quote..I live in the UK. Many people here, including doctors I've seen consider a person weak and a failure to even see a therapist fora few months.... unquote

That has been my feeling and experience. Even the T who hurt me didnt say I was "weak" or a "failure". Like I said,k I was talking about "many people here".... maybe I am wrong. Sorry if that is so. The T did say that I don't show the extent of my destress to dictors and that I "require sensitive handling" so I guess I was wrong calling him abusive. He could be very mean at times. But no doubt I was very difficult and extremely resistant.

Another lesson learnt. About generalisations.