For a few years I had stopped listening to Sylvian, this was mid 90s, and felt something was missing, a release that I had. Listening to his work allows me to "let go" of all the crap that face each day. (A couple of years ago it was a great way of coping with all the came with Workplace Bullying.)
As you said, his experiences are similar to what many here have experienced also. Like I had posted earlier...
" I know from the little I have gathered, that you have gone through some rough stages in your life. Stages that can be documented in part by the level of musical output and the image produced from the music. I would like to say thank you for making that music available, it has meant a lot of me to know that others go through the same types of pain, yet still come through to the other side"