Patrick Gray

@kintsugitoikigai.bsky.social

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34 | He/His/Him | Crohn's Disease for 20 Years | Diagnosed at 15 Years Old | Chronic Pain Patient | Recovered Addict | Premium Ghostwriter | Online Writer | Author | Chronic Illness Advocate | Anime | Philosophy | Psychology | AMVs | Anime | Gamer | 420 |

A White Square Background. A list checkbox list that has: Single Married It's Complicated In a Relationship Hungry The box for Hungry is checked off.
The text says: "When you ask how I'm doing and I say, "I'm functioning." this is what I mean:" and below it is A Busted up sink that somehow still works.
A young man is standing near the edge right in front of the railing of a balcony in space, and he is staring at the Earth and countless starts. Black and White. Manga style.
A broken pottery bowl, mended together with gold lacquer at the cracks. Text reads: Kintsugi In Japan, broken objects are often repaired with gold. The flaw is seen as a unique piece of the object's history, which adds to its beauty. Your healing is your story. Fix yourself with love.
A "Wheel of Awareness" showing how to use the senses to work through things. The Wheel is a larger circle that is cut into 4 equal pieces, and in the middle of that is a circle, and inside it says "Center of Awareness". In the top right section, it says, "Observe your 5 senses. What do you see, hear, taste, touch, smell?" In the bottom right section (The next section, we move around the wheel going clockwise): Text that says "Body Scan" and shows a little humanoid drawing. "What does your body feel?"" In the bottom left corner: Text says : "Observe all mental activity: What thoughts and emotions are coming up?" In the top left section, there is a small drawing of people grouped together. Text says, "Be aware of people physically close to those furthest away: Who are you connected to?" The The Cycle of Awareness is complete, and begins again...