I can't really say much about the therapist stuff, only that it sounds like she's a terrible fit to be giving therapy to you.
I've found that days where I can go on a walk go by better for me than days where I can't, that little bit of physical exercise goes a long way relative to sitting indoors all day long.
I don't think I've ever had a microwave dinner, and looking at them I'm not sure if I even could, they all just look gross to me! Microwaving things in general is just ruinous for the food, making it all rubbery and gooey and unevenly warm, blegh.
I feel the same way as you in how most meals look messy to me, and like a bunch of stuff put together. But even something like just cooking a loose vegetable and a loose piece of meat, no frills, can be a sufficient meal. It doesn't need to be anything fancier than that, and that's what none of those recipe books and such will tell you.
Pretty much every recipe found online or in a recipe book is 100% completely useless for what you actually want. If they describe a basic dish as needing more than 30 minutes total to make then they're talking to hobbyists specifically and can be completely ignored. Only hobbyists in this day and age will take all that time to make dishes that complex that need that much prep, because for them the cooking itself is the fun part. Most people when they get home from work make something far more basic that nonetheless is equally nutritious, just less tasty.
Things like fruits can basically be eaten as-is, an apple you only need to cut in three parts and can be eaten like that, a kiwi you can just cut off the butt ends and eat the rest, cherries and grapes can be eaten as-is, etc.
There's plenty of vegetables that are pretty easy to eat too. A cucumber can just be cut into like 6 chunks and eaten like that. A zucchini can be sliced into little slices, put them in one of these things ( [LINK] ) with some butter and stir with a wooden spoon. You already mentioned broccoli, which just needs some cutting and being put in boiling water. Green beans you can chop off the ends of, put them in boiling water, and then bake them with some butter. None of these processes are really complex or require ingredients other than the food itself and some butter, or implements other than the type of pot/pan/kettle you put it in and a wooden spoon. You could add like pepper or salt but even that's not necessary.
Most types of meat are the same too, put them in a meat kettle with some butter and keep turning them until they're cooked, which can be determined by slicing it down the middle and comparing it with images online of "how cooked should X meat be". Nothing fancier than that is needed.
Something like bread with a cooked or hardboiled [can be storebought] egg and some [cooked] ham goes a long way too, or putting some cheese and butter on two slices of bread and putting them in a toaster.
Diets don't need to be perfect, but they should be varied and have a bit of everything. But none of that involves doing the cooking equivalent of ballet dancing or figure skating like these online recipes seem to imply!
I've found that days where I can go on a walk go by better for me than days where I can't, that little bit of physical exercise goes a long way relative to sitting indoors all day long.
I don't think I've ever had a microwave dinner, and looking at them I'm not sure if I even could, they all just look gross to me! Microwaving things in general is just ruinous for the food, making it all rubbery and gooey and unevenly warm, blegh.
I feel the same way as you in how most meals look messy to me, and like a bunch of stuff put together. But even something like just cooking a loose vegetable and a loose piece of meat, no frills, can be a sufficient meal. It doesn't need to be anything fancier than that, and that's what none of those recipe books and such will tell you.
Pretty much every recipe found online or in a recipe book is 100% completely useless for what you actually want. If they describe a basic dish as needing more than 30 minutes total to make then they're talking to hobbyists specifically and can be completely ignored. Only hobbyists in this day and age will take all that time to make dishes that complex that need that much prep, because for them the cooking itself is the fun part. Most people when they get home from work make something far more basic that nonetheless is equally nutritious, just less tasty.
Things like fruits can basically be eaten as-is, an apple you only need to cut in three parts and can be eaten like that, a kiwi you can just cut off the butt ends and eat the rest, cherries and grapes can be eaten as-is, etc.
There's plenty of vegetables that are pretty easy to eat too. A cucumber can just be cut into like 6 chunks and eaten like that. A zucchini can be sliced into little slices, put them in one of these things ( [LINK] ) with some butter and stir with a wooden spoon. You already mentioned broccoli, which just needs some cutting and being put in boiling water. Green beans you can chop off the ends of, put them in boiling water, and then bake them with some butter. None of these processes are really complex or require ingredients other than the food itself and some butter, or implements other than the type of pot/pan/kettle you put it in and a wooden spoon. You could add like pepper or salt but even that's not necessary.
Most types of meat are the same too, put them in a meat kettle with some butter and keep turning them until they're cooked, which can be determined by slicing it down the middle and comparing it with images online of "how cooked should X meat be". Nothing fancier than that is needed.
Something like bread with a cooked or hardboiled [can be storebought] egg and some [cooked] ham goes a long way too, or putting some cheese and butter on two slices of bread and putting them in a toaster.
Diets don't need to be perfect, but they should be varied and have a bit of everything. But none of that involves doing the cooking equivalent of ballet dancing or figure skating like these online recipes seem to imply!