Ummi   listen

I want to go to therapy

Are you crazy?

No

Are you mental?

No

Only the crazy 

the mental

go to— therapy

Ummi

Please—

Listen

I need therapy

What will the community

think

if you go to —therapy

I don’t care what others

think

I-

I am depressed, Ummi.

It’s because you’re not

religious

 enough

I suffer with anxiety

Ummi

It’s because you don’t

pray 

enough

I-

I am addicted to drugs,

Ummi.

It is because you 

don’t 

read

   the Quran

enough

Don’t you see I need therapy,

Ummi?

Allah is there to

speak

to.

Ummi,

I’ve been praying

I’ve been reading the Quran

I’ve been talking to Allah

But

I

Still

Need

Therapy

No.

It is because

You

Are

Not

Doing

Enough

for Allah 

Baba,

Listen to your mother,

Habibi

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