To the ones who taught me what silence really means.

To every quiet child who grew up interpreting the room before they even learned
how to speak.

To every adult who disappears when life becomes too loud and carries guilt for
choosing survival over performance.

To the friends and loved ones who stayed—even when they didn't fully
understand—thank you for giving space without making silence a crime.

To the teachers, therapists, and thinkers whose work illuminated the inner
landscape of sensitivity, trauma, and depth:
Elaine Aron, Carl Jung, Peter Levine, Stephen Porges, Gabor Maté, and the many
voices who study the nervous system and the unseen emotional world.

To the creators whose conversations opened new doors—Theo Von, DOAC
(podcasts), and authors like Nick Tooley who explore the sublime, the strange,
and the inner power of human psychology.

To those who loved me imperfectly, and those I had to love from a distance:
thank you for helping me understand the patterns that shaped me.

And finally, to every Deep Feeler reading this:

Your silence is not your weakness.
Your depth is not a burden.
Your nervous system is not broken.
You're just built differently.
And the world needs the way you feel.