Burnt Letters

Unveiling the Shadows of Trauma and Finding Strength in the Depths of Despair

Burnt Letters is not a self-help book.
It’s a survival story.

In this raw, unfiltered memoir, Christina Ditchkofsky takes readers inside the slow unraveling of emotional abuse—the kind that doesn’t always leave bruises, but leaves you questioning your reality, your worth, and your sanity.

After two divorces and a lifetime of learned survival, Christina believes she has finally found love. Instead, she becomes entangled in a relationship marked by gaslighting, manipulation, coercive control, and psychological violence. What begins as romance becomes a labyrinth of fear, self-doubt, and isolation—until one moment forces her to confront the truth she can no longer ignore:

Staying may cost her life.

Burnt Letters exposes the invisible patterns that keep survivors stuck—trauma bonding, codependency, childhood wounds, and the false hope that love can be earned through endurance.

Told through intimate journal entries, unsent letters, therapy insights, and piercing self-reflection, this memoir names what so many survivors have lived but never had language for: how abuse hides in plain sight, how survival becomes identity, and how healing begins when silence becomes heavier than the truth.

This book is for readers who have:

• Survived emotional abuse or narcissistic relationships

• Struggled with complex PTSD (C-PTSD), hypervigilance, or trauma responses

• Asked themselves, “Why didn’t I just leave?”

• Felt lost after divorce, betrayal, or psychological harm

• Turned to therapy, journaling, or self-healing to reclaim their voice

More than a memoir, Burnt Letters is a mirror—and a lifeline.

It speaks directly to survivors still questioning their experiences and reminds them of a powerful truth:

You were never broken. You were surviving.

This is not therapy talk.
This is battlefield poetry.

Perfect for readers of What My Bones Know, Good Morning, Monster, and memoirs about trauma recovery, narcissistic abuse, and reclaiming your voice.

What readers are saying:

Reading Burnt Letters felt like sitting with a friend who speaks the truths you didn’t know you needed to hear. The words are raw, tender, and deeply human, carrying both sorrow and hope. I found myself pausing often, letting certain lines sink in, because they touched places I rarely put into words. This book doesn’t just tell a story—it invites you to feel, to reflect, and to heal. It’s a gift I’ll return to again. I can't wait for the next book!

Burnt Letters is a raw, unflinching excavation of the patterns that keep us stuck in cycles of covert abuse and self-abandonment. Christina Ditchkofsky doesn’t offer a tidy healing arc—she offers something far more powerful: radical truth-telling. As a trauma-informed survivor, she exposes how deeply conditioning, trauma bonds, and inherited beliefs shape our relationships and sense of self. This book is both a mirror and a torch for anyone who has ever mistaken pain for devotion or silence for safety. It’s not a love story—it’s liberation.