Tarot card readings are all over the Internet recently, such as Twitter threads of daily tarot card readings. Some people wait and rely on these threads for understanding their lives, even if there’s no certainty of its validity. While tarot readings and astrology aren’t really empirically based, they do give people the framework of understanding the reason behind someone’s worries or dismay, as the Huffington Post details:
It’s also no surprise that practices like tarot and astrology are increasingly coupled with mental health advice. Therapeutic guidance (sometimes from actual therapists) has a bigger platform thanks to social media, which has arguably made talking about and understanding mental health more possible for the general population.
Plus, many people can’t afford professional help or need a supplement to therapy, so they turn to the internet and social media for advice on dealing with daily stress, Dore said. There are numerous barriers to getting mental health treatment, including high cost, insufficient insurance coverage and a lack of options. Recent data found that 1 in 4 Americans said they had to choose between paying for daily necessities and paying for mental health care.
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The human psyche is religious, so the effect of smashing old, established religions is to open up people to new ones.