((hugs))

One thing that I found good was using therapy to plan for when you're not feeling good, outside of therapy and between sessions. I didn't do DBT therapy but we did go over those kinds of skills, and I ordered the DBT workbook as well which I've found really good.

I do get what you're saying, that because your Ts work with lots of serious cases and are not phased by things, it can seem as if they're not really taking what you say seriously. I think I have sometimes felt that way as well. But on the positive side, I think it shows that they are very experienced and confident in what they are doing. In my opinion that's a good thing and very important.

I hope you can have more conversations about this with T and ask about the plan. I think it would help.

I hope you feel better