Still Standing at Ease: A Veteran's Quiet Battle with Identity, Survival, and Peace

By JeanNate Gadson and Jamilah Aminah

The uniform came off. The battle didn't.

Still Standing at Ease is a deeply honest reflection on the emotional reality many veterans quietly carry after military service ends.

This is not a book about combat stories or proving toughness.

It is a book about survival mode.

About hypervigilance, emotional exhaustion, identity loss, isolation, and the difficult process of learning peace after years of staying prepared for chaos.

Through short cinematic chapters and emotionally grounded reflections, veteran and author JeanNate Gadson explores:

life after serviceemotional disconnectionlearning how to slow downreconnecting with familyinvisible exhaustionmasculinity and vulnerabilityhealing after survival mode

Written in a minimalist and emotionally powerful style, Still Standing at Ease speaks directly to veterans, service members, first responders, and anyone who has spent years surviving while quietly struggling to feel at peace.

For the ones who came home physically
but never fully arrived emotionally.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H5G2567V
• ISBN13: 9798181716315
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"