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I'm an eurofag, so I can't really speak about therapists in the US or the bizzare attitude of Americans on sexuality but my experience with therapy was completely different (maybe also because psychotherapy where I live is covered by public health insurance). While other people saw me just as a hapless victim, therapists that I've went to actually treated me with respect and focused first on solving the symptoms so I can normally function, and then on processing the underlying trauma. Never did they try to reinforce my own perception of myself as a victim. Never did I feel like I am just a paycheck to them. Tbh, it's pretty cynical to think that people who do mental health therapy (or any people in healthcare generally) do it simply for the money. Some people genuinely want to help others.
If you managed to cope with the sexual abuse without requiring outside help, I'm happy for you and respect that, but I'm afraid not everybody can do that. Some people just aren't so resilient, some abuse can be worse than other, some people have to deal with other issues besides the abuse. Advice to just toughen up and don't let it get to you is not suitable for everyone, same as advicing someone with depression to just cheer up.
I was sexually molested by my 14 year old cousin when I was 8. This continued for two years and while there were some elements of mutually consensual sex play, she also sometimes forced me into stuff I didn't like and threatened me to not talk about it to anyone. When it ended, I didn't think much of it, didn't talk about it with anyone, but gradually it started to get to me and when I enrolled to university, it got to the point where I couldn't function normally because of anxiety, insomnia, feelings of shame and guilt, fucked up sexuality and generally feeling like a piece of shit.
When I finally came out to some people that I trusted, most of them either victimized me or missed the point completely ('you should be glad that you found out about sex so early'), but one persuaded me to visit university psych counselor, who booked me to an appointment with a specialized therapist who then helped me to get out of the worst shit.
So maybe you understand why I don't agree with you on this one.
>>6426 By the way OP, I've sent you a request, so feel free to add me.