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I’ve been seeing a talking therapist for over a year now and she’s a clinical psychologist.

She has been wonderful in helping me, and pointing me in the right direction towards a better life. For example she got me to reconsider religion, so I spoke to a Catholic priest in my local town of Washington and now I’m Catholic.

I’ve found that most of the suffering I experienced, that led me to see a talking therapist in the first place, has all but subsided since I’ve become a practicing Catholic.

Before I was Catholic my life had no meaning but now it does, that meaning for my life is god in the Catholic sense.

Now my goal is to be a saint, to follow my mission in life, that god whispers to me deep in my conscience.

Before I became Catholic I suffered with several addictions and sometimes I do now (yet far less) but the difference now is that I’ve got a robust coping mechanism and I’m part of a community and organisation that dates back 2000 years.

What I love about the Catholic Church is that it has 2000 years worth of wisdom that help us spiritually, and helps fight the suffering and pain we experience that is inescapable in life.

Some people say that believing in god is a coping mechanism, and they say it in quite a condescending way, like it’s something to be embarrassed about.

But the fact is, we all need coping mechanisms, there’s nothing wrong with that fact, and if you think that you can get through life without any, then you are mistaken my friend.

You can be arrogant and prideful and think you know best by mocking religion, or you can practice humility and recognise that religion is time-tested wisdom to help make your life easier spiritually and thus mentally.

Etymologically speaking holy is very similar to the word healthy.

“All psychological problems, at bottom, are spiritual problems.” – Carl Jung