Prayer helps manage negative emotions
Individuals who pray during hard times and stressful situations find more comfort and deal better with negative emotions, a new study says.
According to the study published in the Social Psychology Quarterly, praying allows the victims of violent relationships with intimate partners to vent their frustration without fear of a brutal reaction.
Another study, similarly, reported that 75 percent of Americans pray on a weekly basis to manage a wide range of negative situations and emotions - illness, sadness, trauma and anger.
"During prayer, victims came to see themselves as they believed God saw them. Since these perceptions were mostly positive, it helped raise their senses of self-worth that counteracted their abuser’s hurtful words," said Shane Sharp from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
"For some, through prayer they told me they learned to forgive their abusive partners, to let go of their anger and resentment," she said warning that forgiving abusive partner may be a double-edged sword.
“It’s good for those who are out of that violent relationship to let go of it to a certain extent. But if they’re still in their violent relationship, it may postpone their decision to leave, and that can be bad," Sharp stressed.
Source: presstv.ir
