Silence Split Open: "A Memoir of Trauma, BPD, and the Journey Back to Myself"

By Charles M. Harper Sr. and Charles M. Harper Sr

Silence Split Open: A Memoir of Trauma, Truth, and Transformation
By Charles M. Harper Sr.

What if the life you built was hiding the pain you never healed?

In Silence Split Open, Charles M. Harper Sr. unflinchingly traces his journey from a boy growing up in a flooded trailer park in Robbins, Illinois, to a Navy veteran, educator, Freemason, father, and mental health advocate reckoning with a late diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).

With raw honesty and poetic insight, Harper confronts the lifelong impacts of childhood trauma, racial identity confusion, sexual abuse, abandonment, emotional dysregulation, and professional collapse. Yet this is not just a story of suffering-it's a story of survival. Of rediscovery. Of reclaiming voice, purpose, and peace.

Through near-death experiences, failed relationships, and professional highs and lows, Silence Split Open offers a rare window into the invisible battles many men-especially Black men-face in silence. It is a powerful call for mental health awareness, emotional truth-telling, and the freedom to finally say, "I am not too much. I am not alone."

✨ A Memoir For: Men navigating mental illness and emotional isolationSurvivors of childhood trauma and abuseBlack and biracial readers exploring identity and healingMental health professionals seeking lived-experience insightAnyone ready to trade silence for transformationWhether you've lived this story or love someone who has, Silence Split Open will challenge, comfort, and change you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FBMLW7XP
• ISBN13: 9798286181124
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"