She initially established the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Reputable?… what triggers it– social scenarios, fulfilling individuals for the first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious childhood (divorced moms and dads, strained familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, but then that’s her job, isn’t it?
Overall, 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 anticipated. I even got quick reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The truth you can modify messages before sending them suggests you’re not likely to blurt out something revealing and vulnerable in the heat of the minute. Profound moments of realisation may be tough to come by if you can’t get an unwinded flow going.
Who do I think it might it be good for?
Anybody with a low-end psychological 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 possible and require major attention (and potentially some medications), probably isn’t for you Betterhelp Reputable?