LINK Going to Church Regularly Isn’t the Only Way to Improve Your Mental Health | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos
Last week, Gallup released a survey about mental health and noted that, overall, it’s lower today than “it has been at any point in the last two decades.”
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Well that is GOOD NEWS considering that I was reading my monthly Psychologists Newsletter last evening where in it was a finalized International Survey ( Western Cultures mostly) that shows that the Suicide rates between those who are religious and those who are NOT are vastly different.
I.e. on a world-wide, western culture basis it has found and proven conclusively that approx. 85% of Suicides, successful or unsuccessful are committed by those with a religious faith and of the estimated 15% of the unsuccessful attempts 11% who have remained religious re-attempt suicide numerous times until successful BUT those who leave religion/religious beliefs AFTER making an unsuccessful attempt at suicide, 4%, seek psychological help voluntarily and never attempt suicide again.
Triphid
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Dec 16, 2020
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I just found religion boring. Even after 7 years of parochial school i had to go to “Religious Instruction” for 2 years following that while still attending Sunday Mass Brainwashing. I always took issue with the Noah’s Ark claims. If it was true what the Bible claims that all those animals were saved, how in the world did they, all the food for them, for Noah’s family, would ever fit into a 400 or 500 foot ark? And for 9 months? Not to mention ventilation, no charts, no lights, no bilge pump to bail water out.......you would need about 10 or maybe more Titanic size ships to do that. That’s when I started to realize it’s all made up.
CuddyCruiser
Level 8
Dec 16, 2020
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Situation very similar to mine. But I was the kid who would ask questions (innocently) when they would spin these yarns, and I found they couldn’t answer them...which just raised more questions
Religion didn't improve my mental health, it made it worst. I was always praying for forgiveness and living in fear of hell.
xenoview
Level 8
Dec 16, 2020
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I agree. Anxiety and depression only got worse.
Religion does not contribute to mental health. It contributes to mental illness. 
BestWithoutGods
Level 8
Dec 15, 2020
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Going to church increased my mental illness. Kind of hard to feel uplifted when the parishioners made you feel less than human because you were poor and had a child out of wedlock.
kiramea
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Dec 15, 2020
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That I can understand since hypocrisy is RIFE amongst the Christians.
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