I HATE knowing only arophobes in my life and constantly thinking that i’m “just too young to love” or “I’m just too traumatized to love”. That’s all their fault if i force myself to think that maybe i’m not aro and maybe i’m just not ready to love!
I even was in a relationship once! those people call my relationship a trauma since i was obsessed and went to therapy because of it. I mean, it’s a trauma because i almost ended myself because of the breakup, but that’s only because i couldn’t live alone. I was insecure, too obsessed, sad, nothing made me feel good even while i was in the relationship. I never met the girl or even called her on the phone, i hated thinking THAT would become real. It’s like i almost used her to feel better about myself. I feel guilty, but i suppose that’s partly true. She used me too, before you say anything. She might have loved me, i suppose, but she made me obsessed. I couldn’t love, i didn’t know how to love romantically and i ended up searching it on the web. I felt like i was not treating her right. Worst decision of my life. I ended up only being obsessed and doing unnatural things.
Going to therapy, i understood that i have a heart, a good heart, i mostly think with my heart, and i feel love. I feel all types of love except for one. Is it really necessary to feel EVERY kind of love? Not really. But do we feel forced to feel the romantic love? Yes. And forcing things leads to destruction. Always. And i’m the living proof of that!
All I can say is that i NEVER EVER had a crush for someone in real life since i was a kid and i’m proud of it. WE EXIST. We exist and this is not just a phase, and even if it is, nobody can force us to love. Nobody should talk about romantic love to us, just like they don’t talk about sexual love to ace people. That makes some of us feel uncomfortable, sad, stressed. Don’t force us, never.