You seem to have taken this to mean that only weak or 'lesser' people go into therapy, but I think it's pretty clear what the OP meant: That this sort of instit

You seem to have taken this to mean that only weak or 'lesser' people go into therapy, but I think it's pretty clear what the OP meant: That this sort of institutional treatment is a sort of gaslighting. They convince you that because of a simple personality difference that there must be something deeply wrong with you and that you need therapy. The thing that makes someone 'lesser' in this instance is that they fail to recognize the gaslighting and stand up for their own rights.