The “Parentification” Trap: Dangers of An Enmeshed Parent-Child Relationship!
“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.” – Khalil Gibran ...
OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Scrupulosity in Islam
“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 ...
The Beast in the Mirror: Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder
“Mirrors are perpetually deceitful. They lie and steal your true self. They reveal only what your mind believes it sees.” – Dee Remy Are you finding yourself in front of your mirror on a regular basis and noting all of ...
Forgiving Your Parents & Learning to Move On
“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them” – Oscar Wilde Guest Post by Hosai Mojaddidi The notion that adults, and in particular, parents and caregivers, are to be unequivocally trusted ...
To Medicate or Not to Medicate? The Question for Treating ...
“The part cannot be well unless the whole is well” -Plato For many Muslims who are dealing with mental illness, the question of medication haunts them due to religious concerns. Many have questioned the permissability of psychotropic medications in ...
Compulsive Hoarding
“At the end, all that’s left of you are your possessions. Perhaps that’s why I’ve never been able to throw anything away. Perhaps that’s why I hoarded the world: with the hope that when I died, the sum total of ...
How Your Appearance Can Impact Your Mental Health
Guest Contributor Saba Ali “Say, who has forbidden the beautiful gifts of God, which He has produced for His servants, and the things clean and pure, which He has provided for Sustenance?” (Qur’an: 7:32) We are quick to judge ...
Mommy Dearest: When Your Mother Has a Personality Disorder
“Paradise is at the feet of the mother.” – Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) You can divorce an abusive spouse. You can call it quits if your friend mistreats you. But what can you do if the source of ...
Talking About Mental Health in a Muslim Community
By Habiba Original Source: http://www.time-to-change.org.uk I have always struggled to talk to my family about my mental health problems openly because I was scared I would not get the support that I need but obviously when you live in ...
16 Tips to Tackle Common Challenges When Parenting Kids with ...
“They say I have A.D.H.D. They just don’t understand…oh look, a squirrel!” By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Original Source: http://psychcentral.com The symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can present parents with many challenges. Kids with ADHD “often lose track of ...
Dealing with Grief
“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom”. -Rumi The stages of grief and mourning can be universal ...
How To Recognize Signs You Were Raised By A Narcissist
Original Source: Anna Almendrala Healthy Living Editor, Huffington Post To outsiders, your dad is a larger-than-life social magnet who attracts people from all walks of life. Or your mom is the perfect woman, always looking to please and juggling ...
Children: The Importance of Having Household Chores
Original Source: Jessica Lahey, PBS.org “Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but ironically, we’ve stopped doing one thing that’s actually been a proven predictor of success—and that’s household chores,” -Richard ...
Domestic Violence Hurts More Than the Victim
“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent” -Mahatma Gandhi “The most perfect of believers in belief is the best of them in character. ...