Inside Mia’s Mind

The Psychology of Survival

What happens when your earliest memories are wrapped in trauma you can’t recall?

Mia, the heroine of The Vanishing Series, lives with what psychologists call dissociative amnesia—a survival response where the brain blocks traumatic memories to protect oneself.

That protective loss of memory shaped Mia’s entire life. Friends call her “Mia-in-the-moment” because of her uncanny ability to stay present and solve problems quickly. In her advertising career, being in the moment made her excel at creative problem-solving and pivoting fast. But in her personal life, it left her vulnerable to predators. As trauma psychologists explain, people with repressed memories often miss instinctive red flags—and abusers can sense that weakness “like an alligator can smell raw chicken.”

The paradox is haunting: the same defense mechanism that once saved her as a child set her up for danger as an adult.

But Mia is not broken—she’s adaptive. When she realizes she’s married to a dangerous man who will face no consequences for his actions, she runs. Mia uses every ounce of her survival instincts to build something new. Her ability to “direct disappearances like movie scenes” isn’t just strategy—it’s her traumatized mind finally working for her instead of against her.

Across five psychological thrillers, readers watch Mia’s evolution:

From the victim to the hunted

From the hunted to the protector

From the protector to the hunter

That’s the heart of The Vanishing Series: How the deepest wounds can become our most powerful survival tools.

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