Scar Wars Forged in Fright

In a whirlwind of changes in her life J.L. Pitts starts to remember the life she led from her early childhood to adulthood. Coming from an abusive home environment J.L. Pitts struggles as a teenage wife with reoccurring flashbacks. The flashbacks are so intense she can hear, see, smell and even taste things that were actually from years ago in her childhood. She tries keeping the memories hidden deep inside her mind but with every flashback she remembers more abuse and violence that she has lived through. She travels the world and all through the United States with her husband who is a Sergeant in the Army. With each move a new shocking realization comes to light. She feels like she is a very young child in a woman's body all the while trying to be the normal wife she should be. She envisions two small children in her mind whenever she feels stressed or anxious. Both children hold secrets that she cannot remember until she finds a psychologist that is trained in dealing with people experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Through intense therapy sessions and returning memories she learns that she has Survived what no child should have to go through. She struggles to hold onto her sanity while healing from abuse she experienced long ago as a child. Making matters worse she struggles with the losses of three pregnancies and fights infertility all through her marriage. Her main focus in life is to be a Good Mother never knowing she had to learn to mother herself first.

About the Author :
J.L. Pitts is an Author, Freelance Writer, and Poet. She writes about her experiences dealing With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and her travels around the world in her first full length book Scar Wars Forged In Fright. She has lived in a suburb of Seoul, South Korea, and in Europe, writing mainly about her travels in Friedberg and Wolfersheim, Germany. Traveling with her spouse who was a Sergeant in the Army, she had the benefit of meeting diverse people from all over the world and from many different states here in America. J.L. Pitts is a member of different professionally based groups Author and Writers Circle, Author U, And the Professional Women's Network, powered by Citi. All these groups can be found on Linkekin.com She is a member of the Non-Fiction Writers Association. You can find her on multiple Media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, About.me Medium, Instagram, and even Tumblr. Having kept journals for most of her life she found an outlet writing journal entries and publishing different articles on her blog. She has published a Novella on Amazon Kindle "The Thinnest Loser Confessions Of An Unreformed Bulimic." Her poems have yet to be published. J.L. Pitts tries to stay busy everyday she makes a list every morning of the top things she needs to get done. At the end of the day her list stands as an accomplishment. She recommends starting every day with writing a list of ten things for which you are Grateful. J.L. Pitts lives in a small town in Northern Alabama. She is now a PTSD Social Integration Coach. She has been Certified By the International Coach Certification Academy.