I had a plan to take a break right after finishing uploading all videos from my Renaissance Berries album. I was planning to take one or two weeks off, head to England and rest. But 7/10 happened and everything changed.

In the days since the 7/10 attack, I had a lot of problems maintaining my mental health, it was a process I’m working on since my last hospitalization few years ago, together with my social worker and psychiatrist, it seems like I’m getting better and I felt much better. But again, in that day everything changed and my mental health is now again a burden.

I’m having hard time to play, record and even post videos. I have problems maintaining my normal daily routine. The thought of the massacre are haunting me, the kidnapped and the Israeli refugees in their own country.

So I can’t go to England, I don’t really want to right now. But I still need to rest, I need to gain strength, work on my mental health. I will take my break and do all the work I need, I hope it will not take a long time, but my plan is to wait at least until the end of 2023.

As for the war, physically I’m in a safe place, Kiryat Tivon is far enough from the border and missile range, we had two or three sirens here, but it’s pretty quiet. But my thoughts are still there with my brothers and sisters, kidnapped in Gaza by terrorists. The soldiers fighting for our freedom from terror. It’s not going to be easy, but we will make it.

Omer Katzir – The Silent Troubadour