Too close

I have hit a section of my new book, Don’t rock the boat, which is very close to my heart. In it I am tackling an issue that affects so many and has deep reaching repercussions. It is a subject that I have personal experience in and writing it had brought back some very dark memories which I struggled with for so long. I wrote what I thought was a good and accurate description of the actual event only to be hit by an epiphany while sat at work. I am going about this the wrong way. I need to go back and and refocus my attention on another area. I guess what I am trying to say is that even the darkest events can have positive effects. I could never have written such a detailed story had I not lived through this event. I came out of that event a much stronger person and I hope that through my writing, whether the book is fictional or not, I can maybe show others who have been through the same that they are not alone.