My tl is swarming with tweets about depression vs praying.
Dperession is a mental illness that it's caused by an imbalance in the neurotransmitters in the brain. It is not the same thing as feeling stressed after a long day of work and praying a few rak3as to calm yourself-

It is a long term illness which often requires medication and therapy. Praying five times a day will not cure your depression if you don't seek medical help, just like any physical illness. This is literally the basics of Islam. But yes praying five times a day will-

Bring you closer to Allah who will listen to your prayers and cure you, if He wills. Yes people shouldn't immediately associate depression with lack of prayer but you also have to understand that mental illnesses as such are only now being acknowledged in our communities-

So, instead of telling them to f*** off, educate them.