Couldn’t find any situations that were like mine through the search bar so here we are. Broke up with LTR 2 months ago and have been spinning plates for a while. Reconnected with a girl that I had a thing for in high school and we went on a date and fucked all night.

Something triggered a traumatic experience that occurred 6 years prior, (got sexually assaulted in high school) and she had flashbacks and started crying. I comforted her a bit, but mostly stayed quiet while she told me about it.

Woke up, left, and didn’t talk to her that day outside of a few texts. She was getting distant so I cut contact. That night she texted me a long text saying that she thought she got over the trauma and that she didn’t expect for it to resurface. Additionally, she said she thinks she should talk to someone about it and that she doesn’t think she can see anyone until she gets it figured out. But she thanked me for being there for her.

I go to a bar she works at every Thursday so I was just going to continue no contact and go drinking with a plate and some buddies there tomorrow and ignore her when I get there. This is clearly not LTR material, but is this a salvageable plate?

Tl;dr: Fucked a girl that went through some trauma and it resurfaced and she’s pulling back. How do I turn potential LTR into a plate?