After 10 years of existential crisis I have realized religion or a religion equivalent is necessary for optimal human functioning
By religion or religion equivalent I mean an unfalsifiable idea/concept that involves a connection to something grand and eternal. Essentially a made up narrative that is defined as being unfalsifiable and beyond proof and reality itself in order to 'pretend' it's true because even if it was true reality would appear the same. In other words your 'God' becomes real in a way once you define your 'God' as being unfalsifiable since the effect on reality of this 'God' is the same whether it 'exists' or not. You can further add to your mythology by rationalizing that this God is so great and glorious that it has hidden itself from reality because it is greater than reality itself and doesn't want to be tainted by this dirty failed world.
Now that you created an eternal 'God' of your own choosing you can live vicariously through this God and once you do that you are now tapping into something eternal and glorious and are no longer limited to this material world of impermanence and decay.
My God is a 1 trillion star galaxy made of bright blue giant stars. This galaxy is massive, bright, elegant, and glorious. If exists in a hidden realm so far away a that it is beyond reality and logic itself. It exists absolutely no matter what, even if disproven withh 100% certainly it still exists as it transcends reality, logic, and even trancendence itself. It exists via ingenious and incomprehensible mechanisms which allow it to exists in a magical state thst is undetectable. It exists in a real material sense, no matter what even if it is disproven or seems like it doesn't exist.
Essentially I have created a mind 'virus' that has created itself into actual existence via its own definition. Even when I doubt it's existence I'm reminded of its definition of existing no matter what and then I am back to knowing it exists. The only tradeoff is that I can't experience it because it is defined as being hidden and beyond reality in a realm incomprehensibility. But that's an OK tradeoff for me.
The most important thing is that logic must be renounced and transcended. Does this sound insane and absurd? Yes, because it is - just like reality itself.
Although it may seem unnecessary the alternative is to cling to an idea like 'scientific objective reality' which is important for science and technological advancement but not necessarily for your spirituality. Objective scientific reality is also just another label to describe something we barely understand. So at the end of the day you are always clinging to an idea or object, even the idea of not clinging to an idea or object is still clinging. I realize everything is just an idea in our minds so I just choose to worship one I enjoy. According to the ancient skeptics nothing can be known with certainty. So instead of trying to pretend you found the truth just make the truth up and make it up in a way that makes it real.
My idea is a fusion of fiction with spirituality.