Is rote-praying [eg: 5 times a day] just as numbing to the mind and stifling to the soul as rote learning, or?

or do you think it has the same sort of comforting effect as other monotonous actions? in fact, wont anything repeated 5 times a day instill a sort of numbed obedient feeling, that can be quite soothing....and as "god" is in no need of anyones prayers...isnt that woozy fuzzy brainwashed feeling exactly what some people are looking for...rather in the same way that autistic people use repetitive actions to blot out the frightening modern world---a modern world that many religious people find equally unsettling and are just as eager to shut themselves off from?