Click below to see original article in The Fountain Magazine: Compatibility of Modern Psychology and Muslims By Sumeyra Tosun “Surely God changes not the conditions of a people, unless they change what is with their selves.” Qur’an (13:11) In the twentieth century, like other religious communities around the world, Muslims had to come to a ... Read More
Click below to access the original article on MySahana Organization website: Tips On How To Help Someone Who Is Depressed Seeing a loved one depressed can make you feel helpless and frustrated because you want to help but you don’t know how. When someone is depressed, due to clinical depression, postpartum depression or winter blues, ... Read More
Click below to see original article in Times Magazine: A Blood Test to Diagnose Depression in Teens? By Alexandra Sifferlin When it comes to diagnosing depression in teens, differentiating mental illness from normal mood swings can be difficult. But it can be a crucial diagnosis, given that untreated depression in youth makes them more vulnerable ... Read More
Click below to see original article: Controlling Anger Benefits of Patience Many of our relationship problems arise because we do not accept our partner as he or she is. In these cases the solution is to accept him fully as he is. In reality most of our emotional problems are nothing more than a failure ... Read More
Click below to read original article at the referenced link: The Only Shelter in the Storm It’s never easy to stand when the storm hits. As soon as it starts raining, lightning shortly follows. Dark clouds replace the sun and all you can see are the waves of an ocean, once calm, surrounding you. No longer ... Read More
Click below to watch video: Spring girl appears in Lovato documentary Sanah Jivani suffers from alopecia A student in Spring is inspiring others, including her favorite singer, by helping girls feel confident and beautiful without needing anyone else’s approval. Sanah Jivani, 14, suffers from an auto-immune condition called alopecia. “Middle school was some of my ... Read More
Click below to see original article on Muslim Youth Musings: I’m So Not Worth Anything By Arif Kabir It was a beautiful moonlit, starless night. I gazed out of the window and breathed in deeply. It all seemed so peaceful, but yet, the turmoil within me seemed to be raging harder than ever. I had ... Read More
Click below to see the original article: Substance Abuse, Addiction, & Mental Illness 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 ... Read More
