I’m not talking about cutting pretty pineapples or fabulous fabrics. I wish I was. That would be much easier. But I am talking about cutting oneself, particularly the wrists. I first started cutting or doing self-harm when I was in high school. I had no idea what I was doing. Nor had I seen it from some [...]

We think we have to be great people to do great things. But that is not always true. In this post I will in sha Allah show you five ways you can help someone who is suicidal. 1. Take all suicide threats seriously Don’t think that if someone is talking about suicide, that they are [...]

How would you move away from those dark thoughts and feelings that as Guy Finely put it “gather together to throw us a pity party!” 1. ‎You move towards positive ones (forget about fighting them .. since resistance is simply negative attraction (What you resist persists)) 2. Switch to a positive thoughts and stay with the [...]

Suicide is a word seldom mentioned in Muslim gatherings; perhaps the political connotations make it a taboo subject. Indeed, in researching Islam and suicide, the topic of suicide bombers and martyrdom is prevalent. However, the concept of killing oneself with the intention to do harm to others in an act of ‘combat’ is beyond my [...]

I thought after having depression for seven years, I would be an expert on preventing depression episodes and suicidal thoughts. But no. I’m still an ‘ordinary’ Muslim learning to live with depression. So I feel your pain. I have become an expert on how to get a psychiatric admission Although a hospitalization can be needed [...]

She calmly walks in to the conference room. The nurse and psychotherapist sit chatting with the therapy group members. As she sits, she can hear one member describing how their week went. When her turn comes, she can not concentrate on her words. Her eyes dart left and right. The screams are still there. And [...]

She felt hypocritical writing a post on suicide after having read an e-book on depression. But the e-book didn’t address suicide. Maybe the author wasn’t ready to talk about it. She hadn’t felt the paralyzing thoughts of suicide in a long time until this week. Now she felt this strong urge to talk about it. [...]

Salam, I’m Zoya. I was diagnosed by bipolar affective disorder 2 years back. From then I have episodes of mania 3 to 4 times. I’m a student of Engineering. I noticed when I’m having to take examination I feel this manic episode. My exams are on now and I’m taking medication too. But I have went [...]

When I was first diagnosed with bipolar, faith was a strong factor in helping me hang on. Regrettably I didn’t always make the practical connection on how it could help me, and was overly invested in medicines, doctors and social outlets. Until I internalized that Islam was the primary key for well being, and all [...]

Salaam sis, I was just wondering how you deal with the depressive stage when you can’t get yourself to do anything? How do you find the motivation to get moving and get back to normal activities? Broad questions, I know but any thoughts, suggestions are welcome. Wa alaikum asalam Sis, I hope you are feeling [...]