She initially ascertained the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Startup… what activates it– social scenarios, fulfilling people for the very first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious youth (separated parents, strained familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, but then that’s her task, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is impressively slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was actually a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got speedy actions to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages before sending them means you’re unlikely to blurt out something revealing and vulnerable in the heat of the moment. Profound minutes of realisation may be difficult 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 mental health issue 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 possibly some meds), most likely isn’t for you Betterhelp Startup