Ibn Sina's Method of Self-Control and Its Potential Application in the Modern Era

Abstract

The 21st-century digital era brings social reality in the form of a surge in cases 
of cyber-sexual addiction due to unlimited visual overstimulation, thus 
triggering the urgency of finding holistic clinical solutions. This study aims to 
examine the reconstruction of the method of self-control from the perspective 
of Ibn Sina and the possibility of its implementation in overcoming the mental 
crisis of modern society. Through a qualitative research method based on 
library research, this article analyzes the classical texts of Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb 
and Kitab al-Shifa' and synthesizes them with contemporary neuroscience 
literature. The results of the literature review show that Ibn Sina's 
psychosomatic approach, which combines cognitive therapy (ta'dil), behavior 
modification through digital detox, dietary regulation, and physical activity, has 
strong scientific relevance to the principle of restoring prefrontal cortex 
function in the human brain. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that 
Ibn Sina's psychiatric thinking is not obsolete but remains highly applicable and 
academically valid to be adopted as a modern psychotherapeutic intervention. 
Therefore, the integration between classical Islamic science and modern 
medicine is expected to be able to be an alternative solution in restoring mental 
health and human self-control in the modern era.