
To mention first, this topic came up because of how I mentioned reasons why I couldn’t do online DBT when the opportunity happened, as it was apparent by my at the time counselor after week 3. 

Today I mentioned to my step mother about how, when I have my door locked it causes me lots of stress because of how my father would yell at me through the door to open it now (This happened a lot of times while I was in the bathroom..) While I was trying to just breath and relax with my hands on my face, she told me that she went through being hit by her father and how my father was hit by his father full fist when he was younger.

It just felt like she was negating my experience because of how they had issues of physical violence when younger. I feel this comment probably came up because I said how the experiences with my father have had a lasting impact on me. 

I don’t know what to say or do really because I only mentioned it now due to how people *say* they want me to not hide my issues from them now. Then they make me feel like my issues are nothing