So, my therapist wants me to work the DBT workbook with her and she has given me other books and resources to read and exercises to do, one book focuses on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. But I don’t feel like I’m there yet. I am really struggling with feeling like so many of the exercises expect me to have a better sense of self already than I do, or to already have the things I feel my life is missing (family, friends, etc). It’s frustrating to be trying so hard and feel like they started me with trigonometry when I am struggling with basic arithmetic. I don’t think it’s helpful to be angry and crying because the workbooks make me feel even worse about myself. I’m not sure how to talk to my therapist about this or even if I should. One of my biggest triggers is feeling like I’m not being listened to or like how I feel is being trivialized and being in this situation, where my therapist doesn’t seem to understand where I am, is definitely hitting me hard. It’s making me feel like this is all a waste of time and I am too far gone to get better. 