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When stopping prayer improves your mental health

My depression lifted after I stopped daily prayers and started taking antidepressants, but my family thinks I've lost faith when really I think I found myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Recovery through secular means challenges family narratives about faith while affirming personal agency in healing.

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“Where Are You with Prayer — does it work? what the evidence shows?”

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