FREAKING BULLSHIT: TRIGGER WARNING Hardcover – February 27, 2026

Freaking Bullshit: Trigger Warning is not a redemption story.It's a survival record.Written by U.S. Navy veteran Alexandra "Allie" Staicer, this raw, unfiltered memoir dismantles the romanticized narratives of trauma, resilience, and healing. Through abuse, institutional betrayal, military service, chronic illness, love, loss, and survival that came at a personal cost, Staicer tells the truth most people are too uncomfortable to say out loud: sometimes surviving doesn't make you stronger - it just means you didn't die.This book refuses performative hope and tidy endings. Instead, it offers honesty - about what trauma actually does to the body, the mind, relationships, and identity. It challenges the idea that healing is linear, that forgiveness is mandatory, or that survival requires gratitude.Cleared for open publication by the Department of Defense, Freaking Bullshit: Trigger Warning stands at the intersection of memoir, military experience, and lived truth. It is written for survivors who are tired of being inspirational, for veterans whose stories don't fit recruitment slogans, and for readers who want reality - not comfort.This is a book for those who stayed.And for those who didn't - and deserve compassion too.Trigger Warning: This book contains depictions of abuse, trauma, military experiences, illness, and loss. It is intended for adult readers. Read more