She first established the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Betterhelp Youtube Controversy… what activates it– social circumstances, meeting individuals 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?
In general, the service is impressively slick. The discussion 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 rapid reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can edit messages before sending them means you’re unlikely to blurt out something unguarded and revealing 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 benefit?
Anyone with a low-end mental health issue who’s cool with getting counselled in an extremely internet-y, 2016-y method. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud possible and require severe attention (and potentially some meds), probably isn’t for you Betterhelp Youtube Controversy