Dear Fatima, I’ve recently realized (both through people directly telling me about their problems and through my observation of people’s behaviors) that a lot of the youth in my community seem to be struggling with depression and/or low self esteem. While there are likely some underlying problems in their lives that has led them to this ... Read More
Assalamualaykum Dear Fatima, I am the girl who posted last 2 years here in “Against Nature”. For quite some times I live peacefully without having romantic feelings to the same gender… I try so hard to avoid it but it happen again. I swear I don’t expect this and I don’t intend it to happen. This is killing ... Read More
I am a female in my mid twenties. I want to like knowledge and activities. I have no interest in anything really.. Even if it’s as simple as reading an article. I don’t do anything. I always feel very fatigued to do anything so I feel like a potato always. Don’t really know what help ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I have a huge problem. I have been trying my best to keep busy with things. I have been trying to keep myself busy with anything I can from writing activities to signing up for volunteering position over this winter break. But the ONLY thing that keeps crossing my mind is how many ... Read More
If you really knew me…you would know that I am unstable and insecure. The worst of the worst and I never wanted to be that. I show myself to be such a good person but am I really? The worst is when my insecurities get to me. I feel like I am so ugly and ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I don’t know how to put it more simply than saying I feel depressed. I don’t know why but I am becoming a very bitter person day by day. I have posted on here before, I was going through a lot of pain until people reached out and helped Alhamdulillah. However, with all ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I have known my cousin for almost a whole year now. Yep, she is the one that I posted about earlier. She left me and stays at my aunt’s house and I have always missed her beyond words since she has left me. But she hates me so much right now, my heart ... Read More
Salam, I’m a 15 year old guy. I have posted on here before but I just don’t know how to get help.I have been struggling much more recently with my sexual abuse experience. When I was 8 years old, a family member starting molesting me sporadically until I was 12-13. People wonder why I hate ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I’m an 18 yr old girl. I’m in college and I’m very depressed. I know there are people and people come and go but I can’t live without my cousin. She is one of my very few best friends and she is working for my dads company. When my aunt was gone, she ... Read More
Salam everyone. I’m struggling with a hard time in my life. I’m a teenager and I feel like everything is coming out at once, every obstacle. For one thing, my parents fight every night, then they fight with me, etc. My mother shouts everyday for no reason at all, maybe a dirty dish here and ... Read More
