She first ascertained the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Aetna Talkspace… what triggers it– social scenarios, fulfilling people for the first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (divorced moms and dads, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was pretty nosey tbh, however then that’s her job, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is remarkably slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was actually a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got rapid reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The truth you can modify messages prior to sending them means you’re unlikely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the moment. So extensive minutes of realisation may be tough to come by if you can’t get an unwinded flow going.
Who do I think it might it benefit?
Anyone with a low-end mental health concern who’s cool with getting counselled in a really internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and require serious attention (and perhaps some meds), most likely isn’t for you Aetna Talkspace