How do you guys cope when you and your partner are taking a break?

Hello, just want to get this off my chest well not really, but I was just thinking of talking to you guys. me and my gf are currently taking a break well she’s the one taking a break she has a lot going on in her life right now and honestly, it hurts seeing her go through what she has to go through. a week ago she asked to take it cause she knows she has hurt me not in bad ways like cheating or anything. It’s just she’s not really in the right mindset at the moment to be in a relationship bc of everything going on. and it’s just overwhelming for her which i understood. more like bipolar disorder, diagnosed or not it definitely gives that it took everything in her not to bring the break part up because she knew I was gonna be hurt and it was already hard enough for her as well because she loves me so much. she told me she was actually thinking about it for a couple of days my thoughts are yes I have been telling her to work on herself for like a couple of months now but now I’m actually glad that she made that decision. Because while she’s taking care of herself, she’s learning at the same time how to be better for herself, and so when she comes back, we can be happy together in peace. And I’m not gonna lie I was a bit hurt I think it was just more of shock and a mix of doubt bc I was scared. and her being distant I’m finding ways to cope because I miss her so much. And when we do talk it’s hard sometimes because deep down I know how much it can be tough for us not being together like you can feel the tension and I hate HATE seeing her cry. And it hurts because I can’t do anything at the moment, but be there for her I don’t wanna make this too long so I’m gonna stop here!! Also we’re long distance by the way.