the point of genuine faith isn't to be a narcotic that let's you function in day-to-day life, it's not some sort of theological Soma out of Brave New World, it's supposed to transform, which involves a fair amount of suffering.
Your life wouldn't be better if you you could believe any of that stuff, and no genuine believer treats religion or God like some sort of spiritual Xanax.
I don’t think that genuine believers treat religion like a spiritual Xanax... but I do think, and have observed, that that’s what it can often be. Especially seeing the religious people I know coping with the deaths of loved ones, and in one case the death of their child.
Your life wouldn't be better if you you could believe any of that stuff, and no genuine believer treats religion or God like some sort of spiritual Xanax.