Wait, hold up, that's not really an unpopular opinion in modern wine circles. A lot of sommeliers argue that the emotional journey is part of the terroir. Your therapy might have just tuned you into what was always there, the way a wine makes you feel is a valid tasting note. Framing it as unpopular kinda misses how subjective taste actually is. Besides, flavor profiles are just descriptors, but the emotion is what makes a wine memorable.

Honestly, I used to roll my eyes at stuff like that, thinking it was just performative. But you're right about those subtle community effects, where just seeing a calm space normalized can chip away at the awkwardness. I guess even a weird fountain can get people quietly accepting that it's okay to need a minute.