Torque & Trauma: Fixing More Than Machines

Torque & Trauma is a raw, darkly honest memoir about childhood abuse, PTSD, and the lasting impact trauma has on men long after they’ve learned how to hide it.Written by a retired U.S. Air Force mechanic, this military memoir explores how unresolved childhood trauma follows men into adulthood—into careers, marriage, fatherhood, and identity. It’s not a self-help book. It’s a true story about survival, denial, dark humor, and the hard truth that “manning up” doesn’t fix mental health.After twenty years of military service maintaining F-15 and F-22 fighter jets, Chad Calahan knew pressure, responsibility, and discipline. What he didn’t understand—until later—was how childhood abuse and PTSD were shaping his reactions, relationships, and coping mechanisms behind the scenes.This trauma memoir speaks directly to men who carry invisible wounds:• Men struggling with PTSD, anxiety, or suppressed trauma• Veterans adjusting to life after military service• Readers of military memoirs, mental health books, and men’s nonfiction• Anyone raised in abuse, neglect, or emotional chaosThis book is not inspirational fluff.It’s an unfiltered mental health memoir that blends dark humor with brutal honesty—written for men who’ve been told to stay quiet, tough it out, or bury the past.Torque & Trauma doesn’t offer quick fixes or motivational clichés. It offers recognition, truth, and proof that healing from trauma is possible—even if it’s uncomfortable, imperfect, and sarcastic along the way.If you’re looking for a memoir about PTSD, childhood trauma, military life, or men’s mental health that actually tells the truth, this book is for you.