If EI parents invalidated or dismissed your inner experiences as a child, you may consider yourself unworthy of being taken seriously. You may even believe that what goes on inside you isn’t important. I witness this often in psychotherapy sessions. Although clients come to therapy to talk about their problems, they often downplay their concerns with self-dismissive comments like, “I know this is stupid, but…” or “This is such a small thing, I’m embarrassed to admit it.”
