That's very true, and people who aren't as inclined to create read and view things in order to cope. Fiction and art are safe venues to process our anxieties and experiences; it's part of what is meant by catharsis.

I think of the drama in the Sherlock fandom years ago, where a panelist at a convention was verbally attacked in person by a group of antis. She was an abuse survivor working through her trauma via fanworks, and they heaped their own sort of abuse on her. Really shameful behavior. I wonder sometimes if people like that are afraid of looking at something in themselves, and that causes them to misunderstand what it is that others are up to, and lash out at them.

I'm glad you found a good therapist who you were able to work with, but sorry that you had to wade through some toxic ones to find her.