YarraByte@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 1 day agoDiscussion Thread 🦘 Friday 17 October 2025message-squaremessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareDiscussion Thread 🦘 Friday 17 October 2025YarraByte@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 1 day agomessage-square145fedilink
minus-squaremelbaboutown@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-214 hours 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-squareLowExperience2368@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 hours agoShe is a student and has access to counselling and psychology through her uni. I sent her all the links. I think it’s all a mental thing for her, like it is for me.
minus-squaremelbaboutown@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 hours 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
She is a student and has access to counselling and psychology through her uni. I sent her all the links. I think it’s all a mental thing for her, like it is for me.
Yeah, I completely understand the mental barrier thing. But it is something she has to do herself. You’re doing what you can