She first established the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Denied Me… what activates it– social circumstances, satisfying individuals for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (separated parents, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was pretty nosey tbh, but then that’s her task, isn’t it?
In general, the service is remarkably slick. The discussion can be a little stop-starty at times, but it was really a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got rapid responses to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The truth you can edit messages before sending them indicates you’re unlikely to blurt out something revealing and vulnerable in the heat of the minute. Profound minutes of realisation may be difficult to come by if you can’t get a relaxed circulation going.
Who do I think it might it benefit?
Anybody with a low-end mental health issue who’s cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y method. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud possible and require major attention (and potentially some meds), most likely isn’t for you Betterhelp Denied Me