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When faith conflicts with mental health treatment

My therapist wants me to try mindfulness but I was raised that emptying your mind invites demons in, and now I am stuck between panic attacks and spiritual terror.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Religious conditioning creates barriers to accessing evidence-based therapeutic interventions.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Faith and physical health — what research shows?”

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