Clinical Depression Is a Reality, and Faith, Family, and Friends Are Not Always Enough

There is something called clinical depression. We're not talking about sadness, we're talking about you have an issue for years and treatment is required. To battle anxiety, to battle depression, there are three Fs that help, but not necessarily solve: faith, family, and friends. Most of our Muslim societies dismiss the reality of depression, of potential suicidal thoughts; they say faith alone is good enough. And if we find that it's not helping, then we should encourage therapy, we should encourage getting analyzed by somebody who's a trained medical practitioner.