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4:35 PM
There is something that I have noticed on this site that seriously concerns me
I have noticed (more than once) questions like this where people do not address the obvious serious mental health issues the OP describes
OPs are given advice like "ignore it and it will get better"
I am sure that I have seen other examples of this on this site
I really think this is dangerous
This was a good answer
I wish all of the posts had something like this
 
 
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6:35 PM
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A: Religious/spiritual healing and prescriptions

goldPseudoI reckon that the site should not be used for these types of question, not due to any inherent off-topicness of dua/wazifa/tawiz-seeking itself (I admit I know little about this practice or its place in Islam), rather because these questions typically do not come from any academic interest in the...

 
@goldPseudo I agree 100% that those questions should be closed
they are not really on-topic usually
 
@Daniel I'm generally opposed to that sort of question on principle for exactly the reasons you mention: Here, any diagnosis and treatment is more likely to be dogmatic than actually psychological.
 
I do think that a comment suggesting that the OP see a mental health professional would be worthwhile
@goldPseudo I think it might not even be dogmatic. It's people who think they understand trying to help someone fix a problem that they really don't understand
 
and even dogmatic treatments, i doubt are coming from anyone who is actually trained in diagnosing or treating spiritual ailments.
i've closed both the ones you linked.
even if it has a "good" answer which actually points someone to a mental health professional, due to the dogmatic nature of the site in general i don't think we can even trust that answer to be properly vetted by the community. or to know enough about the situation that voting would even be helpful.
 
@goldPseudo true. Although I think talking to a mental health professional is never a bad idea in borderline cases
 
6:51 PM
true. but even then, it only really makes sense if you're (a) somewhere where mental health practitioners are available and/or affordable, and (b) you're not from a community in which mental health is highly stigmatized.
a lot of Asian countries are bad for that, afaik. Including India, which drives a lot of the traffic on this site.
 

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