One of the things that I got very familiar with when I was in the hospital was something called a JP tube (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson-Pratt_drain) of which I had at least seven (two on the right and five on the left). What the drain is designed to do is to draw out excess fluid from the body sucking it out of the body so that it doesn't build up and drown a person....
The same thing can be said about prayer...without it, we can be drowned by feelings, depression, anger and other emotions that build up and can overwhelm us. When we talk to God and release our concerns to him, we release the pressures, feelings and everything else and transfer it to Someone who is able to handle it in a better manner than we can.
So if you don't want to be overwhelmed by the pressures of the world; take the words of the writer of Hebrews to heart:
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)
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