Even The Daylight Appeared Dark

Even the Daylight Appeared Dark is an exceptionally interesting and moving real life journey and makes for a compelling read. It tells of the Authors Journey through Life, the Military, Depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The author has written his memoir in an informal voice which is absolutely straight foreword to enable the reader to connect with him. He began to write his memoire after his first suicide attempt some years ago, at that point he just wanted to try and articulate what the all consuming Darkness was and how it had drove him to breaking point. Having survived the attempt the author needed to find answers and repair himself, finally he found someone who he could connect with, and together they unlock his true darkness from his past and invite you to share his story from the beginning.

He leaves no stone unturned and describes several situations from the past which as a singular event they could be classed as highly stressful, although one man's nightmare is another man's playground, he has several events to deal with and had to find ways to cope, whether it was through sport or running away to the military.

Joining the military brought new challenges; the only comfort he got was finding more extreme things to do. Finally he found a new challenge as a helicopter crewman, becoming aircrew on board the Chinook helicopter. This new career choice was to send him into active service, first in Iraq, where he finally found he could switch his head off because there were more important things to focus on, the next mission, fire-or-not fire decisions and the safety of his fellow combatants.