Nowadays, spirituality plays a huge role for many people around the world, and the connection between the inner feelings of every person with the outside world is a crucial part. According to Brown, et al (2013), spirituality has a strong relation to mental health, and while working on the religion part, it is important to follow all signs of mental health. These two spheres of life occur while decision making, problem-solving, and gaining new life experience.
The relationship between spirituality and mental health is complex, and it takes a lot of time to analyze what positive and negative sides it can bring. One of the most common explanations of the connection is spiritual well-being and problem-solving, which usually cause mental health problems such as depression and anxiety (Brown, et, 2013). People often do not notice their attachment to this idea, but it affects everyone. The quote “spiritual well-being can incorporate God into one’ life while also incorporating self-reliance” presets the result of the study of Brown, et al (2013), which states that people identify God as a spiritual identity. For many people, self-realization and self-reliance are primary connectors to the specific identity which God has presented. Some people do not trust in the connection of God and self-reliance, and this is their personal choice. The spiritual state does not have any confirmed studies or evidence, and it might be contractionary for some individuals (Demir, 2018). However, everyone has the right to believe in what they want, and I think that self-realization strongly relates to God’s existence in human life.
In conclusion, the idea of the connection of spirituality and mental health evokes different emotions in everyone, and every person has a right to decide whether this idea has a right to exist in their life. Moreover, every person can think differently about the emergence of such mental health issues as anxiety and depression, and every idea can be correct for different individuals. Everyone decides for themselves whether approved ideas about this topic are right or wrong, and arguing with these decisions might be useless.
References
Brown, D. R., Carney, J. S. & Parrish, M. S. (2013). Assessing Spirituality: The Relationship Between Spirituality and Mental Health. Journal of Spirituality and Mental Health, 15, 107-122.
Demir, E. (2018). The Evolution of Spirituality, Religion and Health Publications: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Journal of Religion and Health, 58, 1-13.