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Just be yourself and face any changes as they come. Don't panic. There will always be a solution to every problem. You strain yourself too much, and in the end, you'll be the only one who suffers.
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“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.” Alice Earle Morse
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Religion can be beneficial and/or damaging. A discussion, from a psychological standpoint
While religious beliefs have the ability to bring individuals together, they can be - undoubtedly - detrimental to society. As social creatures, we live in communities. Frequently, these communities are based on common religious beliefs; unavoidably so as 85% of the world’s people identify with a religion as of 2022. These religious communities provide a sense of social support within an individual, and instils the rudimentary feeling of belonging and purpose. Notably, religion can also induce healthier lifestyles. 
Beginning with substance abuse, if religion influences anything, it would most certainly be this. From a minimum of 278 studies, 86% reported negative relations between religiosity and substance abuse/dependency. A majority of these studies were carried out with young adults, a time when your habits are settling in and could potentially, become permanent. Based on this, it’s not entirely impossible to assume that there may be a positive correlation between religiosity and life expectancy.
 Roughly 80% of research on religion and health revolves around mental health. Numerous studies corroborate the positive relationship between religion and positive emotions, and along with positive emotions come positive psychological traits such as altruism, compassion, forgiveness and being grateful. To begin with the examination of the aforementioned relationship between religion and positive emotions, I’d like to define “positive emotions”. With regard to this, I am referring to optimism, happiness, hope, and high self-esteem. Out of 32 studies investigating optimism and religion, 81% reported significant positive relation between the two, with none displaying an inverse relationship, as is the same with hope. 79% of 326 studies (at least) conducted by mid 2010 have depicted a parallel association between religion and happiness. One might think that high self-esteem and religion must have a negative relationship due to the constant emphasis of humility over pride; however, out of 25 studies carried out with the utmost methodological rigour, 68% portrayed greater self-esteem with higher religiosity. 
To further prove the advantageous impacts of religion, one can also refer to the numerous studies regarding the correlation between depression, suicide attempt and completed suicide. Results regarding the three are consistent beginning with 67% of 178 studies portraying an inverse relationship between depression and religion, and 75% of 141 studies exhibiting the same between the aforesaid suicide variables and religion. One might assume that such dominant statistics would be enough to argue in favour of religion, yet, it is imperative to note that these studies are correlational studies. Elaborating further on this, correlational studies do not demonstrate a cause and effect relationship meaning, a conclusive statement such as “religion reduces depression” cannot be made.
What is a “strong religious belief''? Is it simply believing in the existence of a supernatural force deemed as “god” or is it hyperreligiosity? Some psychiatrists - namely Freud - have labelled all religious beliefs as delusional, however, I believe that specifically strong religious beliefs could be classified as delusional. Hyperreligiosity refers to a psychiatric disturbance in which an individual's intense religious beliefs interfere with their daily functioning. Hyperreligiosity is mainly viewed as a sidekick to other psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia. Predominant symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations, delusions, and cognitive slippage. With reference to Siddle et al. (2002), schizophrenic patients with religious delusions were reported to have higher symptom scores (on a quantitative, standardised questionnaire), lower functionality and a higher amount of prescribed medication. Furthermore, after a culmination of extensive research by Suhail and Ghauri (2010), it was found that religious patients are more likely to experience not only delusions, but also hallucinations.
Psychiatric disorders aside, it can also be seen that religious individuals - with an ideal mental state - may not be as intellectual as non-religious folk. Prominent and well established, religiosity correlates inversely with intelligence. A study of almost 7000 adolescents displayed the undeniable truth, that the average IQ of atheists, is significantly higher than non-atheists. Furthermore, compared to atheists, non-atheists statistically lack logical reasoning and critical thinking skills. 
As my final argument, I’d like to address the concept of morality. Although substance abuse/dependency is seldom observed in religious individuals (compared to non-religious individuals), it does not mean the non-religious populace subject themselves to a life of debauchery. Often, we assume that religious instruction aids in the development of moral children; however, innumerable studies have displayed the fact that there is no moral difference between children who are raised as religious, and children who are not.
In spite of the fact that religion itself has the capability to inculcate better habits and a well rounded lifestyle, one could achieve this without possessing strong religious beliefs. On the other hand, retaining strong religious beliefs could be quite damaging for particularly vulnerable individuals. Nonetheless, religious beliefs can be both beneficial, and inimical. 
source : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671693/
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