She first established the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp.Com/ Affiliate… what triggers it– social situations, meeting individuals 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 quite nosey tbh, but then that’s her task, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is remarkably slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, however 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 unforeseen.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The reality you can edit messages before sending them indicates you’re not likely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the minute. So extensive moments of realisation may be hard to come by if you can’t get an unwinded flow going.
Who do I think it might it benefit?
Anybody with a low-end mental health problem who’s cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and require severe attention (and possibly some medications), most likely isn’t for you Betterhelp.Com/ Affiliate