She first determined the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Happynest Vs Betterhelp… what activates it– social circumstances, meeting people for the very first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious youth (divorced parents, strained familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, but then that’s her job, isn’t it?
In general, the service is impressively slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty at times, but it was in fact a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got fast reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unforeseen.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can modify messages before sending them means you’re unlikely to blurt out something revealing and unguarded in the heat of the moment. Extensive minutes of realisation might be difficult to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation going.
Who do I think it might it be good for?
Anyone with a low-end mental 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 need serious attention (and potentially some medications), probably isn’t for you Happynest Vs Betterhelp