She first established the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Depression… what activates it– social scenarios, satisfying people for the first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious childhood (separated moms and dads, 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 impressively slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was really a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got fast responses to messages over the weekend, which was unforeseen.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages before sending them suggests you’re not likely to blurt out something revealing and vulnerable in the heat of the moment. So profound moments of realisation may be difficult 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 problem 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 need major attention (and possibly some meds), most likely isn’t for you Betterhelp Depression