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10/29/2025

From Addict to Advocate.
Every recovery story holds the power to inspire change. This journey isn’t just about overcoming addiction, it’s about finding purpose, hope, and strength to help others walk the same path.
Let’s talk about it. Let’s listen. Let’s heal together.
Because when we break the silence, we break the stigma.
Watch the full video now on Zehen Kashmir’s YouTube, Link in Story and be part of the movement toward awareness, compassion, and recovery.

10/26/2025

From Addict to Advocate 💫
Every recovery story holds the power to inspire change. This journey isn’t just about overcoming addiction, it’s about finding purpose, hope, and strength to help others walk the same path. 🌱

Let’s talk about it. Let’s listen. Let’s heal together.
Because when we break the silence, we break the stigma. 🕊️

✨ Watch the full video now on Zehen Kashmir’s YouTube and be part of the movement toward awareness, compassion, and recovery.

10/22/2025

Influencers can change the narrative in our societies. Peoples mindset. They inspire people with their creativity and content. Hence they can help bring a change by normalizing conversations around drugs. Telling people what drugs are? And How one can get addicted and how seeking help is a sign of courage and not weakness.
You do not need to be a mental health proffesional to prevent drug abuse . Normalize conversations around drugs, share with people what makes us vulnerable Why we use them? And where to seek help.
See if you can offer spaces for those who may have become victims to drug abuse to come together as a support group and to help each other. Look up what is AA( Alcoholic anonymous, or NA narcotic anonymous. We can create virtual or in person groups in mosques/ libraries/ cafe’s so that people who use it and want help to quit can seek peer support.

10/14/2025

In a world where everyone is fighting silent battles, being kind, listening, and reaching out can make all the difference.
This Mental Health Awareness message reminds us that healing begins with understanding, and every conversation can be a step toward hope.

Let’s break the stigma, spread awareness, and support one another.
Because mental health is as important as physical health.

10/10/2025

Today on 10th of October, As we mental health professionals raise awareness of importance of mental health. It’s imperative we take care of our mind as well.
A gym trainer doesn’t sit around eating unhealthy foods and not exercising. He first maintains his own physical wellbeing before training others.
Same holds true for us .
If we have not healed our past wounds we can not heal others.
Today I request my colleagues from back home in Kashmir to dedicate this day to their own mental health.
If you are a mental health professional, do you have a therapist?
Coming from Kashmir and saying, my mental health is excellent will be a lie . Our societies have gone through some substantial trauma. Political trauma, trauma inside our home, unhealthy work places, cat calling, judgments, unemployment, environmental trauma.
Many of us walk around dysregulated . Our nervous system are under constant scrutiny, judgement.
We are all survivors.
Hence for those of us who have taken up the job of healing others, it’s imperative that we heal ourselves before we can even claim to be in this business of healing.
Our unhealed wounds will show in the way we talk, the way we speak, the way we engage with others. Our patients.
It will reflect time and time.
That’s why today let all of us mental health professionals take an oath . To make our mental health a priority as well.
Feel free to watch the entire video on zehen Kashmir YouTube

10/10/2025

Teachers play a vital role in shaping young minds, and protecting them from the dangers of drug abuse.

In this reel, we explore how teachers can identify early warning signs, raise awareness, and guide students toward healthy choices. Their role goes far beyond academics, they are mentors, motivators, and protectors who can make a real difference in the fight against drug addiction.

Let’s stand together to build a safer, drug-free future for our youth! 💪

Watch the full video on YouTube: Teachers Against Drug Abuse in Kashmir
👉 Link here: https://youtu.be/ODP7HOMIrmA?si=MvND2tkvEnQ_1W-B

10/07/2025

How can religious leaders and Imams in Kashmir help in preventing drug abuse and encourage youth to seek help without causing fear, judgement based on lack of knowledge on this disease of addiction.
We encourage mental health professionals on the ground to work side by side with Imams / mosques and other religious leaders to reach people about what are drugs, how they affect our brain and what can they do to seek help.
There is an exmaple of a khutbah that we made with help of AI that if Imams like can use in their sermons for awareness/ education purposes.
Please sharet this video to your local communities.

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https://youtu.be/mLRATptsJJc?si=CJ1wF2eFxjxNXhMbg helak d a e

In this video, we highlight the vital role of Imams in raising awareness and guiding communities against the dangers of drug abuse. To support this effort, w...

10/03/2025

How Can Faith Heal?
Imams and religious leaders hold a powerful role in guiding communities, spreading awareness, and protecting the youth from the dangers of drug abuse.

🎥 Watch the full video on YouTube: Role of Imams in Preventing Drug Addiction
👉🏻 https://youtu.be/mLRATptsJJc?si=MCTWdYizVJ8iOtkh

📖 Under the YouTube video, you’ll also find a free PDF khutbah (sermon) template that any religious leader can download and use in their mosques or organizations. It’s designed to help educate young men and women about the harmful effects of drugs—and gently guide them toward seeking help at nearby rehabs or mental health clinics, in a non-judgmental and supportive way.

✨ When we openly talk about an issue, we take away the fear and stigma surrounding it—making space for wisdom, compassion, and real solutions.

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09/28/2025

Do most schools in Kashmir have a counselor or psychologist? Let us know in the comments!

09/04/2025

Don't judge. Don't yell. Don't hit anyone who is struggling with addiction. Please do not take their videos while they are struggling under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and make reels to get views. This is the most inhumane thing you can do to anyone who is under the influence of drugs.
They need help and treatment.
Family involvement is crucial. Counseling is crucial, and seeking help from doctors/psychiatrists and therapists is essential.
Let's fight the war against drug abuse together as a community.
Everyone has a responsibility. Doctors, parents, teachers/Religious leaders, Police forces, and even government officials, who by proper rules, availability of treatment centers, proper medication, and holding awareness campaigns, can fight this epidemic of drug abuse.
Education/Awareness and Knowledge are Power. To stop this illness, we need to educate ourselves, our communities, and our children against drugs.
Please share these educational videos in your communities.

07/29/2025

How sad it is to see people record someone who is either under the influence of alcohol or drugs and is on the streets, then the reels go viral, and people mock them.
If we trreat drug abuse as a sin. It'll get bigger. But if we treat it as an illness, a mental health condition, which it is, then we may be able to find the victims of drug abuse help, and gently guide them towards sobriety and rehabilitation.
Join us in ending drug abuse in Kashmir by raising awareness and educating people on how one gets addicted, what we can do as a society to help those who have become victims of growing drug abuse in the valley.





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Disclaimer: Dr Najmun Riyaz does not offer any kind of psychiatric consultation outside of New Jersey, USA. Zehen Kashmir is an educational campaign via so...