Suicide contracts, crippling panic attacks, dark depressions, and synapse-destroying workplace burnoutit's all in there. One woman's life journal posted for public consumption.
CIVIL WARRIOR is a fretfully honest and sometimes frenetic retelling of Kristy Short's most affecting moments and how she fought her way back to life and livingmore than once.
Spanning three decades, CIVIL WARRIOR details Short's heart-rending spirals and lifelong battle with that little bitch she calls Anxiety, along with all the other "parts" that occupy her overactive brainDepression, Shame, Fear, Loathing, Compassion, Kindness, Gratitude. Every last one of them.
You'll move with her from the stone-cold bottom of the well to a place of light, gravity, and comfort. If you've ever retreated to a dark closet to rock and sob and beg for a moment of mental peace (or something like), it may feel like this book was written just for you. A weight-lifting assurance that you are not alone. It's storytelling at its finestfamiliar, truthful, and without apology.
