I do dhikr to calm down when I am angry but it just makes me more agitated because I feel like I am using Allah as a coping mechanism
More people experience this than they realize.
The instrumentalization of spiritual practice for emotional regulation creates guilt about the purity of one's relationship with the divine.
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