Here’s a full list of events in my stories that handle sensitive subjects such as abuse and various mental illnesses. These are fairly mild, but I don’t want anyone to be troubled by reading my stories. My intent is and always will be to encourage my readers that they aren’t alone in their mental health struggles.
Beyond My Words: Book 1 of the Tyral Series
Due to a past relationship with the main antagonist of the story, Ellie has pretty severe PTSD. Some scenes depict instances of sexual coercion, though it doesn’t go farther than passionate kissing. Ellie has a PTSD incident in which she’s then comforted by both Erick and Brock who condone the abusive behavior. Ellie has several destructive negative thoughts about herself. Her family is degrading to her, calling her names like “slut.” Other uses of the words “damn” and “Hell” are used. A siren is depicted, tempting a character to kiss her when he’s in a relationship with someone else. A few characters kiss each other when one is in a relationship and cheating is implied in a backstory with the antagonist. The characters resolve these incidents openly with each other. The antagonist is killed by a main character by having his neck broken and shot with an arrow. Themes of paternal abandonment are explored. Passionate kissing occures on a few occasions, for both good and bad. No sex, though it’s implied that a few characters are not virgins.
Convicted: 25 to Life
A character has paranoid scizophrenia and has an episode in the courtroom. You get one chapter from his point of view at the end of the book. Several characters are shot at with a gun, one is point blank in the stomach. Will has pretty severe depression throughout the book and wishes for death several times. This is balanced by Smitty’s optimism, but it ultimately doesn’t help. A character has a physically and mentally abusive dad who’s dead at the time the story takes place. Bianca has an anxiety attack. This character has a controlling father who cares way too much about keeping up appearances and yells quite frequently throughout the story. This novel is pretty heavily set in the Latter-Day Saint religion and is meant to showcase the wide range of personalities you can find in our religion, but I tried really hard to not be preachy about it. Mild usage of the words “bastard” “Hell” and “damn” are used.
The Holiday Spirit
Holly has a physically and mentally abusive brother who hits and belittles her. Jasper’s wife gets trampled by a horse and dies in his arms. It’s eluded to that a character was possessed and sexually harrassed by Holly’s older brother in the night. Talk of an afterlife occurs frequently due to the nature of the story, a Spirit speaking to a Mortal about his deceased wife and unborn child.
Disclosure
With my stories, I will always aim to uplift and encourage. I do extensive research in addition to my own experiences in order to depict mental illness through my storylines and characters in an accurate and respectful way. That being said, I am human and it will sometimes be inaccurate to some individual’s experiences. I do my very best to represent these various mental illnesses and experiences with sensitivity and as much understanding as possible.
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