Vent
Hi, I’m 22 and have strict religious Muslim parents and I have been struggling with mental health for years which has only gotten worse but I have learned to accept and ignore it because I know that it can only make my life worse often I am triggered by parents and I’m easily irritated I’m hardly allowed to leave the house unless it’s with family or to attend classes and being outside of the house gives me anxiety a lot of things scare me most are unreasonable fears I have no social or life skills I’m useless I have no desires to leave the house that makes me feel trapped or the people that hurt me I no longer have hope but I keep living over the past few years I have been developing physical symptoms there’s not much I can do about them I try to find holistic cures because I can’t go to a doctor my mother tells me I should pray I’m not religious like my parents, my parents view my suffering as a punishment from god my parents do not like me much because I’m not a practicing Muslim also I’m their daughter so I will always be less than their sons it really hurts when they ignore me and because I still love them wish I meant more to them but it’s whatever in the end nothing matters
@rainyday2378
That sounds like a difficult situation to be in.
Mental health and faith are often aligned.
I'm a religious person but I believe in God and His protection but I also believe He gave me doctors and counsellors for my aid.
It's hard when your parents automatically just expect you to be as devout as them and when you are not, and have no one to open up to.
It's tough.
I'm glad you were able to open up here 🩵🤗
@rainyday2378 peace be upon you
i am not that much of a practicing muslim either, i struggle with prayer, studies, and my will to exist
however
the qur'an preaches that the best of blessing will come to someone after a period of confusion and fatigue, and also that suffering and trial is what purifies a person into someone amazing--look at the Prophet's(who faced death, loss, severe pain, rejection, and exile), and they were people of utmost character
a person's worth is not tied to the circumstances that befall unto them, but their intentions and deeds while passing through them. if you intend to exist, blessing. if you intend to believe in a better tomorrow, blessing. if you intend to simply smile once every now and then(even if you don't), blessing, if you say one word of word(just 1 la-illaha-il-allah), that is blessing.
i am sorry that such circumstance has fallen unto you, but Allah(swt) does not punish people with severe trials for simply struggling, he punishes the truly evil(greedy, hateful, and those who idolize other than Him).
The more a servant is tested, the more God loves them
please stay strong! allah loves you. and so do we.
peace be with you, inshallah nothing but blessing
@Mahd12
also
everything can be forgiven.
you do bad once? that is one sin
you do a good deed? erased the sin and added so much good to your record
@rainyday2378 girl Im a practising Muslim and your parents are sooo wrong to view your struggles as a punishment from Allah. I mean prophet Yacoub pbuh literally went blind from sorrow. Would they fault a literal prophet for that? But I understand the struggle.... my parents weren't even religious but had many superstitions and thought I was possessed by a Jinn. I wasn't allowed to leave the house much either -until they got divorced at least-. So yeah it sucks but hang on in there❤