She initially established the scale of my anxiety…in terms of Work For Talkspace… what triggers it– social scenarios, satisfying people for the very first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious childhood (divorced moms and dads, stretched familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, however then that’s her task, isn’t it?
Overall, the service is impressively slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, however it was in fact a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I expected. I even got rapid reactions to messages over the weekend, which was unanticipated.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The fact you can edit messages prior to sending them suggests you’re unlikely to blurt out something unguarded and revealing in the heat of the minute. Profound minutes of realisation might be hard to come by if you can’t get an unwinded flow going.
Who do I believe it might it benefit?
Anybody with a low-end mental health problem who’s cool with getting counselled in an extremely internet-y, 2016-y way. If you’re living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and need severe attention (and possibly some meds), most likely isn’t for you Work For Talkspace