/ ɛksjʊˈlansɪs /
exulansis
noun
The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it.
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“After moving countries. People ask how it was. I say "good." It is not that I don't want to tell them. It is that I don't know where to start.”
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
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