Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
#DidYouKnow⁉️ Constant exposure to distressing content online can impact emotional well-being, and in some cases may contribute to emotional consequences such as vicarious traumatization and secondary traumatic stress.
During a time when many are carrying grief, anger, helplessness, and emotional exhaustion while staying engaged with the suffering of others, this reminder matters: caring for your mental well-being is not stepping away from the cause. It is part of sustaining your ability to show up with clarity, compassion, and endurance.
This post shares reflections, practical steps, du’a, and resources for navigating distress while remaining rooted in advocacy, faith, and community.
**DISCLAIMER: the contents of this post are not to be used as clinical advice. If you are struggling, please reach out for help. Seeking treatment is an act of strength and tawakkul (trust in Allah ﷻ). Please see the end for resources.
See our bio for more mental health resources and info on our California clinic.
Because healing is not meant to happen alone, we invite you to join our upcoming Healing Circle: Lebanon & Iran — Holding Our Families, Our Homelands, Our Ummah.
🗓 Saturday, April 25
💻 Zoom
⏰ 1 PM EST
🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/maristan-healing
🤔 Want to learn more about this week’s #DidYouKnow post? Links to this week’s references, some by @drraniaawaadofficial and the Stanford Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psychology Lab, are in our bio.
#Maristan #MuslimMentalHealth #IslamicPsychology #healingcircle
#DidYouKnow⁉️ Constant exposure to distressing content online can impact emotional well-being, and in some cases may contribute to emotional consequences such as vicarious traumatization and secondary traumatic stress.
During a time when many are carrying grief, anger, helplessness, and emotional exhaustion while staying engaged with the suffering of others, this reminder matters: caring for your mental well-being is not stepping away from the cause. It is part of sustaining your ability to show up with clarity, compassion, and endurance.
This post shares reflections, practical steps, du’a, and resources for navigating distress while remaining rooted in advocacy, faith, and community.
**DISCLAIMER: the contents of this post are not to be used as clinical advice. If you are struggling, please reach out for help. Seeking treatment is an act of strength and tawakkul (trust in Allah ﷻ). Please see the end for resources.
See our bio for more mental health resources and info on our California clinic.
Because healing is not meant to happen alone, we invite you to join our upcoming Healing Circle: Lebanon & Iran — Holding Our Families, Our Homelands, Our Ummah.
🗓 Saturday, April 25
💻 Zoom
⏰ 1 PM EST
🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/maristan-healing
🤔 Want to learn more about this week’s #DidYouKnow post? Links to this week’s references, some by @drraniaawaadofficial and the Stanford Muslim Mental Health and Islamic Psychology Lab, are in our bio.
#Maristan #MuslimMentalHealth #IslamicPsychology #healingcircle
![Unspoken: The Conversation We Dont Have [EPISODE 1] | A Suicide Awareness Month Series](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K_uYfUGHkdk/mqdefault.jpg "Unspoken: The Conversation We Dont Have [EPISODE 1] | A Suicide Awareness Month Series
Would you know what to say if your child told you, I just want to disappear?
Its one of the moments parents fear most because theyre terrified of getting it wrong.
Theres a myth we need to unlearn: many believe that asking someone directly about suicide might plant the idea in their mind, when in reality, that question is often what opens the door for someone to finally be honest.
In this episode of Unspoken: The Conversation We Dont Have, Maristan Clinician Sister Tehseen Khan, LCSW, walks us through how to recognize the shifts in behavior that often precede a crisis, how to ask the harder questions with compassion instead of fear, and how to hold space for our children when they need it most.
This Suicide Prevention Month, were starting the series at home, since its often the place where our children first decide whether its safe to say what theyre really feeling. 🤍
Are you or someone you know struggling? Help is available.
Naseeha Mental Health (USA, CAN): Call 1 (866) 627-3342 | Muslim helpline | Available 24/7 in English, see website for specific language and gender availability www.naseeha.org
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (USA): Call or text 988, live chat on website | Services available in English, Spanish and for Deaf/HoH
All are free and confidential, available 24/7. See bio for more resources and info on our California clinic.")
