struggles with hijab.
salam alikum!! i’m writing this as an 18yr old girl who lives in a western country,
to give you more background, i was born and raised here, i have 3 older sisters and none of them wear hijab, i have been wearing it now for a year and a half and im giving up.
my mother only started wearing it when she was around 30, and moved to this country, i have no other relatives here and they are all in the middle east. my parents didn’t give reactions nor care when i started wearing it either.
Alhumduallah i have very supportive friends, religious friends who wear hijab and have influenced me to wear it, but after a year and a half, i think i no longer can, i no longer feel like myself, and feel different to my family aswell, no one assumes me and my siblings are related either, . it is currently ramadan, and i am starting uni this year, i think i will end up taking it off after ramadan ends, the thoughts have been in my head for months now,
can the girls on here pleaseee give me advice and help me. i feel like ive tried everything but its not me. i do want to wear it again when i am older inshaAllah but its too hard on me at the moment.
Posted Feb 25, 2026, 5:35 AM UTC