Answer:
-Encouraging them to reframe events through a hopeful lens
-Fostering a sense of connectedness
-Cultivating connection through rituals.
-Feeling punished by God or feeling angry toward a higher being.
-Putting it all “in God’s hands.”
-Falling into moral struggle
“This whole ordeal is bringing us closer together and closer to Allah,” she says. “Spending time praying and being with him is comforting.”
Bajwa is not alone in turning to her faith to weather life’s storms. Religion and belief are now seen by many researchers and clinicians as an important way to cope with trauma and distress thanks to research over the last three decades.