Am I overcomplicating things in my mind or was I taken advantage of?
Little back story: I 25NB(amab), always knew I was on the ace spectrum so I could never understand the appeal of physical/sexual attraction. Last year I moved to another country while being in a relationship with a 22F person we were not fully compatible personality wise(she was a really open and energetic person while I was the opposite) but I could feel her soul/emotions(whatever you prefer to believe in) with me even with that and I was madly in love for years. But after moving abroad she sadly cheated on me emotionally ( which is my only attraction to people) she said she didn't do anything physically which I do choose to believe but cheating is still cheating. That broke me for a long time I'm still trying to process everything that happened but lately I've been thinking of few times I went back to visit my family and hometown. The first time I went back home was 5 months after our break up. I wanted to talk with her face to face and get my stuff from the apartment we used to live together. When I arrived she was getting ready for her job so I didn't wanna disturb her too much but she was adamant I stayed and waited while she got ready. She did try to change in the living room where I was sitting but I told her I wasn't comfortable with that and please do that in her own privacy. After that I tried to talk and try to understand why everything happened and get it out why I was so hurt by her actions as well but she always took everything too personally and whenever I would try to open up my own emotions she'd try to change the subject at some point she tried touching me too possibly to distract me?? I pushed her away but she kept on trying. Tbh now looking back I should've got out of there instantly but I was in a really vulnerable moment and wanted to be heard... She tried to kiss me and force herself on me but I was adamant on not wanting anything like that and saying I was just there to get my stuff and talk with her. After 30 to 40 min of her trying to change the subject and trying to touch me while I tried to talk I had enough and I left the apartment. I was staying with my mom and I never discouraged people around me to abandon her and just said whatever relationship you have is on you. But later that day she called my mom telling her I left her crying and other things I don't know, telling her she wanted to come to our house to see me and sleep next to me. I said to my mom no I don't want that, then that night I was out with my friends till late she kept spam calling me but I just blocked her but to my horror when I came back home she was in my mom's home sleeping in what used to be our bed and I instantly felt sick to my stomach and went to a couch in the living room but then she tried to come to the couch then I said I don't wanna sleep with you and after some struggles again... she said ok then go sleep on your bed I will sleep on the couch but after like 2 hours of me getting no sleep she tried to snuck in to my bed and I freaked out inside and started packing my stuff in silence but afterwards seeing me do that she just hurried outside and left. But since then I'm noticing I'm more hyper aware of people close to me and I get really scared of people touching me. I'm starting to think maybe this has caused me to hate physical touch even more and maybe this experience fucked me up but I'm not sure too would this even count as an SA. Since this I've been disassociating from my own body more and more too..
English is not my first language pardon me for the long text block. I just wanted to get this out and hear what other people would see this experience as and to see if there is anything I can learn from this experience itself and hopefully move past it.
Posted Aug 12, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC