Matters of the Moment, (Paperback)

He understands trauma. He understands addiction. He understands suicide. He just refuses to understand himself. Matters of the Moment follows an Afghanistan veteran turned clinical psychologist who spends his days holding other people together while quietly coming apart in private. To the world, he is calm, capable, and reliable. He listens for a living. He knows the language of pain. Nothing about his life looks broken. That's what makes it dangerous. Addiction isn't chaos here-it's routine. Control masquerades as discipline. Suicide isn't a crisis or a cry for help; it's a thought that waits patiently in the background, growing more familiar with every passing day. This is not a story about a dramatic collapse or a single bad decision. It's about erosion-the slow, invisible damage caused by refusing to look inward, by believing that understanding others is enough to survive yourself. There are no easy answers in these pages. No inspirational arc. No reassurance waiting at the end. Matters of the Moment will sit heavy. It will make you uncomfortable. It may leave you sick. Because this isn't exaggerated. It's real-and it's happening far more often than anyone wants to admit.

• Matters of the Moment, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798246560174
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-02-01
• Page Count: 196