Mental health

[Eric H]

Greetings and peace be with you Islami.Mu'mina;

But then she finally decided to challenge herself and show that she was the stronger one. Forgiveness was the route she took, and she became a different person. And thats how she ended up there, on stage, confidently spreading awareness about forgiveness, but also her sex trafficking story.

This is the power you recieve when you learn to forgive. When you forgive, it is not because the other person deserves forgiveness, rather it is how you set yourself free of all anger and find your own peace. You can become the kind and caring person you want to be.

If you are a victim, you can't undo what has already been done. The thoughts of being raped and the injustice can stay with you for a lifetime. The rape might have happened thirty years ago. I can't think of a nice way to say this, but the rape itself may not have been the most damaging thing that happened. The real damage is caused by thirty years of living in hate and anger, they still control your mind.

You will only find peace when you can truly forgive. We might spend a hundred years on this Earth, but there is the thought of an eternity with Allah. How do we find our peace with Allah?

In the spirit of praying for justice for all people.
Eric

 

[Imraan]

Re: I don't know how to get better

Greetings and peace be with you Imraan;



If we want justice, we can only go as far the law allows. In the case of Glen who was crippled from the waist down for 27 years, his attacker only served four years in prison. Is that justice?

How could real justice happen for Glen?

How could the victim of a peodeophile ever have true justice? I know victims who are still traumatised forty years later.

I don't believe we can ever have true justice here on Earth. Only Allah can restore our lives in a greater good life after death.

In the spirit of praying for justice for all people.
Eric

Insh Allah the evil are punished where it matters the most... So we pray everyday.

Suppose its down to the victim to how much they want to pursue...

We pray for visible proportionate justice in this world so our minds can be put at ease, else we leave the judgement on the ultimate judgement day... But our minds remain unrested...

 

[Studentofdeed]

Sad reality...victims truly never get justice or even the full justice they deserve. Society instead emotionally blackmail and puts all of the pressure on the victims to "forgive" then say have you never committed a sin?

This is toxic. Everyone has a choice to forgive or not...sure those who forigve are better but to intentionally coerce someone to forgive?
Subahanallah

The oppressors get away while society defends them. Even if they die...they get away with it. Even if something bad happens to them...they use it to get attention and manipulate people to their advantage. There never is true justice. All we can do is hope that Allah dispenses the true justice in the hereafter

I personally forgive because I honestly belive even if one makes dua against their oppressor, you may not see it or even get full justice in this world. Forgiving is better because it stops the pain...its harder when you have ptsd.

But no, true justice doesn't exist