I hope you are able to find the where with all to speak to someone in charge in addition to your therapist. I realise this can be intimidating and perhaps this is where the help from your therapist might come in useful.
Incidentally, the more I re-read your original post the more I convince myself that what was said to you is an example of harassment. It does not matter whether the individual intended to make you feel bad or not. The definition of harassment is that which was said or done that the perpetrator OUGHT to have known would be distressing was acted out or said anyway. The interpretation that harassment exists is thus in the hands of the individual who believes they are experiencing it.
The short version? If you feel harassed then by definition you have been harassed.
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