<human>: After many months of unhappiness, I'm finally ready to end things. We have been together a year and a half and live together. He is my best friend and I love him, but things aren't working out. We're growing in different directions; we fight almost every day; our communication is awful; he can be controlling and doesn't treat me right anymore. I have to say the fighting and communication goes both ways, but I don't see it getting any better. We've tried.

Almost every furnishing in our apartment is mine, but the lease is in his name. I've finally settled with moving home until I can graduate school or get back on my feet. Extremely unhappy about this. Terrified of regretting this decision and missing him dreadfully.

Although support for that would be nice, I need advice on how to end it. Should I move all my things out and then tell him? Just tell him I'm moving home and let it happen slowly? Tell him and move my things out later on?

Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?
<bot>: I have made the very difficult decision of breaking up with my boyfriend. I've never done this before and want to do it with the least painful method I can. :(