I think I may have misinterpreted some things about him...?

We have been dating since June and everything was great up to a month ago. We're both younger, in our early twenties, and have no desire to think about our future. I really enjoy spending time together and I thought that I could love him some day...almost like my "future love". I've never felt this way about a guy before and I'm not ready to call it quits. What we had was too rare to throw away. I want to fix this but I don't know if there's any hope...

We broke up Sunday night, I mostly did the talking and broke it off with him. In my head, I had things so very wrong. He's a busy guy, he works full time and goes to school full time plus just moved; its a lot to take in. He has been distant for the past few weeks and I noticed he just didn't seem happy. I thought it was because of me. And I thought he was stringing me along because he was too scared to break up with me. So I did what I thought was right for the both of us. Our break up didn't end well at all, it was obvious we were both very hurt.

I've had a few days to really think about things and I'm just starting to realize that I've been so selfish and blind this whole time. I kept going through our break up in my head and I finally realized that he had been trying to tell me that he's going through a rough patch and he also told me that he knows he hasn't been treating me right but he can't fix it right away. I should have seen that as soon as things calmed down in our lives, we would be a stronger couple and a closer one for getting over the hurtle. I feel like an idiot because I ignored what he said and already had my mind up of what I thought was going on. I didn't want to hear anything else. I'm not sure what's going through his head at all, but I know that if he's happier alone, then I'll leave him be.

So that's what I told him. I know- most girls would never say that. But I texted him twice before that and I didn't want to push him away by not knowing what he wanted. Of course I want to hear what he wants and what is best for the both of us but to be honest, I think I hurt him so bad that he won't give me the time of day. I think he's too scared to be open to the idea again because of what happened. I wish I could show him how deeply I care for him and that I made a huge mistake by doing what I did... But after I asked him if he wanted me to stop trying to talk to him, he told me to leave him be. I asked why and he said that he "doesn't feel like dating right now." and that I didn't do anything wrong, plain and simple. He told me that he doesn't know if we're going to get back together and that he is trying to think about everything.

Is this his way of telling me its over?

I can't help but still have hope that he wants to get back together but he's a shy guy. I'm giving him time to think about everything but this whole process is grueling. Should I give up? Is there anything more I can do? He doesn't even know about everything I said above this, I want to tell him but I'm afraid of disrespecting his request.

help