<human>: Hi Redditors,
For the full story, my boyfriend of 22 months recently started nursing school and it's those intense nursing school that gives you your degree in half the time. He's been so stressed with having one exam every week for the past 4 weeks that one day after a good day of bantering and chatting, a slight miss communication ended up with him blurting out " I think I need a break, a breather, a refresher" It was completely out of the blue and unexpected and caught me off guard. To what I understand he has been quite overwhelmed with his courses lately with all the extensive studying and course material he has to cover...but I need to know whether this "break" is indefinite or not. There was no clear indication of the "break" rules, but it's been 4 days since we last contacted one another. How should I proceed with this? I have come to understand that this may have been an emotional outburst due to the amount of stress...but it does hurt as well.

Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: Boyfriend under immense stress from nursing school, emotional outburst resulting in a break. Not sure if indefinite or not. Guys, can you elaborate please?