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How Do I Get Cured of My Panic Attacks?

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Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat

Question

For the last few years, I have been having a lot of anxiety and anxiety attacks.
I was feeling better before as I was not afraid of these panic attacks, but over the last few days a thought is stuck in my mind: If Allah is behind everything then Is It Allah who is giving me panic attacks? If so, how can I get cured?

Answer

I pray you are well.

Indeed, it is ultimately Allah who creates everything. He is a supreme master of all that exists. He gives life, death, health, wealth, and everything else.

However, He has created us in a world of means. Meaning that things there are causes and they bring about effects – at least in the way we perceive reality. Illness and good health work this way too.

If someone with a nut allergy consumes a nut he usually gets an unpleasant physical reaction. Everything here is created by Allah. However, the way we are told to deal with it is to turn to Allah, ask for help, and then seek outward means to heal from this and other issues.

Your anxiety and panic attacks are signs of a dysregulated nervous system, probably due to some form of traumatic experience. The appropriate response from yourself should be to turn to Allah, express your slavehood and need, and ask him to facilitate a cure and the means to get it.

Taking the Means

Then, you should speak to a qualified mental health professional. Such a person will be able to direct you to the means of being cured. That is the approach of the Believer: to turn to Allah first, to take the means He has created, to trust in Allah, and then to be happy knowing that the outcome is always going to be in your long-term benefit.

May Allah facilitate all matters for you.
[Shaykh] Abdul-Rahim

Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani 

 

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