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Not suprising at all . You had separate property with value meaning you needed less marital property . That's , unfortunately , equitable distribution
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Is this America? If the object of property distribution in a divorce is simply to add all property owned by both parties together, then to divide it according to the needs of the parties, then this is not "equitable distribution" but classic Communism.

If all assets are to be lumped together and then redistributed--without regard to any such inconvenient questions such as that of seperate vs. community property--then the test of what is to be awarded to whom is one which must be decided by the degree of work performed by each party, and the capital contributed by them, in creation of the assets! This would be an "equitable" form of distribution, with any question of "need" totally irrelevent!