Service to Civilian: A Journey Through PTSD

by Nathan Gould

Overview

In Service to Civilian: A Journey Through PTSD you will enter the mind of a combat vet who became a law enforcement officer after a tour in Iraq where comrades were killed and wounded. Policing the streets, he faced the balance between selfless service, integrity, bureaucracy, and the weight of the negative policing culture around him. All this while fighting ever-increasing depression and ultimately a PTSD incident that brought him to the edge of suicide. Join the author on his healing journey-and possibly embark upon your own.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646633319
Publisher:	Koehler Books
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	120
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Nathan Gould is a veteran of the United States Army, a retired police officer, a stay-at-home dad, and an author. An Iraq War veteran, he retired from policing after having a PTSD episode while on duty. He has written poetry and short stories from a young age and has self-published two children's books: Mr. Mom's 1st day of School and A Mole Named Cole Dug a Hole. Nathan loves Jesus, chess, CrossFit, a steaming mug of coffee, and making foot-in-his-mouth sarcastic remarks. He spends his days loving his three kids and wife in the great state of North Carolina with their boxer-pit mix, Cookie.

Editorial Reviews

"An honest and bold look at PTSD. Nathan walks the reader through firsthand insight into the causes and effects of PTSD while giving those suffering a hope for their future."

-Andy Foster, Retired Police Office, twenty-two years of service

"This book is for anyone who has faced loss. . . . This transparent journey Nathan shares will encourage you to begin your own healing process. God sees the scars on the outside and inside of the wars we face, either on the battlefield or within our families."

-Julie Kemp, Author of Faith Has Its Reasons and Highway to Heaven, www.faithhasitsreasons.com

"Nathan Gould takes readers through his journey that includes hardships he faced in war, law enforcement, trauma, and his PTSD that followed. It's an in-depth story of desperation . . . This book will most certainly resonate with others like myself who have experienced PTSD from active combat or police work. . . .This is a must-read for young and old alike."

-Jackie Hubbard, Rocky Mount Police Department twenty-six years, Narcotics Officer, Chief Investigator

"A most powerful read where Nathan takes you to the harshest realities that thousands of us past and present service members and our families face on a daily basis-our world of living with PTSD."

-Master Sergeant (Retired) Nathan Aguinaga, US Army, Author of Division: Life on Ardennes Street, Roster Number Five-Zero, and Wake Up, You're Having Another Nightmare

"Nathan Gould, in his third book, Service to Civilian, shares stories often only told among veterans. This soul-bearing manuscript is best described in his own words when he writes, 'Brother or sister, I do not know you, and you have no reason to trust me right now, but maybe after you read this account of part of my life, you will be convinced to embark on one of the hardest missions you will ever endure: the road to recovery. . .'"

-Dennis Woods, Command Sergeant Major (Retired), Author of Black Flag Journals: One Soldier's Experience in America's Longest War

"A most powerful read where Nathan takes you to the harshest realities that thousands of us past and present service members and our families face on a daily basis-our world of living with PTSD."

-Nathan Aguinaga, Master Sergeant (Retired), US Army, Author of Division: Life on Ardennes Street, Roster Number Five-Zero, and Wake Up, You're Having Another Nightmare

"In this piercing and personal account of his deployment to Iraq, Nathan Gould gives the reader an honest and up-close look at PTSD. His journey from civilian to soldier-and back again-details the hidden costs of war. His story is both unique and all too familiar . . ."

-James Ballard, Author of Poisoned Jungle

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