Not giving youth meaning and purpose is the entryway to depression and the dangers that can follow.

Of course, once a person is suffering from clinical depression, professional help is needed. But even then, meaning and purpose in life will make the treatment all the more successful.

Mental health is a tool, not a source of meaning.

Having a sense of self is not the same as being selfish.

Thinking chasidus is there to treat mental health issues is naive and dangerous.

The letter is published by sichos in english and they write that this is one of a few letters which the rebbe wrote to this person who was contemplating suicide. I’m assuming that’s where r lipskier got his information from.

After reading through the Rebbe’s letter in it’s entirety I have not detected a clear indication that the 19 year old who the Rebbe was writing to was contemplating suicide.

Can you explain how you reached that conclusion?

Healthy “self“ awareness is not “selfish”. Don’t confuse working on refining your Nefesh Habihamis with pretending you don’t have one.

Your writing displays a total misunderstanding of Chassidus.

Rising higher than “self” and being kind does not require being selfish first. We can teach our children to be generous and selfless and feel happy about it. This is not about breaking ch”v, but about living more meaningfully.

Stop buying into the secular psychology and come to terms with the fact that secular psychology is inconsistent with Yiddishkeit and Chassidus.