Giving up his career in middle age to wander the Earth, Chiang slowly decompressed. But then all the pressures and problems that had built up inside over the years manifested physically all at once. He developed eczema and allergic rashes. His confidence in social situations plummeted as his skin became dry, inflamed, blistered, and scabbed.
中年離開滾滾紅塵，阿原身心鬆懈後，過去累積的各種問題一時全部湧現，表現在皮膚上的是濕疹、過敏性皮膚炎等症狀，皮膚乾燥、紅腫，甚至起水泡、結痂，嚴重影響他的「社交信心」，一碰到含防腐劑等化學物質的清潔用品更是奇癢難耐。