Islamic Teaching Saves Mental Health

Nowadays, individuals confront different of issues for instance: divorce, death, changing environment, dysfunctional family life, or social expectations these could be huge issues for those who do not know what to do and who to ask for help so that these issues were be kept alone without any determination. It may cause mental health disorders due to pressure or depression to face those problems. Based on www.ourbetterworld.org 3.7 percent Indonesians in suffer from depression. They stated that every hour somebody in Indonesia suicided and many Indonesian youth had depression and suicidal thoughts.

According to Kastolani mental health can be obtained by how to deal with and behave in existing issues. Meanwhile, Indonesian who are predominately Muslim require to learn Islamic teaching through the unity of Allah Almighty values, by understanding the roles of unity of Allah Almighty people will not be narrow minded since they know that there is a Super Power that is Allah Almighty who control everything. There are 4 values required to maintain mental health in the unity of Allah Almighty values, namely: (1) the feeling of needing to continuously be cherished and loved. This first value is exceptionally needed by humans; hence it is necessary to know that Allah Almighty must love and cherish his creatures because Allah Almighty is Most Compassionate and Most Merciful. (2) the feeling to always be safe physically and mentally in living life, the unity of Allah Almighty teaches that Allah Almighty who is The Source of Peace and The Most Protecting will definitely help and protect all creatures. (3) the feeling of self-respect, it means that people have self-esteem in order to be appreciated by others. People do not need to worry that they are not appreciated by others, because Allah Almighty the Most Appreciative always appreciates the slightest human deed, there must be a reward and appreciation for it. (4) the feeling wants to be successful. Everyone truly wants success that brings happiness, therefore everyone must attempt to achieve it but when it fails Allah Almighty commands to keep attempting because Allah Almighty the Provider guarantees human success based on his efforts.

The existence of Islamic teaching about the unity of Allah Almighty allows humans to maintain their mental health by continuously remembering that Allah Almighty will not permit humans to experience misery, Allah Almighty gives the most excellent experiences for all humans. Therefore, this Islamic teaching about the unity of God saves various mental health issues that have arisen due to various factors lately.

Writer : Yunita Salma,S.Pd.