She first determined the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Uber… what triggers it– social circumstances, satisfying individuals for the first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (divorced parents, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was pretty nosey tbh, however then that’s her task, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is impressively slick. The discussion can be a little stop-starty at times, but it was actually a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got fast reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unforeseen.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The reality you can modify messages prior to sending them means you’re not likely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the moment. Profound moments of realisation might be hard to come by if you can’t get a relaxed circulation going.
Who do I think it might it benefit?
Anybody with a low-end mental health concern who’s cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud you can possibly imagine and need severe attention (and potentially some medications), probably isn’t for you Betterhelp Uber