{"id":463,"date":"2021-04-26T02:31:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T06:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abdullahsameer.com\/podcast\/?p=463"},"modified":"2021-07-12T12:58:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:58:49","slug":"088-recovering-from-trauma-with-saudi-ex-muslim-ghada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/088-recovering-from-trauma-with-saudi-ex-muslim-ghada\/","title":{"rendered":"088 – Recovering from Trauma with Saudi Ex-Muslim Ghada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am discussing with Ghada, a Saudi Ex-Muslim about her experiences and trauma leaving Islam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the YouTube version of this conversation: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Nnx6yp3B4tg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the time-stamps for the interview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0:00 Introductions
1:50 Ghada\u2019s background – the problem of repeated cousin marriage in her family, her engagement to a Shia guy
8:52 Issues that Ghada and her family faced as Shias in Saudi Arabia
13:15 Ghada\u2019s childhood, a quick overview of her parents and how they influenced Ghada growing up.
16:20 Ghada\u2019s religious background and how ultra-orthodox her mother was.
20:47 Losing a cousin at the age of 6 and how it impacted Ghada.
22:18 Putting on hijab at the age of 9 even when she did not like it.
25:30 The problem of not giving people a choice.
26:25 How Ghada\u2019s parents tried to mold her into a person they wanted without respecting her individuality and personal agency. The conformist culture in Islam.
33:58 The name-calling and how it affected Ghada.
36:56 The cult-like nature of religiosity in Ghada\u2019s family
38:47 Ghada\u2019s experience as she was finishing high school and preparing for undergraduate studies.
45:40 Ghada\u2019s college experiences – how it helped her in her journey of questioning and deconstructing Islam.
51:08 How Ghada\u2019s prior experiences affected her first relationship and how therapy helped her navigate relationships
54:40 Ghada\u2019s breakdown after a relationship failure and how she sought help from doctors and psychiatrists
57:00 Ghada\u2019s attempted suicide in 2014 and the realizations that came with surviving the suicide attempt.
58::30 Leaving Saudi Arabia and seeking asylum in the US. Extreme dependence – Children of dysfunctional families
1:01:14 The healing process – trying different medications and trauma therapies.
1:11:29 Shrooms and the research for their use for treating anxiety and depression.
!:13:20 Dialectical behavioral therapy and how it equips people with better coping mechanisms and responses.
1:17:55 Does Ghada hold any anger towards Islam or does she blame her parents for her experiences?
1:23:14 Ghada\u2019s advice to people who might be living with toxic families
1:25:30 How the culture and religion are intertwined.
1:29:14 Recommendations for people who are looking for community as well as help.
1:33:10 Final remarks.<\/p>\n

\nhttp:\/\/podcast.abdullahsameer.com\/episodes\/088-Recovering_from_Trauma_with_Saudi_Exmuslim_Ghada.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>

Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a><\/p>

Subscribe: RSS<\/a> | More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am discussing with Ghada, a Saudi Ex-Muslim about her experiences and trauma leaving Islam Here is the YouTube version of this conversation: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Nnx6yp3B4tg Here are the time-stamps for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions\/465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}