She first determined the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Shirt… what activates it– social circumstances, fulfilling people for the first time– and after that 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?
Overall, the service is remarkably slick. The discussion can be a little stop-starty sometimes, however 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 reality you can edit messages before sending them suggests you’re unlikely to blurt out something revealing and unguarded in the heat of the moment. Profound minutes of realisation may be hard to come by if you can’t get a relaxed flow going.
Who do I think it might it benefit?
Anybody with a low-end psychological health problem who’s cool with getting counselled in an extremely internet-y, 2016-y method. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud you can possibly imagine and need serious attention (and potentially some meds), most likely isn’t for you Betterhelp Shirt