The Concealed Depression

Boosting morale Many of us suffer from "concealed depression," which has symptoms such as staying up late after dawn..."What should I do if I can't sleep?"...Read! Learn! Exercise..."For what? What's the point? Let me go to sleep" Escaping from beneficial long-term tasks to reading Facebook and WhatsApp messages Escaping from listening to the inner voice to watching short clips Neglecting self-care...Piling up studies and work tasks... Escaping from feeling failure in fixing our homes and raising our children to achieving imaginary victories in the "virtual world" by rejoicing in people's likes, shares, and comments on our posts, which we ourselves do not adhere to much of what is in them! And in general: escaping from the "useful" to the "entertaining" It is not enough in all of this that we say to ourselves and to others: what we do is wrong...We must return to what is useful... But we need to go back to the causes...And among the most important of them is: "concealed depression" It is the mentality that our enemies have worked to instill in us in every way... It is the accumulation of thousands of scenes of humiliation of Muslims and making them feel worthless, which the media broadcasts generously under the pretext of documenting reality! At a time when the media and repressive agencies join forces to hide and thwart efforts to reform this reality. To instill in Muslims the mentality of "no use," "it's useless," "ruined," "we are powerless"...As if the media strikes us blows to our heads so that we become dazed and confused, unable to do anything useful! And more dangerous than that is that we ourselves sometimes instill this mentality of failure and depression through our "religious" speech! When we blame the sinners for their sins and Muslims for not supporting their oppressed brothers with negative, demeaning criticism whose message is: you are evil, failures! But do you know, my brothers? I think we are wrong when we assume that the owners of sins are satisfied with worldly life and are happy with it. Rather, the reason is often their concealed depression, which makes them feel worthless and the little difference between the life of faith and the life of disobedience...When we reprimand them negatively, we help the devil who paralyzes their will to reform themselves and makes them feel helpless and distant from God. These people...It is better to address them by restoring their self-worth in their own eyes...Make them feel their importance and dignity to God, for they are the children of Adam and then they are Muslims...Remind them of God's joy with their obedience and repentance, His support for them as they support Him, and that He will guide them and help them if they seek His help, and nothing will stand in their way...You will find them at that moment, with their noble and honorable souls, will naturally shun sins and embrace obedience! You will not find in the biography of the beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) a single negative position where he blamed his companions and did not give them the solution and the way out! Never, not a single position! And look at his positivity, for example, upon him be peace and blessings, after the battles of Uhud and Hunayn regarding the mistakes of the companions in them. We are all in dire need of strengthening the aspects of good and strength within us and restoring our confidence in our relationship with God Almighty to build upon what is present after strengthening it, and to thwart the plans of our enemies, the disbelievers and hypocrites, who (wish for you what they wish for themselves), meaning they love for us hardship, failure, and the destruction of psyches. (And do not be weak and do not grieve, and you are the uppermost if you are believers).