Please help me, I'm completely distraught

Hi, My girlfriend and I are both 22. Been together for just over 3 years. We live at separate ends of the country but have made that not stand in the way, seeing each other nearly weekly throughout and talking everyday. We are both madly in love with each other. Last week however, she said we needed to talk face to face. So I rushed up to see her, where she broke up with - completely breaking me apart. She said the spark had gone between us and she doesn't think it would ever come back, and she's been unhappy for a long time. She said I don't make her happy anymore and she loves me as a friend now. She said she needs her space to find herself and doesn't want a relationship and has tried as much as she can but can't try anymore cause she knows we're not going to be together. I did not see this coming at all, we saw each other just two days before all this and everything seemed fine, despite her saying she's been giving me hints for ages that she's been unhappy. I know she loves me but I don't know what to do. Im completely distraught and can't move on from my life and forget about her. Ive texted her non stop/called her but it doesn't seem like theres anything I can do. We were perfect together and I treated her so right throughout our relationship which she knows. If I give her the space she wants is this going to lose her more and more? Is the space she wants going to help her realise her feelings for me? I have no idea what to do, I feel like I can't breathe and am completely distraught and in shock. Please help me.

I'm sorry, but there's nothing you can do if she's made a decision to end it. It doesn't matter what her reasons are, she's called the shots. At least she has been upfront with you and spoken to you face to face...that's her respect for you speaking.. but that doesn't make it any easier because you didn't see it coming. Give her the space she says she needs, but you'll have to learn to live without her while this happens. She's stated she loves you as a friend and if that's true, then you'll need to eventually view her as the same. Texting and ringing her will achieve nothing because even though she ended it, she has to deal with the fallout as well. If you're getting a brick wall then it's her way of dealing with it. You've probably heard it before, but time heals everything..it really does.. be well and treat yourself well.