Atheism may help some types of personality and destroy others

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Leaving religion might be good for extroverted persons. Extroversion often correpsondents to narcicism and religions that talk a lot about guild, modesty and things that are greater than you might not exactly be the narcicists cup of tea.

But for emotionally vulnerable people (people that I guess simply have strong emotions) becoming atheists results in a decline in mental wellbeing:

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/04/06/what-are-the-psychological-effects-of-losing-your-religion/
 
I've seen studies about both positive and negative effects of religion. I'll give this a read.

Narcissist personality disorder can manifest as the long-suffering austere silent manipulator just as well as the flashy one. Extraversion by itself is not an indicator of NPD.
 
Thank you ! This is an interesting study to and I'm gonna look deeper into it. Changing Faiths for me felt very exciting, renewing and liberating.

@Cino I didn't kniw Narcissism was actually a disorder until you mentioned it
 
Bulletcatcher said:
Leaving religion might be good for extroverted persons. Extroversion often correpsondents to narcicism and religions that talk a lot about guild, modesty and things that are greater than you might not exactly be the narcicists cup of tea.

But for emotionally vulnerable people (people that I guess simply have strong emotions) becoming atheists results in a decline in mental wellbeing:

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/04/06/what-are-the-psychological-effects-of-losing-your-religion/
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Bulletcatcher, you have asked many questions leaning to pro-Atheistic beliefs, but with no investment of your own. It is easy to site multiple sources of information, but it is much more meaningful to have an opinion in a forum such as this one.
I encourage you to use fewer citations and more original thought in future posts. This is a good forum and I hope you will enjoy your time here.
 
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So this article seems to be about Christian converts either de-converting or becoming atheist.

Interesting! I knew a few converts back when I lived in SE Asia, several decades ago. Looking back, I can imagine they had to deal with more emotional complexity than I would have thought at the time.

Anyway, fascinating read, thanks a lot!
 
Bulletcatcher said:
Leaving religion might be good for extroverted persons. Extroversion often correpsondents to narcicism and religions that talk a lot about guild, modesty and things that are greater than you might not exactly be the narcicists cup of tea.

But for emotionally vulnerable people (people that I guess simply have strong emotions) becoming atheists results in a decline in mental wellbeing:

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/04/06/what-are-the-psychological-effects-of-losing-your-religion/
Click to expand...

Bring emotionally vulnerable doesn't seem like a good reason to take on religious beliefs.
 
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