I can’t get over him and i’m so confused. How do I deal with it?

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So 2 mnths ago I started talking to this guy on instagram there were common friends between us and that was how we met. Anyway, we started talking on instagram for a month every single day, non stop and turns out we are the same person; listen to the same music, like the same food, etc. that’s what brought us very close in no time The thing is he has just gotten out of a relationship one month before we started talking it was a 2 year thing but it was on and off and it was very toxic so as far as i know he dsnt want his ex back a month after we started talking he took my number and we started talking on the phone literally from the minute he wakes up to the moment we sleep we talked about evryth he opnd up it was just so smooth we then started going out and thats when we talked and agreed that smth is happening between us we’re just taking slow because he dsnt want to rush things then after 2 mnths, one day i went to a bday party with him and he started introducing me to his frnds and at the end of that day all of a sudden he hugged me and said “is this getting real or what” and kept hugging me then kissed me a quick kiss and that was it he then changed all of a sudden, went colder and weirder i had no idea what was up with him so i talked to him about it he simply said that he realised that things started getting serious and real and he’s just not a 100% there yet and if we’re going to be tgthr i deserve that he’d be all in and he dsnt want to hurt me i deserve better than that and so on he then said how it could maybe work out in the future if we were both ready and still wanted it to work but right now it hit him that he actually needs time to process everything that was going on as if he’s just realized that there's smth between us. I feel hurt and sad and this surprised me because im surprised by how it was just easy for him to stop talking to me. Do you think he could talk again and maybe try again or was he just sugar coating the fact that he dsnt want anyth?
I can’t get over him and i’m so confused. How do I deal with it?
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