She first established the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Has Gone Soy… what activates it– social situations, satisfying people for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (divorced parents, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, however then that’s her job, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is impressively slick. The discussion 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 quick reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The reality you can edit messages prior to sending them suggests you’re unlikely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the minute. Profound minutes of realisation might be difficult to come by if you can’t get a relaxed flow going.
Who do I believe it might it benefit?
Anybody with a low-end psychological 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 possible and need severe attention (and perhaps some medications), probably isn’t for you Betterhelp Has Gone Soy