Table of Content
Cover: ../Silence Isn't Distance
Intro
_intro/DEDICATION
_intro/AUTHOR'S NOTE
_intro/PREFACE — Why This Book Exists
_intro/HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
_intro/CONTENT CONSIDERATIONS (Gentle Trauma Warning)
_intro/INTRODUCTION — When Silence Is Misunderstood
ACT_01 — AWAKENING
ACT_01 — AWAKENING/CHAPTER 1 — THE OVERLOADED MIND
ACT_01 — AWAKENING/CHAPTER 2 — THE EMOTIONAL ARCHITECTURE
ACT_01 — AWAKENING/CHAPTER 3 — THE MYTH OF THE QUIET PERSON
ACT_02 — UNDERSTANDING
ACT_02 — UNDERSTANDING/CHAPTER 4 — THE MISREAD RETREAT
ACT_02 — UNDERSTANDING/CHAPTER 5 — SHUTDOWN TRIGGERS
ACT_02 — UNDERSTANDING/CHAPTER 6 — SURVIVAL-MODE LOVE
ACT_03 — THE INVISIBLE WEIGHT
ACT_03 — THE INVISIBLE WEIGHT/CHAPTER 7 — RESPONSIBILITY AND OVERFUNCTIONING
ACT_03 — THE INVISIBLE WEIGHT/CHAPTER 8 — PROJECTION AND THE MIRROR EFFECT
ACT_03 — THE INVISIBLE WEIGHT/CHAPTER 9 — BURNOUT, BREAKDOWN, DISSOCIATION
ACT_04 — RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OVERWHELMED
ACT_04 — RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OVERWHELMED/CHAPTER 10 — LOVING SOMEONE WHO RETREATS
ACT_04 — RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OVERWHELMED/CHAPTER 11 — WHAT PEOPLE OFTEN GET WRONG
ACT_04 — RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OVERWHELMED/CHAPTER 12 — REPAIR AND RECONNECTION
ACT_05 — RECLAIMING THE SELF
ACT_05 — RECLAIMING THE SELF/CHAPTER 13 — EMOTIONAL BANDWIDTH
ACT_05 — RECLAIMING THE SELF/CHAPTER 14 — HEALING SURVIVAL PATTERNS
ACT_05 — RECLAIMING THE SELF/CHAPTER 15 — COMING HOME TO SILENCE
ACT_05 — RECLAIMING THE SELF/EPILOGUE — THE ONES WHO DISAPPEAR