She initially determined the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Mental Health Betterhelp… what activates it– social scenarios, meeting people for the first time– and then dived headlong into my fractious childhood (divorced parents, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, but then that’s her task, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is remarkably slick. The discussion can be a little stop-starty sometimes, however it was really a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got quick reactions 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 vulnerable and revealing in the heat of the moment. So extensive minutes of realisation might be tough to come by if you can’t get an unwinded circulation going.
Who do I believe 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 you can possibly imagine and need serious attention (and possibly some meds), probably isn’t for you Mental Health Betterhelp