Sclerosis

Something in you is becoming hard. Not suddenly, not dramatically — but gradually, almost imperceptibly, over months or years. Tissue that was once soft, supple, adaptable begins to change. It densifies. It loses its elasticity. Where there was once movement, resistance forms. Where vitality once flowed, something deposits itself — firmer, harder, less moveable.

Sclerosis is the medical term for hardening. It can take many forms — it can affect connective tissue, nerve structures, vessel walls, glands, entire organs. What they all share is this one principle: the soft becomes hard. The living stiffens. The supple becomes rigid.

The question your body is asking you goes beyond the question of any individual diagnosis. It is: where in your life has something hardened that was once soft? Where have you stiffened, where you were once fluid? What in you has stopped moving?