Hello miss_rainy: The Skeezyks has some sense of your frustration when it comes to people not taking you seriously. I have often felt the same way... to the extent that, at this point, I just keep it all to myself. It does no good to talk about it... so why try? When I have, in the past, I just ended up feeling exposed & foolish.

It's particularly distressing that your counselor/psych is not being at least understanding & supportive, if not helpful. But that doesn't really surprise me either. I'm tempted to suggest that perhaps you should try to find a new therapist. But I know, based on my own experience, that this often isn't helpful either. On the other hand I have read posts, here on PC, written by members who believe that their therapists saved their lives. So I presume there must be really great ones out there. The trick is to find them. Perhaps that's why it's important to keep looking.