Ramadan with depression and anxiety (BBC video)
My Ramadan Diary: Fasting for 18 hours with depression and anxiety
The long hours of fasting for Ramadan can be challenging but what's it like when you're doing it with mental health issues?
Not eating food or drinking water makes each hour of the day harder for Maryam, who also writes as Maz Halima. But something else adds to the struggle - her depression and anxiety.
So what does a day look like for her during Ramadan? We wake up with Maryam at 2am, meet an imam, and find out why she thinks it's worth it.
I found this video eye opening. I had never considered the challenges of Ramadan for people struggling with mental health. What about you?
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/st...pression-and-anxiety
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CAMH researchers, Dr. Zainab Furqan and Dr. Juveria Zaheer wrote about this last month, and published an article in the Lancet about what clinicians should know about treating Muslim patients with psychiatric disorders during Ramadan. This isn't something that I would have considered, but after seeing this article and the video, I can imagine how much harder it would be to stay mentally well, while managing the exhaustion and other side effects that fasting may bring on.