunno what to do , we'll keep texting nd meeting as friends like before but i don't know if i can maintain my feeling

(Sorry about my eng its not too great cuz its not my first language)