She first established the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Caddicarus Betterhelp… what triggers it– social scenarios, satisfying individuals for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious childhood (divorced moms and dads, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite 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 in fact a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got quick actions to messages over the weekend, which was unexpected.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can edit messages prior to sending them suggests you’re unlikely to blurt out something revealing and vulnerable in the heat of the moment. Profound moments of realisation might be hard to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation 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 really internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and require major attention (and perhaps some medications), probably isn’t for you Caddicarus Betterhelp