To Know We Are Not Alone

  Religion and Mental Illness Podcast Psyche (root of psychology): originally viewed as the human soul, mind, or spirit. Today we view the psyche as essentially rooted in our brains...something distinctly separate from our spirit. However, in religious circles, these two are still decidedly overlapped. Herein lies the problem/issue that is addressed in this podcast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud%27s_views_on_religion https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-24/edition-4/mental-health-religion-and-culture No matter how you slice it, we have a serious problem in that religion and psychology are usually seen as being at odds with each other. Many religious people refuse mental health treatment, believing that God can/will cure them. Early 20th-century interest in religion and mental health was sparked by Freud’s view of religion as intrinsically neurotic. Freud described religion and its rituals as a collective neurosis, which, he suggested, could save a person the effort of form