My old therapist was kind of like yours, except she kept saying that I had ADHD and that I didn't suffer from depression. I literally told her that I sometimes wanted to die. (I didn't necessarily want to "kill myself" per se, but I just didn't want to exist anymore). I could tell she was very skeptical because she said, "Uh huh... You still don't come across as depressed to me. I think you're just frustrated." I thought to myself, Are you freaking crazy? Sometimes I would spend the entire night crying in my bed... like several hours... and I'd have constant thoughts of wanting to die... and yet she said it was "due to ADHD".

I got a new therapist recently (2 months ago) and he's been a lot better. He's not an idiot like she was. (Sorry, but idiot is the only way to describe her.) I've been doing A LOT better in therapy since switching to this new guy.

Some therapists try to diagnose, and those are the kinds of therapists I will always stay away from. My new therapist will not step on my psychiatrist's toes -- meaning, he won't try to "diagnose" me. If he's concerned about something, he contacts my psychiatrist first and they talk it out.

Maybe you just need a new therapist?