Kintsugi

I was recently discharged from the hospital from an infection that caused my brain to swell. It was pressing so hard against my skull that it was causing breaks in my mental faculties.

I’ve never had that before. My logic has always been sound. My eccentricities have always been within reason. My sense of self has always been complete.

Not anymore.

I’ll start writing about my battle for mental health. Kintsugi is fitting, the Japanese art form of mending broken pottery with gold. My mind is still broken, I do not still recognize the man in the mirror. I am scared of him. But together, we mend.