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US Navy Chief Petty Officer Somone Young was an efficient, dedicated servicewoman with a strong drive to master the technical skills her job demanded. Few who knew her suspected the inner battle she fought every day for much of her life.

After enduring betrayal and sexual abuse at the hands of her father, Young was abandoned to the foster care system, moving through multiple homes before returning to her mother after her parents divorced. The mental and physical torments of her childhood left her with severe depression and abandonment issues.

Fearing revealing her mental health issues could damage her career and reputation, Young tried to hide her pain behind her uniform-only to suffer through several suicide attempts when the pressure threatened to overwhelm her.

 

After twenty years of service and her retirement from the Navy, Young finally discovered her own self-worth and began the long process of healing.

An honest portrayal of the struggle so many service members undergo because seeking mental health assistance could damage their careers, Hiding behind a Uniform serves as a reminder that seeking help is not a sign of weakness-nor should it be considered as such

Trusting the process

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    Proving the Impossible

    All my life, most people around me had made me feel inferior, which made it easy for me to grasp. I learned to doubt myself before I ever had the confidence to believe in the greatness within me.

    It took facing my fears and many tears to learn to ask myself one simple question. Who am I not to be great? In my pursuit of self-discovery, I learned how to stop letting the devil use me because I allowed others to use me for my self-destruction. I was my greatest enemy, which turned out to be a problem that I could fix.

    I had to discover two important things to remove all my doubts & fears, stopping me from being the best version of myself that I could be.

    I had to learn to eliminate the things and people in my life that didn’t help me evolve. The only certainty in life is change. So, if you think you can or you think that you can’t, you’re right. My pride has always kept me going in the wrong direction in life. It would take all the strength & prayers that I had to surrender to love.

    I deserved happiness, which meant that I had to put in that work to make it possible.

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