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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone here turned around their life in their... by jvanderbot on Monday December 19, 2022 @10:31AM (#34053218)
I have found online services to be OK when I was struggling with a difficult time. Mindbloom, Betterhelp, and Cerebral were fine for what they were. They got me through the first steps for a slight cost. After that, momentum builds. There's no silver bullet.
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone here turned around their life in their... by yunwal on Monday December 19, 2022 @10:40AM (#34053337)
FWIW, my experiences with betterhelp were absolutely terrible. I had a therapist ghost me, and another one that would respond with answers so generic I would’ve been better off talking to a chatbot (I sort of suspect that’s what I was doing).
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone here turned around their life in their... by jvanderbot on Monday December 19, 2022 @10:44AM (#34053380)
I am not surprised. I had to switch therapists a few times. Ultimately I started to remember my self care strategies and stopped seeing a therapist. Though the medicine is a big help.

I still believe that any therapist is better than none, because it forces you to do something, which will change the narrative from "it's hopeless" to " I'm working on it just haven't found the right match". That shift alone is worth the cost.

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