binge eating, stress and therapy

[Jaquta]

How crucial is therapy to overcoming stress, binge eating and underlying issues?

I have been assigned a new T and have seen her twice.  While I believe she has some valuable skills I don't believe I can gain the necessary insights from her.
I have been offered one 50 minute session once a week.

It has been four months since I last had therapy.  It has been a difficult four months.
I don't even know what to say anymore.  I am tired and frustrated.  I am binge eating lots, I am not sleeping.
I am feeling desperate but don't feel there is anyone I can talk too.  And if there were, what would I say anyway?
I am traveling an hour every day to attend a wound clinic after my surgical site became infected and I developed an abscess.  I am fed up with that too and feeling responsible.  If I was fit for surgery then I wouldn't have gotten sick and needed four days of IV antibiotics and daily dressing changes, etc.

What am I doing right?  Home is extremely stressful.  Perhaps the only thing is that I am talking here, for now.  I know it's not the answer but it's the best I can do at this time.

[Roger Gould, M.D.]

I answered a more general question for you today on the mh forum...here's the connection...eating and binging is a way to shut off your mind when facing a reality you don't know how to deal with....keep working on the reality, and notice everytime you want to binge, and ask yourself why you need to do it right then...that is where you will get the insights you need, and you can bring them to therapy to sort out further.

[Jaquta]

Thanks for your response -it was incredibly helpful.  I think with all the repetition I must finally be grasping some it.  Sorry for being so slow.
I realized after I posted this last night that I am still extremely stressed by the post-operative stuff.  I think this is what triggered this last binge.
I don't think this was unique though, even if it felt like it at the time.  I still think there's a theme that I haven't been able to identify or quite understand.

I bought a copy of your "Shrink Yourself" book over Christmas.  I decided to read it myself before recycling it as a gift (something my family are good at doing).  I'm a little apprehensive as to how my mother will react to it.  Mental health/ psychiatry, etc are taboo in our house.
I've been struggling with motivation and concentration so are only up to page five, but if I set myself small targets I should get there eventually.

Just as feedback.  I was surprised by how inexpensive your book was.  I'm glad though because it makes it more accessible to people.