Praying helps. Praying is a mediaeval, prescientific form of therapy. Talking out your day, and your feelings, to someone who will listen. That works just as well with a family member, a supposed god, or my imaginary friend Bill.

And given that therapy costs money and many people are poor, prayer is an appropriate self-medication option for many people who need to talk to someone about their feelings. It’s even an appropriate option for people who see a therapist but not as often as they’d like.

Now this is all beside the benefits prayer has if you’re trying to create or empower an egregore, of course.