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Study with Ustadh AbdulAziz Al-Haqqan: https://www.sokacademy.com/yt/qna63-c12 A sister with three years of grief and low motivation, who left medical school and tried therapy, asks what to do. Ustadh AbdulAziz Al-Haqqan, in full: a home centred life is a blessing. Wake up at the same time every day. Exercise, it is therapy. Make ruqya and keep the adhkar. Stay away from screens that may be feeding the sadness. Fill free time with things that calm you, even walking or crochet. And the doctors come first: get blood tests. Do the means and seek nearness to Allah. From the 63rd Q&A session of SOK Academy. https://www.sokacademy.com/yt/qna63-c12 (online academy): Courses taught by Sheikh AbdulAziz Al-Haqqan following the literature of the prominent scholars of Islamic history Social Media of Ustadh AbdulAziz Al-Haqqan hafidhahullah: https://linktr.ee/gardenofilm Question number 10, I have been struggling with prolonged grief, sadness, and a lack of motivation for around three years to the point that I left medical school. Another sister by the way. Although I have found purpose in seeking knowledge as an aspiring talibatul 'ilm and benefiting the ummah in this way, I still struggle to take action and progress while content with a simple home-centered life. Alhamdulillah, home-centered life is a blessing. Many sisters are nowadays ruining their lives because their lives are not home-centered. Well, I don't understand the sisters. I am a man and my life is home-centered and I am so, so content. Ya'ni, people drag me out, and wallahi, I am just mujamalah, wallahi. I am just like, ya ikhwah, just for them. Just for them, and subhanAllah, I don't feel content at all, I don't feel content outside at all. I am also home-centered. What is so bad about it? Alhamdulillah, it's relaxing. It's away from a lot of harm. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alamin You're most relaxing. I have tried therapy before but did not find it beneficial. I do not necessarily feel that I need antidepressants as I would never harm myself nor do I want to become dependent on medication. But I have wondered whether medication could help with my lack of energy and motivation even when I am very steadfast on my righteous path of Allah. What would you advise me to do Islamically and practically to overcome this stagnation and regain my ability to move forward in life? What I was just saying, I know it's hard. Wake up early. I know it's hard. Just wake up early. Wake up every day at that time. I should take my own advice but I have some health problems and that's kind of not letting me accomplish that 100%. But wake up at the same time every day, if it's 4am, 5am. Good that you're on the right path as you're saying. Islamically you're doing very well. Then continue with seeking knowledge. Continue with your journey as you called it. Exercise. Exercise. That increases the hormones of happiness as well. It is therapy. Exercise. Tayyib, du'a, tawakkul. Everything that we said before. na'am, ahsantum. Ruqya as well. Ruqya, ruqya. Make ruqya. Meaning morning adhkar, evening adhkar, before bed adhkar, after the salawat adhkar. And put and make ruqya upon yourself. Do ruqya. And stay at the same thing I was saying before. Stay away from these screens. These screens, you might be watching stuff that are causing you depression. You might be watching stuff that is causing you depression. Stop watching stuff that are not good. Maybe cut off watching all of these stuff altogether. And focus on doing things that actually put you in place, that are therapeutical. Even if it was something like coloring. Even if it was something like exercise. Even if it was something like cooking and eating healthy. Even if it was something like after exercising and then when you start feeling a little bit you can have a walking pad. You know what a walking pad is? Walking pad. You walk. It's not exercise but you walk. You're moving. It also calms you down as well. Not a treadmill. A walking pa
