{"id":261383,"date":"2025-11-14T00:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/261383\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T00:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:05:08","slug":"americans-say-people-they-confide-in-about-own-mental-health-struggles-cant-help-them-cope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/261383\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans say people they confide in about own mental health struggles can’t help them cope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two-thirds of Americans who\u2019ve shared their mental health struggles <\/a>said the person they turned to wasn\u2019t able to help them cope.<\/p>\n

When life gets overwhelming, nearly half of Americans do what comes naturally: they turn to friends and family for support, a poll of 2,000 adults found.<\/p>\n

However, 32 percent didn\u2019t get the outcome they hoped for because the individual they turned to was dealing with their own challenges.<\/p>\n

A poll of 2,000 adults found that when reaching out to friends and family, people found their contacts were unable to help them cope. pressmaster \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

And a quarter felt like the individual didn\u2019t understand what they were going through.<\/p>\n

However, while 33 percent seek emotional support at least weekly, 74 percent worry they\u2019re being a burden on those around them.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, feeling like a burden has stopped 69 percent speaking up at all.<\/p>\n

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The research was commissioned by BetterHelp to mark the launch of its Therapist Match Commitment [https:\/\/www.betterhelp.com\/therapist-match-commitment\/], which aims to ensure every client is paired with a professional who\u2019s the right fit for their specific needs to drive quality outcomes.<\/p>\n

Fernando Madeira, president of the online therapy provider, said: \u201cWhile our loved ones provide invaluable emotional support, this data reveals a clear gap between the support people need and what even the most caring friends and family can realistically provide.<\/p>\n

33 percent seek emotional support at least weekly, 74 percent worry they\u2019re being a burden on those around them. Dragana Gordic \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of us simply aren\u2019t equipped with the training or emotional tools to help someone manage life\u2019s many challenges. And when both people are already under stress<\/a>, these conversations can leave everyone feeling overwhelmed.\u201d<\/p>\n

But even when friends and family do encourage their loved ones to seek therapy<\/a> (49 percent), many still don\u2019t follow through (20 percent).<\/p>\n

Affordability (44 percent) was the main barrier, followed by 29 percent believing they could manage on their own.<\/p>\n

When friends and family do encourage their loved ones to seek therapy (49 percent), many still don\u2019t follow through (20 percent). Maridav \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

And 75 percent of respondents said that difficulty finding the \u201cright\u201d therapist prevented them from getting mental health support.<\/p>\n

Yet even among those who sought professional help, 32 percent struggled to find a therapist who was the right fit \u2013 leading 74 percent to skip sessions or stop therapy altogether.<\/p>\n

Fernando Madeira from BetterHelp, which reported 72 percent of its clients had a reduction in symptoms in 12 weeks, added: \u201cA negative or mismatched therapy experience doesn\u2019t just end that relationship, it can end someone\u2019s willingness to try therapy altogether.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hear from people all the time who say they tried therapy once, it didn\u2019t click, and they assumed therapy just \u2018wasn\u2019t for them\u2019 or that their problems were too complicated to fix. The reality is, they may just have not yet found the right therapist yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019ve invested so heavily in our matching process \u2013 which draws on over a decade of experience in data-driven, tailored matching. And we really see the difference that a good match can make: More than 3 out of 4 people continued working with their therapist after getting matched this year and 82 percent are likely to recommend their therapist to others. That\u2019s the kind of therapeutic connection that changes lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two-thirds of Americans who\u2019ve shared their mental health struggles said the person they turned to wasn\u2019t able to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[2864,5934,102,655,1906,6623,107989,8667,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-261383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-family","9":"tag-friends","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-lifestyle","12":"tag-mental-health","13":"tag-mentalhealth","14":"tag-support-group","15":"tag-therapy","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}