Dismissive people

One of the worst things about anxiety is when other people don’t take your feelings seriously.

My father has been doing that all my life. Yesterday I was on the phone with him, and he did it again.

In general, men do that more than women do. Even Mr. Kat does it, somewhat.

What if I have good reasons to be anxious? What if I’m right? (That does happen occasionally - me being right.)

Even if I’m wrong - and I really hope I’m wrong - your obvious impatience when trying to “reassure” me hurts.