MY RAMADAN SHOUT OUT TO NEURO-ATYPICAL MUSLIMS :) <3
✓ Muslims with eating disorders that get triggered during #Ramadan, who feel obligated to explain why they’re not fasting to nosey aunties.
✓ Muslims with eating disorders that get triggered during #Ramadan, who feel obligated to explain why they’re not fasting to nosey aunties.
✓ #Muslims on psych meds who can’t fast because without medication they can’t function, who feel uncomfortable explaining this to everyone who asks why they aren’t fasting.
✓ Muslims with #ADD who struggle to perform Salah, Taraweeh, read Qur'an, etc.
✓ Muslims with #ADD who struggle to perform Salah, Taraweeh, read Qur'an, etc.
✓ Muslims with depression who sometimes find it hard to get out of bed and do the obligatory prayers or go to Masjid.
✓ Muslims with #Bipolar who find Islamic obligations easy on some days and impossible on others, who are seen as flaky or flip-floppy about faith.
✓ Muslims with #Bipolar who find Islamic obligations easy on some days and impossible on others, who are seen as flaky or flip-floppy about faith.
✓ Muslims with #Jinn possession or facing #BlackMagic or evil eye and who are struggling with daily Ruqya sessions.
✓ Muslims with social anxiety who are afraid to pray in masjid because of fear of making mistakes or being looked at.
✓ Muslims with social anxiety who are afraid to pray in masjid because of fear of making mistakes or being looked at.
✓ Muslims with dissociative issues who struggle with performing Salah and other obligations due to fear/threat of dissociating.
✓Muslims with #PTSD, sensory issues or agoraphobia who are unable to go to masjid or other crowded areas & get seen as rude/snobby, or feel isolated.
✓Muslims with #PTSD, sensory issues or agoraphobia who are unable to go to masjid or other crowded areas & get seen as rude/snobby, or feel isolated.
✓ Muslims with low self worth, suicidal ideations, etc that feel guilty because of that.
✓ Muslims with #autism who are viewed/treated as a difficult test for their families.
✓ Muslims with #autism who are viewed/treated as a difficult test for their families.
✓ Muslims with mental health issues who are told they need prayer or that their issues are caused by lack of imaan.
✓ All Muslims with any other mental health issue that I forgot to add that affects their practice of Islam & treatment in the Ummah
✓ All Muslims with any other mental health issue that I forgot to add that affects their practice of Islam & treatment in the Ummah
☆ YOU ARE VALID ☆
☆ YOUR #ISLAM IS VALID ☆
☆ AND YOU ARE #ALLAH'S BEAUTIFUL CREATION ☆
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This Ramadan let's learn to use proper language while describing those undergoing mental health treatments.
☆ YOUR #ISLAM IS VALID ☆
☆ AND YOU ARE #ALLAH'S BEAUTIFUL CREATION ☆
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This Ramadan let's learn to use proper language while describing those undergoing mental health treatments.
AVOID USING:
‘a psycho’ or ‘a schizo’
‘a schizophrenic’ or ‘a depressive’
‘lunatic’ ‘nutter’ 'unhinged' 'maniac' 'mad'
‘the mentally ill’, ‘a person suffering from’ ‘a sufferer’, a ‘victim’ or ‘the afflicted’
'prisoners’ or ‘inmates’ (in a psychiatric hospital)
‘a psycho’ or ‘a schizo’
‘a schizophrenic’ or ‘a depressive’
‘lunatic’ ‘nutter’ 'unhinged' 'maniac' 'mad'
‘the mentally ill’, ‘a person suffering from’ ‘a sufferer’, a ‘victim’ or ‘the afflicted’
'prisoners’ or ‘inmates’ (in a psychiatric hospital)
‘released’ (from a hospital)
'happy pills'
INSTEAD TRY:
‘a person who has experienced psychosis’ or 'a person who has schizophrenia'
someone who ‘has a diagnosis of’ is ‘currently experiencing' or ‘is being treated for…
‘a person with a mental health problem’
'happy pills'
INSTEAD TRY:
‘a person who has experienced psychosis’ or 'a person who has schizophrenia'
someone who ‘has a diagnosis of’ is ‘currently experiencing' or ‘is being treated for…
‘a person with a mental health problem’
‘mental health patients’ or ‘people with mental health problems’
‘patients’, ‘service users’ or clients
‘discharged’
‘antidepressants', 'medication' or 'prescription drugs'
‘patients’, ‘service users’ or clients
‘discharged’
‘antidepressants', 'medication' or 'prescription drugs'
OTHER COMMON MISTAKES
'schizophrenic’ or 'bipolar' should not be used to mean ‘two minds’ or a ‘split personality’
somebody who is angry is not ‘psychotic’
a person who is down or unhappy is not the same as someone experiencing clinical depression
'schizophrenic’ or 'bipolar' should not be used to mean ‘two minds’ or a ‘split personality’
somebody who is angry is not ‘psychotic’
a person who is down or unhappy is not the same as someone experiencing clinical depression
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