"My faith and belief that God will make me better, Made me better" By Aditya Singh

 

Recently, while doing my research on mental health and its impact on human life and relationships, I had several conversations with people who had once been patients battling different mental health issues. They had gone through very difficult phases in life, where they needed psychiatric help and therapy to cope. Listening to their journeys taught me something powerful about recovery. 

Almost everyone I spoke to told me that healing was not easy. Medicines and therapy were important, but they worked only when they had the strength and willingness to keep trying. Many of them had faced repeated failures, days when nothing seemed to help, moments when they felt tired of fighting, and times when they even thought of giving up completely. 

But there was one common thread that kept them moving forward: something inside always pushed them to try again. No matter how many times they fell, a small inner voice kept telling them not to stop. 

Here’s where it gets even more interesting. These people came from different religions and backgrounds. They believed in different gods, prayed in different ways, and followed different traditions. But when I asked them what finally helped them come out of their struggles, the answers often pointed to one thing, faith. 

One person told me, “It was my faith and belief that God will make me better, made me better. I believed He would heal me, and that belief gave me strength when nothing else did 

Another person shared that surrendering their pain to a higher power gave them the courage to continue therapy and trust the process. 

Again and again, I heard similar words. It wasn’t that faith replaced medical treatment most of them had taken, medicines and therapy seriously but faith gave them hope when everything else felt hopeless. It gave them the patience to keep trying until recovery finally happened. 

The lesson I took from these stories is simple but powerful: when we feel defeated in every way, sometimes believing in something greater than ourselves helps us rise again. For some, that “greater power” is God. For others, it is hope, love, or even the belief that life can get better. Whatever form it takes, faith becomes the bridge between despair and recovery. 

These recovered patients reminded me that mental health is not only about treatment. it is also about trust, resilience, and inner strength. And often, when we place our struggles in the hands of something bigger than us, we find a new strength within ourselves to heal.