"Is Trauma Affecting My Faith?" with Sarah Sultan & Najwa Awad - DoubleTake, a Yaqeen Podcast

[@Amy623]

Dr. Gabor Mate work has helped me tremendously with my childhood trauma from abuse and neglect of my parents and the trauma that accumulated throughout the years because I have never addressed my childhood trauma. I highly recommend his work. He speak about how basically all of us are carrying trauma in our body and how we get addicted to many things because we are trying to self medicate our pain. When he speaks to his clients he doesn't ask them about why they are addicted, he asks the why the pain. He goes to the root of the issues. A baby inside a mother's womb can experience trauma if the mother is under stress. Generational trauma is what we are all dealing with and as Muslims we need to address it because unhealed trauma is the root of all our pain. May Allah guide us to the people and resources to help us heal from our traumas Ameen

[@yasminhussein5972]

Amen Yarabi

[@TheConservativeHippie]

Yes I enjoy listening to Dr. Gabor Maté. His son, Aaron Maté on Grayzone channel is an investigative journalist

[@sumayyanazeer7246]

Aameen ya Rabb

[@maynight5524]

I’ve never cried so much during a video. I’ve been meaning to see a therapist, but After this I’m thinking I should be looking for someone who’s also a practicing Muslim. Im young and don’t want my experiences to hold me, my growth and my faith back. (Also on a lighter note the way Najwa looks like Anne Hathaway to me woah)

[@hasaansyed5027]

This is insane. I recently went through something which changed how I perceive everything and it went as far as effecting how I view faith and it scared me I was fearing to get led astray from deen. It’s been an internal conflict and because of how I’ve always been hard on myself I told myself I was fine until recently it was pretty extreme and just as it was at it’s peak i ask Allah and I see this video.. subhanallah

[@Amy623]

Check out the work of Gabor Mate. His work helped me so much with my traumas. May Allah make it easy for you to heal your traumas Ameen

[@Ummuhsin9044]

May Allah swt reward yaqeen for such valuable research and resources for the world, ameen. It's such a healing experience to just listen to these women adding Islamic perspective to our outlook on trauma. May Allah swt reward them immensely, ameen

[@idreeskhan5129]

Sarah Sultan is someone whom I can listen to for years. Masha'Allah, she is exceedingly knowledgeable and intelligent.

[@aafreenjaved8102]

Subhan Allah. How we ignore such things. My mother had been very anxious and unwell for a while and we were not able to figure out the reason. This gives an insight that it might be due to traumatic experience. May Allah heal every ailing heart 💖

[@skyejacques]

Salaam Aafreen, I think most humans suffer from trauma, just some deal with it or are in denial of it and then use other coping mechanisms. There are many ways to heal trauma. I'd recommend acupuncture, hijama and body based trauma release exercises. Ruqyah can also help a lot, I'm suggesting these just in case they are useful as I'm currently healing PTSD due to abuse from family and someone I went to for spiritual healing, plus other issues. There's also a gadget called Healy and so many energy healing modalities (except for Reiki, as that's not based in Allah's light). EMDR therapy and somatic experiencing. insha'Allah I pray we all are guided to the modalities that work for us individually. I'm still exploring what else I can do to rewire my brain and release the trauma from my DNA as we also inherit from ancestors their trauma if they didn't deal with it e.g. misogyny and abuse, war trauma

[@aafreenjaved8102]

@@skyejacques Jazakallaho Khair for ur efforts. Alhamdulillah she is improving by ruqya and extra love and care. May Allah ease pain of every ailing soul. Ameen

[@RABIAHSABUR786herbs]

Ameen

[@awaliarp8260]

Finally I found this conversation, sometimes I feel so down when someone told me that I'm just "lack of Iman" when I was doubting my faith. They're never in my position.

[@veronicafadel8693]

Allah hears and sees everything 💜

[@nabihayousuf]

Jazakkallah khair! I can’t wait for you all to make your debut on Clubhouse InshAllah

[@gabgurl09]

I really think that this is a difficult topic. I commend you brothers and sisters for bringing this dialog into the public space. I think it is difficult to reconcile difficult emotions sometimes, and what we go through waxes and wanes so quickly it could be difficult to accept trauma. I think that managing emotions and balancing a life of faith may be easier said than done. However for those of us who do let our emotions get the best of us I think that this support and the support of Allah (S) reminds of his gift of creation, and the capacities (yes even emotionally) that He has given to us out of His generosity ♡♡♡♡♡

[@shirinmamujee1780]

Thank you so much as it has helped to shed light on how events impacted my life. Allah knows best and I believe that he helps us to strengthen through whatever difficulties we may go through. May Allah bless you all for starting this series on trauma 🙏

[@sarahhajarbalqis]

Trauma. Any experience that a person really struggles with in a way that affects their life in a profound manner. A spectrum. Big T trauma. War. Major distressing incidents. Small t trauma. Childhood adverse experience compounding over time. Piled one on top of another. Continuous microaggressions. Smaller distress that is piled one on top of the other. Growing up in a dysfunctional family relationship.

[@manalmorsi6527]

Ma shaa Allah may Allah reward all of you and ease the burden of anyone who is going through a struggle...you are not alone!

[@lightsstreet]

Jazakumullahu Khairan Yaqeen Institute we love you for the sake of Allah💕 Barakallahu Lakum Ajmaeen.

[@maryamkawish4526]

SubhanAllah! Jazakallahu khairan for the work you all do with Yaqeen, to share your knowledge and experiences. I am looking forward to the rest of this series, inshaAllah!

[@TheTruth-fully]

Such heartfelt stories on this episode. May Allah the Almighty preserve our faith, ameen!

[@SS-eriously]

Masha Allah amazing Muslim women, may Allah bless them and help them in their work to heal and guide people to get over their traumas. May Allah gives us shiffa and keep us at peace. Thank you so much for this truly amazing podcast, I needed to understand this topic. May Allah bless you all.

[@kaisaralam1]

Surah rum

[@NoCanDoo]

This is such an important podcast. I mean I hope more and more people can listen to this podcast and learn what it is like to live with trauma and how important it is to heal so you don't hurt yourself in other ways for instance make bad decisions and become physically ill. SubhanAllah! May Allah bless sisters Sara and Najwa for their efforts and work and how beautifully they presented information in this podcast. Kudos to the host for asking the right questions articulately, without deviating from the gist of the topic.

[@lubnaal-hamdani1352]

Jazakum Allahu khiren .. Thank you so much

[@cabrera103lina]

subhanAllah 💗💗💗 This is so helpful and needed. May Allah reward you for this.

[@qamarqueenting5238]

I appreciate the sister naming microaggressions from islamophobia as a continuous trauma. Where can we even go to find Muslim counselors accessible to us to help deal with this? I live in NC and would love a Muslim therapists I could go to unpack traumas I’m still dealing with 2 years after the event.

[@faithimportance3667]

Jazakallah. Very helpful & informative episode especially for the people in our community who do not have any awareness that trauma exists and can impact an individual(s) tremendously. We all can just pray that Allah swt protect us and make it easier on all of us ameen sum ameen. We can’t forget Allah Swt states he gives an individual only what he can bear & nothing more.

[@mr.h3737]

23:25 I noticed that symptoms like being in rush, impulsivity, low boundaries, not priotrizing own values lead to miss daily prayers.

[@maryamkawish4526]

To any viewers who are interested in learning more about trauma, I highly recommend the TED talk by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris on how childhood trauma affects one’s health across a lifetime. It completely shifted my understanding of trauma to a whole new level, and what it means for us as a society.

[@aaminahasan6270]

Jazakallah I will be watching that after this

[@skyejacques]

Thank you sister. It's also worthwhile to know that trauma can be released from the body through various energy healing modalities. I'm currently seeing a Healy gadget therapist, know of EMDR and have done shamanic soul retrieval and entity removals as well. A lot of us also absorb other people's trauma and emotions and that can be released. Body based therapies are really useful.

[@asmamazumder1867]

you can listen to Mr.Gabor Mate too.

[@Amy623]

@@asmamazumder1867 Dr. Gabors work has helped me tremendously with my childhood trauma from abuse and neglect of my parents and the trauma that accumulated throughout the years because I have never addressed my childhood trauma. I highly recommend his work. He speak about how basically all of us are carrying trauma in our body and how we get addicted to many things because we are trying to self medicate our pain. When he speaks to his clients he doesn't ask them about why they are addicted, he asks the why the pain. He goes to the root of the issues. A baby inside a mother's womb can experience trauma if the mother is under stress. Generational trauma is what we are all dealing with and ad Muslims we need to address it because unhealed trauma is the root of all our pain.

[@asmamazumder1867]

@@Amy623 glad to know that you've healed from the trauma you went through. may God make it easy for all of us.😊

[@johnvillin]

And may peace be upon you

[@sophiafarooqui5668]

Asak. I love this presentation so much. I am a teacher and I present on adverse childhood experiences and how it effects children in the classroom

[@kaisaralam1]

Surah taha

[@slarryk8745]

Maa shaa Allah, jazakallah . I wish every Muslim community have Islamic counselors accesssible. That will make a world of difference, especially when you seeking counseling from therapist with no Islamic world view. And sometimes that even hinders you from seeking help because you know they will not understand you. That in turn intensify your traumatic experiences and sink deeper in to depression and fall in to despair. I have been through what seem like a big trauma in my life about 5 yrs ago and am still struggling to work it out on my own. It was not easy at the beginning, I went through even being angry at Allah, subhaanallah. So I appreciate this podcast. May Allah continue to bless you all to continue with this. Ameen.

[@nikhathfathima5668]

JazakAllah! That's awesome work. May Allah bless you'll abundantly ❤

[@rosed7576]

I’m not sure if I’ve experienced childhood trauma or not. I don’t really have a lot of memories from before I was 9. And I have a lot of anxieties that I can’t really explain.

[@aaminahasan6270]

I know what you I guess we don’t really know if it’s trauma unless we see a professional. Bc somethings are traumatic for some and not so much for others. Something happened to me when I was younger and I have these memories and I like a I should probably see someone but you know... life. Hope all is good now

[@SitaTube]

jezak Allah khyr

[@veronicafadel8693]

I feel like I’ve been beaten most days. Trauma definitely effects the body.

[@skyejacques]

Salaam Veronica, I pray you're feeling better now. I hope you find the best body based trauma release therapies for you. I find acupuncture works for me and other energy healing modalities like tui na massage, EMDR and other energy healing

[@veronicafadel8693]

@@skyejacques salaam and thank you for your duaa and kind words, very much appreciated 💜 I think that as long as I’m living with my husband I will never heal completely as he is a high level narcissist. My nerves stay raw and he constantly scratches at them. I constantly turn to Allah for comfort. Alhamdulillah Allah has recently given me a very quiet peaceful and beautiful place to live, except my husband being here, it would be completely therapeutic. I’m thankful for whatever I have and try to use the good surroundings to stay calm, focus on my relationship with Allah as much as I can and try to heal. I’m not able to do those therapies you mentioned at this time. I have occasionally in the past and hope to in the future but for now prayer is my only remedy. I think it would be good for me to have trauma counseling with a Muslim professional. If you know of any who would be willing to text council me without my husband’s knowledge and for free ( reward from Allah , as I can’t pay anything) I believe I need it very badly. If not, Allah suffices His servants🤲🏼 I hope the best for you and your family. Allah bless you🤲🏼🦋

[@SS-eriously]

@@veronicafadel8693 assalamu alaikum sister, read surah Ad Duha 93 for anxiety and dhikr helps a lot. May Allah help you and guide your husband to be a good Muslim. Allah can change whoever so don't lose hope and have faith that your duas will bring reward here or hereafter. Make Allah in charge of all your affairs and ask for strength and knowledge to deal with all.

[@realhakimrasheed]

Absolutely beautiful

[@veronicafadel8693]

Is there any way I can contact these sisters? They seem very knowledgeable and I’m in need of counseling as I’ve been going through continuous trauma for decades and am still in an unsafe place.

[@neelemjean5288]

Salam Alaikum Wa rahmatullah Wa barakatu my dear sister, why do u mean by saying that u are still in an unsafe place? Which country do u live? Cant u get out of that Situation? May Allah Azza Wa Jal make it easy for you Amin Ya Rabil Alamin

[@veronicafadel8693]

@@neelemjean5288 alaykum salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu 🌹thank you for your concern, much appreciated 💖 the problem is not my geographical place, but the situation itself. I wake up each morning knowing that I may be beaten that day, my hip is still bruised from the last time. I pray that Allah makes my husband better soon because I have no reliable family or friends to go to. I’ve gone to the police before but they didn’t help and only made my husband more violent. I’ve been in three abusive marriages and lost my four children in different ways. Trauma on trauma on trauma. What the sisters said in this video helped me remember that I am not the beatings, I am not the insults, I am not the pain. I am me, abadullah 🤲🏼💜Alhamdulillah 💜

[@neelemjean5288]

@@veronicafadel8693 salam alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatu my beloved beautiful Sister, my heart is in pain to hear what you are suffering. May Allah Azza Wa Jal help you out of that Situation and make it ease for you. Amin Ya Rabil Alamin. Why the police didnt help you?? Where are you from dearest sister? Arent there any women shelter where u can escape??? I am very worried. May Allah Azza Wa Jal grant you a way out Amin Ya Rabil Alamin. My beloved beautiful Sister please pretty please seek Allahs Azza Wa Jal help and Do something about it NO ONE shold ever be beaten up like that and of course YOU ARE NOT THE BEATINGS, NOT THE INSULTS you are a precious human, a slave of Allah Azza Wa Jal and you have the right to live and to. Be loved and to be treated lovely, respectfully and kindly!! Please let dont give up on yourself by letting yourself to get beatin up!! Where are u living? I will encolse u in my prayers and please sister please Go to another police Station or depending in where you are living u can call women shelter, or Go to the doctor, Hospital and Tell them to help you. Please where are you living i would love too See if i can help you. Sending you my love my. Beloved Sister May Allah Azza Wa Jal give u a way out Amin Ya Rabil Alamin.

[@veronicafadel8693]

@@neelemjean5288 salaam sister🌸 InshAllah I will reply as soon I can. I’m not always able to use my phone freely.

[@veronicafadel8693]

@@neelemjean5288 salaam my dear sister🌹 thank you for your kind words. Please keep me in your duaa🤲🏼🌸 I’ve tried leaving many times, through police, shelter, other people and each time I ended up let down and in a worse place than before. Those times were in Connecticut, Florida and Michigan. Now we are in Egypt. I’m happy to be here, except for his abuse. It’s easy to walk away, the hard part is having a safe place to go to. I don’t have that. Please pray for me. Allah is all-powerful and the answerer of prayers💜

[@shezankawoosa4391]

Masha Allah masha Allah Alhamdullilah

[@Ilovemd-p3f]

Where are these therapists located?

[@dalemadison2368]

This was very helpful at this very point in my life for both me and my family as a whole and most importantly my relationship with Allahu soobhana wa ta’ala. I wish this was more in-depth or that I could be counseled my the sisters. I been looking for as psychologist with a Islamic perspective. May our Rābb reward you sisters for you work

[@afromama9089]

Mashallah

[@yanks-oo8ci]

❤❤

[@insightfullintuition2884]

5:34 moment like what was that,ummm

[@kaisaralam1]

Surah isra

[@kaisaralam1]

Surah taha

[@dinanohe101]

I have feelings that Allah doesn’t like me because I grow up emotionally abuse family and my father died when I was 3 years old. Thing’s still difficult I don’t have confidence on myself because I feel Allah doesn’t like me and I can’t get rid off that thought

[@Crescentmoonandstartherapy]

Can you explain the lack of empathy form muslim sisters towards me after going through multiple trauma including my family throwing me out at 16 because i became muslim and not speaking to me for 10 years during that time i was homeless then i went through a abusive marriage and managed to divorce had a disabled child became homeless again then my father died without speaking to me .Then i remarried bought a house had 4 more children stopped working then my husband went into prison then i was homeless again at the same time i had cancer 8 months of radio therapy. I lost a baby.Then i was cured and had another chikd.Then the cancer came back they wanted to take the baby out at 6 minths because of the risk to me and the baby. I prayed and cried everyday and put my trust in allah and went full term pregnancy .Then i became homeless again got cancer again.Luckiky they operated immediately.so i was recovering rehoused and my husband came out if prison now i have 6 kids going through all this alone then i get covid last last december stayed in intensive care for 6 months died three timez was in a wheelchair had to learn to talk eat walk and its only now 1 year later since i came out of hospital that i can walk and still i have serious breathing problems physical disability fatigue.im still standing here praying fasting being a mum to 6 kids.My issue is not being shaken up and put through tests by Allah but my issue is i do nt have good muslim sisters.There are many muslim sisters in my area but they really dont care they are hostile gossip backbite ..sisters need to be more supportive and less spiteful and snooty and judgemenyal.i see sisters giving big talks but they couldnt walk one mile just one mile of my life and they lecture me without knowing me!!!!ive lost my trust in muslims ive found muslim sisters have caused me trauma since i was 16 theyhave hurt me deeply.im 45 now and all my friends are non muslim.we need to stop giving speeches or therapy we need to start being empathitic and kind.islam and allah is the most merciful most kind.its vedy sad the state of muslim sisters.

[@AmeyBarkaylow]

Trinity is actually 3 regimes 1st Jesus 2nd Muhammad and upcoming soon 3rd Al-Mahdi not God Father God Mother & God Son. In the end, Malay Nusantara, both men and women, became the universal grab of the world as Malay Nusantara brothers lead the world to the afterlife. The 5 keris logo of the National Coat of Arms. 1. Onn Jaafar unite the Malays 2. Tunku External Independence 3. Tun Razak Green Book Program 4. Tun M Modern & Free Speech 5. Lord Al-Mahdi. (Green Book Program - Plantations) God is for anyone even if they are far away in the wilderness. The Big Tent is the unexpected arrival of Al-Mahdi PM10, the Malay language of world civilization. 😏 Isa, Muhd, Al-Mahdi complete complement the building of mankinds in brotherhood begin towards hereafter shall meets previous spirits until ancient man before Adam & Eve. Check Surah Yasin verse 14, 2 messengers have been sent and finally strengthened by the unexpected arrival of the 3rd - Al-Mahdi sent by Allah taala.