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this is why you are numb and anxious
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Assalamualikum sis,
You're Not Broken. You're Just Disconnected.
You wake up feeling numb. Your chest is tight. Your mind won't stop racing. You scroll to distract yourself, but the anxiety follows you everywhere.
You've tried everything therapy apps, breathing exercises, journaling prompts. Some days they help. Most days they don't.
Because you're treating the symptoms, not the root.
this is why you are numb and anxious:
1. You Don't Pray Salah On Time
Your heart loses its anchor when you disconnect from the One who stabilizes it.
Salah isn't just ritual it's recalibration. Five times a day, Allah calls you back to center. But when you delay it, rush through it, or skip it entirely, you're cutting the lifeline that keeps your heart grounded.
You can't expect peace when you've abandoned the very thing designed to give it to you.
2. You Don't Open the Qur'an
Your soul starves when it's deprived of the words meant to heal it.
The Qur'an is described as ash-shifa, the healing. Not metaphorically. Literally. Every ayah you don't read is nourishment your soul never receives.
You wonder why you feel empty? Check the last time you sat with Allah's words. Not scrolling Islamic quotes on Instagram. Actually opening the mushaf and letting it speak to your heart.
3. You Don't Move Your Body
Stagnant emotions stay trapped because the body holds what it never releases.
Trauma, stress, anxiety they don't just live in your mind. They get stored in your nervous system, your muscles, your tissues. When you don't move, those emotions have nowhere to go.
Walking, stretching, exercise these aren't luxuries. They're how you help your body release what it's been carrying.
4. You Don't Regulate Your Nervous System
An overwhelmed body keeps your heart in survival mode, making peace feel impossible.
Your body doesn't know the difference between a real threat and an imagined one. When you're chronically stressed, your nervous system stays stuck in fight-or-flight.
You can't access peace, patience, or presence when your body believes it's under attack. You need to teach it safety again through breath, through grounding, through intentional rest.
5. You Feed the "What If" Loops
Shaytaan fuels anxiety by dragging you into imagined futures Allah never wrote.
"What if I fail? What if they reject me? What if it all falls apart?"
These thoughts aren't insight. They're whispers. And every time you entertain them, you're rehearsing fear instead of building trust in Al-Wahhab, the One who provides.
Allah already knows your future. Why are you trying to control what He's already written?
6. You Visualize the Worst-Case Scenario
Your mind rehearses fear instead of trusting the One who protects you.
You play out disasters that haven't happened. You imagine conversations that will never occur. You catastrophize until your body believes the threat is real.
But Allah is Al-Haafidh, the Protector. Al-Wakeel, the Trustee. He's already taken care of what you're worried about. Your job isn't to predict every danger it's to trust the One who guards you.
7. You Keep Complaining, Backbiting, and Gossiping
Sin darkens the heart, and a heavy heart cannot feel peace.
Every complaint is ingratitude. Every backbiting session is poison. Every gossip exchange hardens your heart a little more.
You can't purify your inner state while polluting your tongue. The mouth and the heart are connected. What you speak shapes what you feel.
Here's What You Need to Understand:
Your anxiety isn't random. Your numbness isn't a mystery. These are symptoms of disconnection from Allah, from your body, from the practices that were designed to protect you.
You don't need more coping strategies. You need to return.
Return to salah on time. Return to the Qur'an daily. Return to moving your body, regulating your system, guarding your tongue, and training your mind to trust instead of fear.
This isn't about perfection. It's about alignment.
This is Your Moment
For months, you've been saying "I'll start soon." But soon never comes.
The enrollment for the Group Healing Program closes in 24 hours.
This isn't another self-help course. This is a 10-week journey where we combine Islamic practice with nervous system regulation, somatic healing, and accountability that actually sticks.
You'll learn how to:
Pray with presence, not just performance
Read Qur'an in a way that shifts your state
Release trapped emotions through intentional movement
Regulate your nervous system so your body feels safe
Break the "what if" loops and catastrophic thinking patterns
Purify your speech and protect your inner peace
The next cohort starts in the month of April and prices are going to increase.
This is your chance to lock in at this price and begin your healing journey!
If you're reading this, it's not a coincidence. Allah is giving you a sign. Don't ignore it.
Your peace isn't missing. You've just stopped doing what protects it.
Start today. Before the door closes.
Wanna learn more?
With love and duas,
Noorain
Nervous System & Feminine Embodiment Coach for Muslim Women