Hi LOSTandFOUND, thanks for the reply!!
Straight off though.......this bit "I am overweight but overeating is one of the way I punish myself for all my sins. Working on this through therapy"...........the therapy includes/focuses as well on the "punishing yourself for your sins", right??
I don't know your religious background so I'm really sorry if I'm overstepping the mark here, but it can be so easy to blame ourselves for things out of our control at the time.
But if we're not talking about that..........could you maybe rephrase "sins" as "mistakes"/"errors of judgement"??? And for some mistakes, then it's got to be much more productive to learn from them, learn how not to do them/or to reduce the risk of doing them again, if we can?? We might still make them, but if we can work towards.............???
But hopefully you're working on that??
Do you think the meds/side effects might be adding to the tiredness though, or they may even want increasing to help with the emotions.......to help with the tiredness?? It can sometimes take some "trial and error" to find correct doses.
Still, right now, got to really admire your commitment to therapy and keeping that going!! And it sounds like you're making some real breakthroughs there, getting some real insights. So really good on you!!
It can take time to work on insights and they can give you a lot more work sometimes when they come up, but they can be so important.
And good you're trying/starting DBT, it does work really well for some people. Maybe just allow it a little balance with other things too though because it might be a little difficult to take some of it on board to begin with (just like with anything new!!). So perhaps fall back on some other things if you need to e.g. coping skills you might have practiced, relaxation techniques.............
Sounds like you're really trying, taking action to work on what's going on for you though!! I know it can be hard, but.......kudos!!
And anytime you want to talk we're/I'm here.............

Alison