Miswired, Not Broken

Miswired, Not Broken
How Trauma Shaped My Mind—and How Healing Changed It

Why do I still panic when nothing is wrong?

Why do I overthink simple conversations, expect the worst, apologize for everything, or struggle to trust peace when it finally arrives?

For many people who have lived through trauma, the danger may be gone—but the mind and body are still responding to alarms that no longer belong to the present.

In Miswired, Not Broken, Ruth Carroll shares her deeply personal journey of learning to live beyond survival mode after years of abuse. Through honest stories, gentle humor, practical insights, and unwavering faith, she explores the hidden ways trauma can shape our thoughts, relationships, emotions, and sense of safety long after the storm has passed.

This is not a clinical book filled with complicated terminology.

It is a conversation.

A warm companion for those who have ever wondered why they react the way they do, why healing feels harder than expected, or whether peace is truly possible.

Inside these pages, you'll discover:

• Why your brain may still be responding to old dangers
• The hidden survival patterns that often follow trauma
• How hypervigilance, over-explaining, people-pleasing, and fear develop
• What it looks like to build trust in safe relationships
• How faith can become an anchor during the healing journey
• Why healing is not about becoming someone else—but becoming free to be who God created you to be

With compassion, hope, and biblical encouragement, Miswired, Not Broken reminds readers of a life-changing truth:

You are not broken.

You are not beyond repair.

You are not too damaged to heal.

Some of us are still reacting to fires that already ended.

And sometimes healing begins when we realize the alarms no longer have to control our lives.

No matter what you have lived through, your story does not end in survival.

There is hope.

There is freedom.

And there is a God who has been walking beside you every step of the way.