She initially established the scale of my stress and anxiety…in terms of Humana Talkspace… what triggers it– social circumstances, fulfilling 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 job, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is remarkably slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty at times, but it was really a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got speedy actions to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can edit messages prior to sending them suggests you’re not likely to blurt out something revealing and vulnerable 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 believe it might it benefit?
Anyone with a low-end mental health problem who’s cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y method. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and require severe attention (and potentially some meds), probably isn’t for you Humana Talkspace