YarraByte@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 10 months agoDiscussion Thread 🦘 Friday 17 October 2025message-squaremessage-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1message-squareDiscussion Thread 🦘 Friday 17 October 2025YarraByte@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 10 months agomessage-square126linkfedilink
minus-squaremelbaboutown@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoIf you don’t have a lot of choices due to the service being subsidised some providers can be terrible. There’s also a shortage plus high demand. But a lot of them do Zoom now. I think she just doesn’t want to. It’s easier to demand informal supports from a friend to just vent Edit: Obligatory warning against using Better Help though
minus-squaremelbaboutown@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoYeah, I completely understand the mental barrier thing. But it is something she has to do herself. You’re doing what you can
If you don’t have a lot of choices due to the service being subsidised some providers can be terrible. There’s also a shortage plus high demand.
But a lot of them do Zoom now. I think she just doesn’t want to. It’s easier to demand informal supports from a friend to just vent
Edit: Obligatory warning against using Better Help though
deleted by creator
Yeah, I completely understand the mental barrier thing. But it is something she has to do herself. You’re doing what you can