Hello! I'm Ayaka (Ayaka Daimon). As a child, I was abused by my parents and grew up in psychiatric hospitals and facilities (for children), shelters, and women's dormitories. One of the reasons I became a CPMC is related to the fact that the experience I hated most in my life up to that point was "helplessness." For example, I was often made to feel powerless because my "ability to make decisions" and "way of thinking" were not respected, due to reasons such as "because you're a child," "because you have an illness (mental illness)," "because you're a woman," or "because you're still young." However, what is important for Personal Medicine and the journey to find it is the exact opposite of what exacerbates such feelings of helplessness: what "I myself" and "you" want to do and how you have lived your life. I would like to share this Personal Medicine (and the journey to find it) with as many people as possible, where we can be ourselves and live each day with a little more joy and happiness, just like any other human being. (The photo shows a scene from one of my Personal Medicines: "playing a musical instrument." When feelings of anger and sadness overwhelm me, I play my instrument with all my might for myself, and my emotions gradually calm down, leaving me feeling refreshed, like after taking a shower. (Whether I'm good or bad at playing doesn't matter!)