Candice Young

I was a counselor at a residential psychiatric treatment facility for children, a youth addictions specialist, and graduate student studying social work. Now after a series of tragedies I am someone who far too easily gets lost inside her own mind where all the unspeakable nightmares live.

Insomnia and fear of things going horribly wrong currently rule my life, but I'm working it out apathetically, in careful yet deliberate steps, because you can't always anticipate where the floor is going to drop out from beneath your feet and that makes it very difficult to be hopeful for the future.

My recent attempts of empowering myself and exercising my ability with concentration and memory is attempting to write a novel very loosely based on some of my life events. This is very much a fiction book with very real emotions that occur when tragedy hits your life when you least expect it. I hope this novel helps others with dealing with tragedies n a more positive way than I was able to and to enable them to seek out and demand the mental health treatment they need and deserve despite whether or not they have health insurance.