What happened to you is awful... I was abused as a child and i was younger than you. The one thing sexual abuse teaches you is that you don't need any kind of emotional connection to someone to have sexual gratification. I also have ADHD which means I'm more prone to addictions like smoking, drinking, sex etc. Sex always numbed any pain I was going through and became my go-to. I was also smoking weed for the last 30 years and only stopped a month ago. Marriage is extremely hard and stressful. I swore I would never get married because I knew if it became difficult that I was goin to cheat. My wife was the perfect girlfriend, but as soon as the ring went on she changed into a completely different person, she's more like an older sister now. She's a great person but she's not even my physical type. I chose her because she has great character and didn't want my dick to dictate my choice of a mate. Now i've been battling depression for as long as I've been married. Going to counseling, taking anti-depressants, wondering why this woman constantly purshes my buttons when she's knows how it's affecting me. I'm not naive enough to look at sex workers as anything different than what they are. They've probably been through even more trauma in their lives than what you and I have experienced as children. I'm not "paying these hookers all my money" but I am paying for the escape and the stress relief. A lot of people have material things they throw their money away on and for some people it's an addiction like gambling. It's not as easy as flipping a switch and turning it off. Besides, If it wasn't for these hoes I'd be chasing ass somewhere else and getting myself into problems once they find out I'm married, bringing all types of drama right to my front door. It's either I suffer in silence and allow my depression to get deeper and darker or I say "fuck it" and go buss' that nut. It's funny, but having an orgasm reminds me that it's better to be alive than dead and when death scenarios are running through your mind on a regular basis, sometimes bussing that nut can be the difference maker. I've had therapists tell me not to stop until I find something to replace it with. If only knowing the difference between wrong and right was all somebody needed the world would be a very different place.
It's funny but I was once told "you're only as sick as your secrets" and being able to discuss this stuff in this forum is actually very theraputic for me. I'm grateful to you for even starting this thread so I could get on this subject and let some of this out. My wife caught me in our first month of marriage and she's aware of my weaknesses. I've been trying to make this marriage work because it's not often you find a woman who discoveres your secret and doesn't run away. At the same time, the day in day out arguing over nonsense and having no peace makes life really difficult for me. I'm not perfect, but I'm trying. I probably would have left already if it wasn't for my kid. I don't want to go from seeing him every day to seeing him every other weekend.
If I was young and not married I might have said the same thing that you did, but nobody who's never been married can ever understand what it's like to be married.