“He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.” – Arabian Proverb Wikipedia defines scrupulosity as a psychological disorder “characterized by pathological guilt about moral or religious issues. It is personally distressing, objectively dysfunctional, and often accompanied by significant impairment in social functioning”. Religious practice and devotion are not necessarily...
September 11, 2011 changed not only the world we live in but had a major impact on the mental health of individuals around the world. Some of the individuals most impacted by the events of 9/11 were the Muslims in the United States and abroad. Based on research conducted post 9/11 by multiple...
By: Farhana Jahan and Zahra Murtaza As originally published in Al-Bayan magazine: The Muslim Student Publication at the University of California, Berkeley “Verily in the remembrance of God do hearts find rest.” (Qur’an Surah Ra’d 13:28) When was the last time you had a mental health check-up? Most Americans would have a difficult...
“Anger is the energy that people use in order to act. But when you are angry, you are not lucid, and you might do wrong things” Thich Nhat Hanh. Anger, as an emotion, is a primary, natural, and mature emotion experienced by all humans at times, and has functional value for survival. Anger alerts...
“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”– Samuel Ullman In Islam respect for the elderly is always emphasized, as young people, however, some of us may find it difficult to understand...
“In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.” ~Author Unknown Depression or depressive symptoms can be dealt with as long as the one suffering from them makes a concerted effort towards a solution. Before seeking treatment and in order for real change to happen one must first...
What Matt didn’t realize-until much later-was that (drug use) only exacerbated his problems. He says, “As soon as I was off whatever I was on, my problems were 50 times worse and I couldn’t control myself. I’d get sad and agitated. I went off on people. I busted holes in walls. I still have...
“The expense of spirit in a waste of shame is lust in action” – Shakespeare There are approximately 4.2 million pornographic websites (roughly 12 %) on the internet today. Every second 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography. 47% percent of families have said that pornography is a problem in their home. In 2003, inappropriate...
We live in a time and place where the pursuit of physical perfection is a paramount goal for most people. The amount of money, energy, and time the average person spends on their physical appearance is truly unprecedented. Americans spend about $7 billion on cosmetic products each year, according to a 2008 report by...
“The mind has great influence over the body, and maladies often have their origin there.” – Moliere There has been much speculation about the title of our blog “Mental Health 4 Muslims.” Some believe that because of the stigma associated with the words “mental health,” we should change the name to something less jarring....
