How can we actually crawl out of the pit of loneliness?

And that's what it can sometimes feel like, this absolute pit of despair, that could even

lead to depression many times.

Now, oftentimes people who experience extreme loneliness or this deep depression that

it can sometimes lead to, it can make us feel that we have to pretend to be

happy even though we have so much pain inside. We can feel that our relationships are shallow.

When we see other people who are happy and together or couples, it can make us feel upset or even

angry. We can get overly attached to people who we might have just met. We're constantly

worrying about whether or not people like us, especially if we are our authentic self.

Sometimes we can really feel like getting out of bed, even if we had enough sleep.

Now, Cygnus National Survey on Lon loneliness revealed that loneliness is truly now an epidemic,

not just because of COVID-19. It is truly a problem. Nearly half of Americans, for example,

report sometimes are always feeling lonely. Could that be you? Well, if so, though you might feel

alone, you are surely not. Now, today we're going to be speaking about a very, very dear sister named Aisha and kind of the loneliness and depression that was so deep for her that she almost didn't crawl out of it.

But, ahmdallah, we were able to help her when she reached out.

And we're going to describe today kind of what

she felt so if you can identify if that's your issue and exactly how you're able to help her

so that if it's a problem for you you can do the same looking forward to talking to you in this one

if you're looking for some healing around loneliness and depression. Keep listening.

Hello, Samarikun. Thank you for joining us here at Mindful Muslim Speaks, the podcast where we are

empowering women to grow and thrive. And that's one thing I want us to make sure that we're

focusing on it. We're not just trying to live every day, but thrive. And one thing that I love to

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