Triggering Fear
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He reached under the mattress, got out the revolver, and then unloaded the bullets onto the nightstand. He picked only one of them up. He walked over to the dresser, closer to where I was standing, and started rhythmically tapping the bullet on the dresser while staring at me. Finally, he said he was certain that was the bullet with my name on it; he loaded it in the cylinder and started spinning it before closing it. He was so cold and empty as he went through all of these motions. Before he pointed the gun at me, he asked if I thought my name was on that bullet or on one of the others still laying on the nightstand. I didn’t respond, partly out of shock of what was going on and partly because I knew whatever I said would not make any difference in the situation with his frame of mind. When I did not give him an answer, he raised the gun and aimed it at me, cocked the hammer, and pulled the trigger.
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In 1994, around the time of her twenty-first birthday, author Anna Karson, lays in a hospital bed fighting for her life. She has nothing but time to contemplate how she got to this point. In Triggering Fear, Karson narrates her story, offering a real-life look at domestic assault that often takes place behind closed doors.
She tells how she met her husband in high school, her marriage at a young age, and the horrific abuse she suffered at the hands of a narcissist. Karson knows her ex-husband is to blame for her near-death experience, and she explains how she also knows the role God played in saving her, not just from this crisis, but during all of the other nights of terror.
Offering inspiration to those surviving abuse day to day, Triggering Fear shares one woman’s life tragedies and mistakes that helped her turn triggers of fear into triggers of faith—the reason she trusts and depends on God.
About the Author
Anna Karson felt God’s calling to write about her experiences with domestic violence. Her goal is to bring readers closer to God and to inspire others surviving tragedy to trust in God and in themselves.