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Creating a Crisis Safety Plan for Depression

Depression. It's more than sadness. It's a tsunami of impending doom. It's more than worry. It keeps you up at night. Not because of...

Mar 27, 20202 min read

What Every Muslim Ought to Know About Suicide – Part II

To all those suffering from sadness or depression, know that it isn’t your fault. It isn’t because you’re weak. It isn’t because you’re...

Mar 20, 20203 min read

What Every Muslim Ought to Know About Suicide – Part I

About ten years ago, I attended a depression mastery seminar by a prominent Muslim shaykh. Among the talk, suicide came up. In the back...

Feb 28, 20202 min read

Are You Ashamed of Your Disorder?

Well, are you? Maybe you’re ashamed of your sibling or parent’s disorder? I have to admit that at one time, I was so ashamed of my mental...

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Stupid, Lazy, Crazy and a “Retard”

I was under a lot of stress before I got bipolar. The symptoms were flaring up and I constantly felt the pressure of a monster I had no...

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Six Silly Mental Illness Myths

As if mental illness wasn’t hard enough to treat already, now there are six foolish misconceptions I’ve seen time and again. These pieces...

Dec 20, 20193 min read

“Just pray more”

How many of you have heard this line or “miracle cure” before? Too many of us and much too often. Funny thing about this mental illness...

Dec 20, 20193 min read

“It’s all my fault”

“It’s all my fault.” This misconception around mental illness makes us believe that we spilled the coffee when in actuality, it was the...

Dec 6, 20193 min read

“You’re just weak!”

I thought this comment “You’re just weak” was just something I only heard. I thought it was just something people said to the mentally...

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