I think deep down he felt unfulfilled by subs and he might have even felt envious of them and not understood why and that became subphobia. It’s the same as people who can’t accept that they’re gay and end up being homophobic to gay people as a way to cope. He might have just been taking his frustration and envy out on subs.
Therapy exists but it’s just really stigmatised and that goes triple for men. I don’t know why since you’d go to the dentist for a toothache or the doctor for arm pain but why not the therapist for mental pain? It’s just another medical professional imo. I think they just view it as a last resort and maybe might have some outdated views of what therapy actually is? Like they might think we still have shock therapy and lobotomies and stuff. That’s actually why I refused therapy for like 5 years in school when teachers told me to take it. I didn’t want my 12 year old brain drilled into lol
Yeah that’s what my mum told me it was. “Why are you airing our dirty laundry to a stranger?!? You’re disgracing our family by talking about it!” But when she got sick and needed therapy, she went and is still going today lol people are just crazy and will say anything to dissuade you from taking care of yourself but will do anything to take care of themselves when the shoes on the other foot.

It’s very confusing that the mc is all like “subs are trash, doms have no power!” But then he’s dragged non-consensually into a play bc the doms, in fact, have that power ( ̄∇ ̄") “but ppl always believe subs!” Except... do they? First thing we got in the story was slut shaming towards subs.... idk like the story keeps contradicting itself?