Do you believe there are mental health benefits to practicing your faith?

[jennifer_bloom]

I grew up with toxic family members and religion is the good parent I was never raised with - I find chasing religion solves my problems - whether financial or social or physical.

[UdosUNDERDEVELOPMENT]

I was provided with the ideas of universesalism , which is many different types of existences with many different types of beings. Everything is made of energies and so are our thoughts and feelings , which means that everyone and everything around us must have feelings and have thoughts. There are many types of universes which have their own logics based on their own awareness and capabilities. The possibilities are endless yet everyone is trying to exist in the boundries of comforts and pleasantnessess. Someday we will all unite and be able to travel from one universe to the next without any forms of ill experiences , and participate in endless exciting adventures. But it seems like it will take time before we can map out every compositions which will result in non-abusive experiences. Then there are the corrupted beings that we have to heal because of their abusive preferences towards others , without them we will not be able to sustain the universes and with them being ill the universes will be sustained with suffering , which will cause abuse towards us and our neighbours. But we ourselves have to be forgiving , not seeking vengeance upon the ill who have harmed us or others , because if we abuse the ill , then we too have become ill. If we abuse an abuser , we too have become abusive , which in results will just create an endless cycle of abuses and evils if we do not react with forgiveness. Universesal freedom is what I am striving for , towards all beings and all things in all of the universes and all of the existences , with universesal love , universesal peace , universesal goodness , and universesal respect for everyone and everything in their endless experiences. That's the belief that gives me meaning to exist , it is the ultimate comfortable logic for me.

[Jltakk]

Absolutely, I think there are some solid lessons and stories in it.

[purplepoppy]

The phrase "body and soul " is used even by atheists. There's long been a recognition both are important. While now we call the soul the mind and the church has been replaced with psychologists and self help videos the concept remains the same.

[Staximus]

I don't practice religion, so not for me. On the other hand, if that makes your life better, then it's good for you whether I believe in it or not. As long as you don't let it get to the point of using religion to validate irrational thinking.

[TotallyAlmost]

I think it's demonstrably true that people with strong faith have better mental health and coping skills.

[slatyb]

No more than any other thoughtful personal activity -- a walk in the park, a bike ride, working out, stargazing, ...

[Spiritofn]

I love my religion but I’m also a religious study nut it brings me so much happiness!

[anton_dee]

As long as you keep it within realistic limits

[Agape93]

Yeap

[baserunner611]

Okay