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I don't call her constantly. I call once or twice a day and leave encouraging messages and tell her how much I love her.

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To me, once or twice a day, leaving messages, is "constantly." If you kept it up, I would consider you a stalker. Mind you, that's me. But then, I wouldn't be hiding out, either. I'd get on the phone and say, "Stop calling me. You're driving me nuts."

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I need to know how long this could last.

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I don't think anyone is going to be able to tell you this. Unless you find a really, very accurate psychic. That last point is a bit of levity, but I am NOT making fun of your issue. I know what it's like to be dumped. And dumped without explanation. Happend to me after 15 years.

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She told me we needed to take a break for her to get better. But we would still talk. But she also told her friend we split up and would remain friends around the same time. Could this be her way of dumping me?

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Yes, it could be.

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But I did nothing wrong to cause it. I just wish she could clarify for me what's going on.

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The notion of moving in together after knowing each other only three months may have been too much for her. And for some people, moving into together after knowing each other three years is too much if they have commitment issues.

Have you left a phone message saying that you had heard through the grapevine that she has broken up with you and could she confirm it? After that, I would suggest not calling with more "encouraging messages."

If she doesn't call you, you have indeed broken up. If she contacts you at some time in the future asking to get back together or acting as if you two had never broken up, you will have to made a hard decision at that point:

She will have demonstrated her capacity to withdraw without explanation. At that point, you can discuss the need for couples counseling. Or, if you are a glutton for punishment, you can move forward and take a risk that this is going to happen to you again and again in this relationship.

Bottom line: I'd ask outright for clarification. Then I'd stop contacting her. Then I'd get counseling for myself and take care of myself.

Breakups can be just awful. If I say "I feel your pain" that is not a Clintonesque triteism. My breakup occured just two years ago and right now I am in the anniversary period, when I was going through what you're going through. Pain so awful I felt like I could hardly breathe. Confusion. Not able to eat. Reading about your pain makes it all too-real for me again.

So, please, get care and counseling for yourself.