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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

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screenshot of tweet by Psychotherapy Action Network @PsiANorg [thread emoji] (1/6) So, according the the FTC, BetterHelp: 1) Sold data about all LGBTQ users who looked into "Pride Counseling," teens who visited "Teen Counseling," Christians who visited "Faithful Counseling," & Spanish-speaking folks who visited "Terappeuta." (at least spell it right?)ALT
screenshot of next tweet. (2/6) 2) Uploaded the email address of all current and former users to Facebook to target them and their friends with BetterHelp ads 3) Falsely used the HIPAA logo to deceive patients that they met HIPAA requirements for privacy and confidentialityALT
screenshot of tweet 3. (3/6) 4) Sold to Snapchat the IP and email address of approximately 5.6 million former visitors of their site so Snapchat could show them more ads for BetterHelp 5) Sold user's email addresses to PinterestALT
screenshot of tweet 4. (4/6) 6) Sold to Facebook users' answer to the question "Have you been in counseling or therapy before?" 7) Lied about their promise that private info would be "kept strictly private" and "never shared, sold or disclosed to anyone."ALT
screenshot of tweets 5 and 6. (5/6) 8) "Use[d] this health information for advertising, BetterHelp has brought in hundreds of thousands of new Users, resulting in millions of dollars in additional revenue." (6/6) Leaving our most private and intimate personal details up to venture capital-led groups that privilege convenience over quality (or even the most basic prerequisite of therapy: privacy) is bad for everyone.ALT

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Reminder that BetterHelp doesn't give a fuck about their patients and is actually a fucking terrible way to get therapy.


Please find other alternatives for BH because they're ATROCIOUS.

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I’m so thankful this exists. I think that many people with mental health issues (myself included) downplay what they’re going through.

I’m an 8 right now. If I hadn’t seen this chart tonight I’d keep denying my struggle. Now I have to face it.

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Reblogging for my followers. My own mental health took a bit of a nosedive last week. Take care of yourselves. Take care of each other. ♡♡

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Anonymous asked:

both times ive gone to see a doctor about my mental health they've written it off as being a teenager or a natural reaction to sad things or hormones or menstruation, and i cant tell them the entirety of whats wrong because my throat closes up so i cant say stuff

Be as assertive as you can be, tell them you know you have a mental health issue. If they decline to test you or look into it, tell them you want it written in their notes that THEY decided against not looking into it. They will almost always look into it after that because if they acknowledge your concern and decide against investigating and something were to go wrong because of said thing, they will be at risk of a malpractice suit.

Anonymous asked:

To the anon that said their mental health is keeping them from being an astrophysicist, here’s what I learned from my own mental disorder: you have to *decide* that you will not let your mental health keep you from doing what you want. You have to decide that you will do whatever it takes. And it’s fucking hard. It feels like you’re rolling a huge stone uphill and it’s seems like you’re getting nowhere, but then one day you look back and see how far you’ve gotten and it’s all worth it then. (:

Yes!! I’ve gone through a similar experience. I was depressed and didn’t feel like I was doing enough but about a month later I was presenting my research at my unis physics seminar and god it was so worth it

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