She initially ascertained the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp “Humana”… what triggers it– social circumstances, satisfying people for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious childhood (separated moms and dads, stretched 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 impressively slick. The discussion can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was in fact a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got rapid responses to messages over the weekend, which was unforeseen.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The reality you can edit messages prior to sending them implies you’re unlikely to blurt out something revealing and unguarded in the heat of the moment. Profound moments of realisation might be hard to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation going.
Who do I believe it might it benefit?
Anybody 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 you can possibly imagine and need severe attention (and potentially some meds), most likely isn’t for you Betterhelp “Humana”