She first established the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Denied From Betterhelp… what triggers it– social scenarios, fulfilling people for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (divorced moms and dads, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, however then that’s her job, isn’t it?
Overall, 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 expected. I even got quick reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unforeseen.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The truth you can edit messages prior to sending them means you’re not likely to blurt out something vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the minute. Profound minutes 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?
Anybody with a low-end psychological health issue 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 major attention (and perhaps some medications), most likely isn’t for you Denied From Betterhelp