What I Wish I Knew Before I Got Pregnant
I’m trying to come up with a list for you or something you can make a note of but I can’t. It’s either I don’t have anything to share or...
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Saba Malik
Jan 16, 20204 min
What It’s Like to Have a Baby as a Muslim Bipolar Mom
I’ve tried to write this post many, many times before but I can honestly say that it took me over four years to get myself to pen these...
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Saba Malik
Jan 10, 20203 min
And this is exactly why…
I started blogging because of nights like these. Having bipolar and then postpartum depression changed my life. And if I don’t get some...
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Saba Malik
Jan 7, 20203 min
Little Known Ways to Stay Sane in the New Year
I often feel like the hand in this picture. I try to keep the spark going whether in my life or relationships but then I feel myself...
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Saba Malik
Dec 20, 20193 min
Stupid, Lazy, Crazy and a “Retard”
I was under a lot of stress before I got bipolar. The symptoms were flaring up and I constantly felt the pressure of a monster I had no...
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Saba Malik
Dec 20, 20191 min
Six Silly Mental Illness Myths
As if mental illness wasn’t hard enough to treat already, now there are six foolish misconceptions I’ve seen time and again. These pieces...
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Saba Malik
Dec 20, 20192 min
Little Known Ways to Soothe Nighttime Anxiety
Sleep and I always had a troublesome relationship. I mean, it’s ironic that I’m talking to you about insomnia when it’s past midnight and...
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Saba Malik
Dec 20, 20193 min
“Just pray more”
How many of you have heard this line or “miracle cure” before? Too many of us and much too often. Funny thing about this mental illness...
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Saba Malik
Dec 20, 20193 min
“Call the shaykh! There’s a jinn in her!”
The belief that mental problems are attributed to a lack of faith, spirit possession, bad karma, and the evil eye is strongly engrained...
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Saba Malik
Dec 20, 20193 min
“It’s all my fault”
“It’s all my fault.” This misconception around mental illness makes us believe that we spilled the coffee when in actuality, it was the...
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Saba Malik
Dec 13, 20194 min
Liver and Other Weird Treatments
Many of us know the story of Hajar’s (peace be upon her) plight to find her baby some nourishment. She didn’t just calmly search for some...
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Saba Malik
Dec 6, 20193 min
“You’re just weak!”
I thought this comment “You’re just weak” was just something I only heard. I thought it was just something people said to the mentally...
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