She initially ascertained the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Better Help Groupon… what activates it– social circumstances, meeting people for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (divorced parents, strained familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, however then that’s her job, isn’t it?
In general, the service is remarkably slick. The discussion can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was actually a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got rapid reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The truth you can edit messages before sending them means you’re unlikely to blurt out something unguarded and revealing in the heat of the moment. So profound 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 psychological health issue who’s cool with getting counselled in a really internet-y, 2016-y method. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and require serious attention (and possibly some medications), most likely isn’t for you Better Help Groupon