I was diagnosed AuDHD a few years ago. Late. It explained a lot. The way I experience the world at full volume β€” beautiful things almost unbearably beautiful, difficult things genuinely difficult. The way I’ve always needed nature and quiet to function. The way certain things light up my brain completely and others cost everything.

Japan has a word for sunlight through leaves β€” ζœ¨ζΌγ‚Œζ—₯. A philosophy of beauty in imperfection β€” δΎ˜γ³ε―‚γ³. A concept of each meeting being unrepeatable β€” δΈ€ζœŸδΈ€δΌš. I didn’t know these words when I started being drawn to Japan. But they describe things I’d been feeling my whole life without language for them.

Now I want to go back and actually see it

Japan Trip β†’