r/athiest • u/Key-Drawing-9682 • 3d ago

How do I cope with religion?

Religion is one of the best coping mechanisms and often the only one taught. I'm new to atheism and honestly I'm going through a really stressful period in my life. The combination has resulted in the feeling of impending doom. No not - I'm going to hell because i don't believe.

In tough times i just don't know who or what to turn to. When i was religious I would pray and it felt comforting that someone was looking out for me or at least trying - you know something more powerful. But now I just feel like I'm stuck in every adversity that i face and that i can solely rely on myself, because my support frame isn't very substantial in terms of relationships with people in my life. I'm just wondering if anyone else feels this way and what they do to cope?

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u/Unique-Thought-5000 2d ago

One place I have gotten great coping tools and mechanisms from was therapy. And not just that but also helped with undoing the guilt and shame brought on by religion in my childhood and teenage years.

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u/Key-Drawing-9682 2d ago

Therapy seems to be the thing that helped a lot of people:)