Running from Spiders is an autobiographical account of one woman’s survival of decades of abuse.

Through a series of personal letters and essays written about all five of her abusers, the author carries you through the neglect and physical, sexual, and emotional abuse she endured throughout her childhood and adolescence.

She shares that the accumulation, and duration, of her childhood abuse fused itself into a form of PTSD known as Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). She talks through the shock and relief of the diagnosis and what it’s like living life with C-PTSD.

What was therapy like for this? The author walks through what her memory recalling sessions were like, what tools were helpful with coping with life, and more.

Lastly, imagery was to help tell her story. She utilized a generative AI called Deep AI using language from her letters and essays to create images from the book.