Mental Health

Anxiety

Attachment Styles and Your Relationship with Allah

Rebecca, May 18 2025

We often think our struggles with faith are purely spiritual. But what if part of it is psychological? What if your emotional dysregulation, fear of abandonment, or struggle with connection to Allah isn't about your Imaan — but about your early emotional blueprint?

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Mindset

That feeling in the gut

Zaynab, May 14 2025

Have you ever felt like you wanted to talk to a loved one, a friend, a colleague about your inner feelings but obstacles along the way stopped you? The racing heart, the knots in your stomach, the clenching of your jaw – all these becoming warning signals to avoid communicating how you feel. So perhaps you were about to type that message...

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Men

"I don't want to talk about it"

Faisal, July 5 2024

When I was about 12, I got hit by a car coming back from the mosque. I ran across the road without looking. I remember screaming from the shock, but I didn't cry. The next day I had people coming to me as I was hobbling around in school and asking me how I was. I even had my food tech teacher ask me "What happened to you?", I told her I got hit...

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First session

The first counselling session

Zaynab, January 4 2024

The first counselling session starts with setting some ground rules. Your chosen counsellor explains how the sessions work, what you can expect, and, importantly, that whatever you share is kept confidential. They'll try to make you feel comfortable, asking about why you're there, what you hope to achieve, and getting a sense of your life...

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