 my bros and of course my respected sisters Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh I hope all of you are doing well and most importantly I hope y'all are ready for episode six of hashtag LNT tonight as an episode where we get to talk about some of the mental disorders that a lot of people on the world face if you have a family member or a friend or you yourself are suffering from a mental disorder hopefully tonight's episode and do stay tuned keep watching tonight's episode because you might get relieved inshallah after hashtag LNT because you know hashtag LNT is the solution to any problem of course presented and hosted by yours truly the one and only Ahmed Ali now as I said episode six but before we jump into tonight's episode let's go and check out what's trending for tonight so let's do that once again Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh we are live from the holy city of Karbala and your show your favorite show hashtag LNT the late night talk is back now the first item was trending today we have the first female leader or the first female director of the CIA in the United States as she was sworn in today by the VP Mike Pence in presence of the of course the one and only Donald Trump now this is this person Gina Haspel she has over 30 years of experience in that area of intelligence as she was an intelligence officer herself now she did replace the other guy that got kicked out by Donald Trump but anyways good luck to her hopefully she she can do a better job anyways now to all the friends who are living in Iran don't eat mushrooms wild mushrooms because a poison has spread throughout Iran and throughout 10 provinces more than 800 people have been poisoned by this poisonous mushroom so the authorities are advising the people to not eat mushrooms and just buy them as you know the package mushrooms or the canned mushrooms and you know you know have a dessert with them i don't know what you do but anyways make big pizza anyways that's it for us trending let's go and check out what today's topic is about now have you guys ever came across a time when you don't like when you don't feel like doing anything even sitting on a couch like a couch potato and watching tv you know you don't have the time you don't have the mood you're not in the mood to do anything you feel like you ran out of energy you're miserable and sometimes if you don't smoke you just light up a sig and if you do smoke that pack is going through the whole night or that whole moment that you're in now your parents ask you what's going on or if you're on your friends what's going on they see you you know in a moody situation and you tell them i don't know you don't know what you're going through you don't know how you're feeling because you don't get on you're not understanding the mood that you want in now this horrible feeling is called depression the depression of the feeling of depression which haunts you sometimes a regular individual may feel that and it's it's different from the change of mood that people go through now the depression is a common mental disorder worldwide affecting more than 300 million people around the world that's a huge number the mental state or the mental illness of depression affects more than 300 million people around the world especially when the long lasting depression if a person god forbid goes through that it depends on the severity sometimes it can be very severe which sometimes causes and sometimes reaches its peak where the individual who is affected by depression may lead him to actually committing suicide close to 800 000 people commit suicide up to today every year sorry every year more than 300 thousand people commit suicide which is the second causing death which is the second cause of death between the ages 15 to 29 and and and you know i had to witness this when i was in high school the first time i witnessed one one of the girls that was in my class she she committed suicide and another person during university which i've known she also committed suicide as well and we'll get to talk about why or how and and the where's and the when's later on but inshallah and and whatever if this does trigger any emotions we do put a disclaimer out that inshallah we won't trigger anything but although there are known effective treatments for this mental disorder but only but less than 10 percent and in many countries less than 10 percent of those who are affected by depression are actually receiving that treatment now tonight we want to find out we have proposed a question for you guys you've posted it on instagram on facebook to let you guys have the idea of tonight's question tonight's question is in three oh wow mashallah very nice why do we sometimes feel depressed i don't know why but because i'm talking about the topic i'm feeling depressed right now now the number to call is plus nine six four seven seven four zero six seven eighteen thirty six um that's the number to call that and inshallah this whatever i'm going to say right now will make you feel a lot better i'll give you a moment to write that down the number will be shown again at the bottom right there and the question why do we sometimes feel depressed now what i'm about to say right now may kick depression out of the window may have you on your feet jumping feeling happy again every night of Ramadan i've been mentioning this earlier but every night of Ramadan you're going to get a chance to win a free trip to Karbala a free trip to this king behind me and Imam Hussain of course peace and blessings be upon them both um to come a free trip on our house and there are many giveaways as well simply what you have to do is participate in the show your names will be written down on these sticky notes and placed in this fish bowl right here for the final draw at the end of Ramadan inshallah any facebook comments um of course phone call voice message message um via whatsapp as well uh as well minnow i don't know as well um so i talked a lot let's go and take a very short break once again we do welcome everybody for joining us tonight and hopefully inshallah everyone is having a beautiful night uh but tonight is an episode um uh that really is necessary for those who um are are going through a mental this specifically this mental disorder um aka depression um that we do have a series on our youtube channel uh with the muslim council so you can go uh watch those episodes as uh sister burah Hussain does talk about this topic in depth but for tonight we are trying to find out why do we sometimes feel depressed all of a sudden a lot of people you know they just feel depressed right away they don't know what's going on and as i said it's not the changing of mood we just get that right away now even though depression is a mental illness um that will affect more than 10 percent of the world of the world's population um it also affects the lives of many of those what we know i mean one of the causes of depression um or the main causes of depression are yet to be pinpointed now physical and psychological factors appear as to be also one of the causes of depression in adults teens and children as well now there are several biological factors that are believed to contribute to this mental disorder known as depression um but their exact mechanism are unclear now we'll get to talk about some of them now there are three biological factors number one there's the physical change to the brain now it's it's one some part of the brain of the depressed brain which shows less activity than the normal brain one stimulated the other form or the other biological factor of depression that contribute to depression is the neurotransmitters and this is this has been proven by science as well where the central nervous system is disrupted in the serotonin and of course the dopamine are thought to be the direct cause of this mental disorder now the other one are the the hormones hormone change may also cause a person to fall or to suffer from depression now there are also some environmental um environmental causes for depression as well for me i don't know why i i i've been more calm today i think it's because um we i'm talking about depression but honestly honestly i feel like my mood has been down a little bit today maybe because it's talking about depression maybe we can light up a little bit later on but um as i mentioned there are environmental causes for depression the first one is death of a loved one a lot of people face this as well when a loved one your grandmother may god forbid may god forbid your mother your father or family member or a very close friend when they do pass away when they die um you're in that mental state um that you know what this person left us for good we're not going to see him those thoughts that run through your mind they result into depression that's why they say after three days you should try to move on although it's hard but you should try to move on because the constant thinking of that individuals passing away may lead you to having a depression and a lot of people they're so attached to the loved ones that after the loved one dies they fall into the trap of depression the other environmental cause of depression is loss of a job and we see this um many of the times we see men falling into this as we'll get to talk about later on as well because we find that not when when a man or a woman sometimes or a lot of times when a man loses his job or like right there um when he gets his resignation paper in the mail or when he's going into work and he sees the resignation paper on his desk um right there and then the man just loses control in his mind because he has a family to feed or he has rent to pay or he has um car insurance um so a lot of things do goes do go uh and do run uh into the man's mind or to the individual's mind when they lose their job which may result into depression now we do have a call from ali al-Hussaini from the USA salamu alaikum alaihi welcome to hashtag galentine tonight's question for you why do we sometimes feel depressed um i mean if uh i think that question if it was to be answered it would solve all of our misery today however i feel like a lot of the reason as to why people do feel depressed is a lack of attention positive attention um a lot of the lonely people you see them i love depressed people you see them lonely but of course there are exceptions to that um for the most part i feel like it's just usually and coming from experience you need someone there to speak with to talk to and you lack that comfort that um that warmth and so lending a hand would help that but for the most part a lot of people it's just lack of um comfort and lack of love ultimately at the end of the day mm-hmm thank you very much that's uh one actually one of the causes as we'll talk about later on is actually uh not having a person to talk to uh or some of the company a person might keep thank you very much Ali from the USA for joining us tonight um but some of the uh company that people keep or are they staying may actually lead them into depression because the thoughts the words that run through their uh run through that group or that companionship if you will are not the best anyways Ali al-Hussaini from the USA his name will be placed inshallah in the bowl okay thank you very much Ali from the USA your name is written right here there you go i don't know if you can see that but inshallah your name will be placed right there your name has went into the bowl um guys if you want your name to be placed here and if you want to win a free chip to Karbala all you have to do is pick up the phone dial the number shown below we'll open whatsapp first dial the number shown below and inshallah you'll get a free chance to win um a chance to win a free trip to Karbala and other giveaways hint hint other giveaways many giveaways however let's go let's go back to talk about some of the environmental causes of depression another um cause of depression is the financial and all the finances that a person goes through the financial troubles and this is actually very true because those who are in debt especially those who graduate from university graduate from college um they have a lot of debts uh on their back and this is one of the most important things to to look at because if a person graduates spending so many years in education he leaves or you know if a person may god forbid goes into the business and fails a lot of debt there are financial troubles when that happens tax collection is going to be on your back and in that moments that you're living in depression will kick in because a lot of thoughts will come through your mind this is when depression kicks in another one is the high stress situations that a lot of people face as well you know when you are under stress um the one thing that you need to think about is how you can get out of that stress it's hard but at the same time people need to think about why that situation happened if it happened because of something that we did then face that situation but if it happened because of a you know as a consequence of a situation that you were in or someone else did something to you then that stress level needs to decrease there are meditation you can pray um a lot of ways you can you can go watch the muslim counselor um on youtube and they will tell you a lot of ways how you can reduce the stress level uh but we just have received a audio message from oh batud once again from the usa now batud from the usa um tonight's question is a really good one because lately everyone has been going through some type of depression mood nowadays anything can cause anyone to go to a depression whether it be a relationship problem bullying not having friends finals lol like i've been going through a depression mood because of my finals um obstacles in life causes us to go through depression but really it's up to us to fight it thank you very much batud from the usa um another another reason or another cause that might lead to depression are exams uh because honestly when i had to go through them they were um crazy hard but batud thank you very much for joining us tonight your name is already in here um so i can't really place it again um so once your name goes into this fishbowl once um during the live show or during lemavan once again thank you batud for joining us tonight now there are also um other causes of depression that differentiate between male and the female they differ um if you're a man the causes may differ from um a a woman majority of the causes of depression for a man um are job related and financial troubles and for a woman there are relationships relationship problems and a lot of women tend to sometime um fall into the trap of depression after they break up or after they uh get divorced so that's why they say always go to a counselor go to a psychotherapist that may help you in that situation however other causes of depression that appear um to be gender related so both genders may face them at the same time uh sorry um not gender related so not at the same time so women and and men differently um pregnancy 15 percent of women experiencing after pregnancy uh depression um after delivery um depression and this is one of the causes um that may lead to depression low testosterone levels also may lead to depression as well um for for men of course not for women uh so just to throw that out um monopause um menopause also is one of the causes of depression um the changes in hormones um are thought also to be the causes of depression and last we get into the serious part which is that things get to go and get to get more serious as um a child grows up if a child uh suffers from depression when he is young or when she is young and the parents might think it's a change of mood and not do anything about it the child might grow up to be fully depressed when he grows up or when she grows up now one in five teenagers around the world suffer from depression and that's a huge number this is a serious problem because not everyone know when when they're a teenager they might think or the parents might think or that teenager might think it's just a change of mood might think because oh you know what because maybe a person said something to me in at school that you know i'm feeling bad and tomorrow i'll feel good not knowing that the situation they're in might be um depression so let's look at the symptoms of uh some of uh indications of depression now number one poor performance in school that's um key uh one of the key symptoms number two withdrawal from friends and activities number three sadness and hopelessness number four lack of enthusiasm energy or motivation number five energy and rage sorry angry and rage number six anger and rage number six indecision lack of concentration or forget forgetfulness number seven changes in eating or sleeping patterns number eight substance abuse and this is key because now a lot of teens a lot of adults are resorting to medical marijuana aka weed for their depression for their mental state if they're not relaxed they go to the resort to to medical marijuana and so and so on and so forth and the final one is suicidal thoughts or actions cutting off the wrist you know trying to hang yourself you know hurting yourself those are unnecessary but if you are going through such a situation you need to get help ASAP so these are some of the symptoms of depression now how do you deal with this this is very important for tonight how do you deal with depression we have gathered a few information and a few points for you guys as to why or how you should deal with depression try to make new friends a lot of times when a person goes through depression a lot of times it's it's it's because of the peer pressure or because of the groups the the friend group especially teenagers the group that they're in might not be the best group for you so what you need to do is find new friends that lift your self-esteem that make you feel better but we have just received a text message before we continue on to the other points to deal with depression who's the text message from fuzzy moon from trinidad okay evil possessions can cause depression also loneliness thank you let me just write that name fuzzy noon fuzzy moon fuzzy moon trinidad thank you very much for joining us tonight that's nice shout out to the family of ashtai galanti in trinidad trinidad okay fuzzy moon from trinidad your name is going into the ball right here all right now okay now another point or another way of how to deal with depression is participate in sports try to search for another job if you're not satisfied or if you're feeling down with that job try to find another job play some sports right there play some soccer because that mental state that you're in when you're playing sports you forget about it and trust me when you say that you forget about the mental state that you're in but all you need is that motivation to get up and go play sports because that's key as well participate in school activities and hobbies and you know aka participate in hashtag galanti trust me depression will go away now another way to deal with depression is joint organizations that offer programs for teenagers the offer if you're a teenager the offer programs for young and old people that's another way to actually deal with depression ask a trusted adult or a psychotherapist and that's important as well now you can go on the internet and search where's the nearest psychotherapist close to you go seek their advice go go get checked out go get checked out because really you don't need to stay in that state because it's a very dangerous state to be in now if the depression is serious and left untreated as you mentioned before we started from the basic symptom which is the poor performance in school and jobs up until suicidal thoughts so if you're in those stages of between poor performance to suicidal thoughts and you're not treating yourself or you're not getting yourself checked out you might fall into a serious position of suicide may god forbid that and we we don't we don't need that in the family of hashtag get in here or for anyone out there now some of the most common and effective ways to treat serious depression in adolescents are psychotherapy cognitive behavioral therapy interpersonal therapy and medication try to take some medication i'm i'm not going to give what kind of medication but you know one of the ways is medication another way to deal with depression and this has been tried out listen to the recitation of the quran there are specific verses and specific chapters within the quran although the whole quran is is is blessed and holy and it's good for you but there are specific chapters within the quran that calm you down calm your your nervous system and calms your mood if you're angry do try to listen to the quran as much as you can and trust me when i say um you'll your mood will uh get a lot better and of course watch hashtag gallanty and if you just tune in right now we're talking about depression go check it out on youtube your depression level will reduce a lot a hundred percent and it works trust me when i say that it works a lot now there you have it thank you very much for watching hashtag gallanty hopefully tonight's episode was beneficial for you guys uh we couldn't throw any around and any jokes because this uh topic is very serious so which i take it on a serious note thank you very much for joining us tonight tune in tomorrow we are live every night of ramadan special ramadan series every night at 2 p.m. 2 a.m. sorry karbala time that's 12 a.m. london time and 7 p.m. dc time once again thank you very much i'm have a good night