Topics Covered in Traffic Stop: Human Division

Each week I will take one of the mental health issues or overriding emotions covered in the novel Traffic Stop: Human Division and take a deep dive with you on what each of these entail. Likely, I’ll nerd out on this because it’s my wheelhouse, so thank you in advance for humoring me! I figured those interested in reading the novel needed a firm foundation from which to launch into the character’s internal and external conflicts. Even if you have a mental health background, it is important to me that we begin this novel on the same page.

I plan to begin with the all encompassing emotion of shame people experience, supported by the research of Brene Brown. I will pepper in addiction issues, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, narcissism, borderline personality disorder, co-dependency, cycle of abuse/domestic violence, etc. Of course, human trafficking will make it’s mark in this blog, since this topic is the premise and lends to the novel’s title. I will also offer treatment options and a sprinkling of research to back what I share.

I’m excited to provide updates on the publishing journey and prepare you, dear readers, to meet the characters who bring this story to life.