Salam. I am going to be an 18 year old girl on January 4. Sadly, I still have childish, abnormal behaviors. I believe these behaviors overlap with OCD, which I have been diagnosed with. Almost every day, I pick all the skin off of my lips. I don’t even care about the pain or the ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I am a senior in high school and I have major problems with jealousy. I am just jealous of certain people who have better friends than I do. Its not like I don’t have those kinds of friends but they are not the kinds that I have known for so long that I ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I have a friend, she’s just 13. Recently I found her twitter account, she followed so many porn twitter. Those accounts are so disgusting, it took me a while to erase some images out of my mind. Some of people she followed were muslim teenagers (boys and girls) who posted nudity on their twitter. ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I am a senior in high school and I don’t know if I should live anymore. I really need an ADD therapist but haven’t been able to find one. I am not skilled in being organized, getting good grades, or having friends. I lost my retainer for the second time because of my ... Read More
Dear Fatima, My whole heart and being is on fire. I’m a senior in high school and I’m living with severe ADD. Thus, my emotional intelligence is low and my sensitivity is very high. There are many things that I get super sensitive and emotional about. In particular, I get super sensitive and emotional when ... Read More
Dear Fatima, Recently I’ve been incredibly stressed. Everything bad that could possibly happen is all happening at once, and I’m too weak to cope. I can’t talk to my parents about this, because they insistently say “You can do it, you can do it” without even realizing the pressure I’m under. I wake up in ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I am a girl, a senior in high school, and I don’t have real friends. The meaning of a friend is someone who I don’t have to struggle to converse with. We naturally start talking when we see each other and it isn’t awkward. With friends, I don’t feel emotionally drained when they ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I’m 15 years old female in highschools. This year, in AP World were learning about Islam, so the teacher I have is very good actually, and she likes Islam, but that’s not my problem though, my problem is the questions I’m going to have to answer to 30 kids by myself, like What ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I am 20ish woman, living in an Islamic country…umm, what I am about to write is not about me, it is about my cousin. So.. she’s 16, has a lovely foster parents and an older foster brother . So basically she’s my foster cousin but I will go with just cousin. She was adopted by ... Read More
Dear Fatima, my mom is very persistent that I take the ADHD medication known as adderall. She does not believe that I should skip any days of the week and that taking it regularly is vital for my health and well being at school. I am so frustrated with her. I don’t agree that it ... Read More
