She initially established the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of How Many People Use Betterhelp… what activates it– social scenarios, fulfilling individuals for the very first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious youth (separated parents, strained familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was pretty 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 quick actions to messages over the weekend, which was unforeseen.
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 minute. Extensive moments of realisation may be hard to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation 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 really 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 meds), most likely isn’t for you How Many People Use Betterhelp