Hiding in Plain Sight: The Truth About Trauma, Service, and The Way Forward

by Doug White, Adam Davis (foreword)

This Book Is For You If You Are Still Carrying the Weight of Service-Related Trauma

This is not just a memoir. It's an apology letter for the damage done, a love letter to the woman who stayed, and a map for anyone trying to find their way home.



Hiding in Plain Sight is not another war story or celebration of strength-it's a brutally honest account of how thirty years of service as a veteran and first responder slowly dismantled one man's identity, marriage, and sense of self.



Doug White opens up about post-traumatic stress injuries, emotional collapse, and the fallout of a life spent serving others while ignoring his own breaking points. But this isn't a story about trauma-it's a story about growth, honesty, and the long road back to being whole.



If you're a spouse, partner, or loved one of someone who serves, this is the book you give them when you can't find the words. And if you are the one still carrying the weight-this is the book that tells



You're not alone.

You're not broken beyond repair.

And it's not too late to become the person your family still believes in.



Hiding in Plain Sight is not just a story-it's a bridge. One that connects silence to

understanding, suffering to growth, and warriors to the ones who never stopped loving them.



Perfect

Veterans and first responders in transitionMilitary and responder spouses looking to support their partnerReaders seeking real, raw stories of trauma and redemptionThose ready to grow through what they've been through

This isn't just Doug's story-it's the story of every home strained by service, and the message that growth, love, and restoration are still possible.



Give it to the one who's still hiding, or read it to understand the one you love.

197 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 11, 2024

About the author

Doug White is a Partner in Whitestone Partners, Inc. Doug has twenty-five years of experience helping companies improve their bottom line. His career is characterized by its diversity and breadth. He began his professional life with McKinsey & Company, one of the world’s preeminent strategy consulting firms. He has held C-Level jobs since 1991 (Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer), and for over five years he successfully headed several large divisions at Capital One Financial with P&L responsibility.

Doug has successfully led start-ups and turnarounds. He has been a part of executing acquisitions on both the buy side and the sell side. He has worked successfully in fields ranging from heavy duty manufacturing to sales and distribution, from consumer lending to investment brokerage. He has managed groups of more than 3,000 people. The common thread through each assignment is that Doug has been the catalyst for creating significant bottom line value. He has specialized in taking businesses that were broken and fixing them, or taking businesses that were successful and raising their performance to the next level.

Doug holds a B.S. in Physics from Randolph-Macon College, where he was the starting center on the varsity football team that won three conference championships during his four years. He received his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with very high honors and his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology. At Georgia Tech Doug was twice named Student Engineer of the Year and was elected to membership in the honorary engineering fraternity Tau Beta Pi. He received his Master of Business Administration with distinction from Harvard Business School, where he finished in the top 10 percent of his class.

Reviews

[Julie Kelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book! Great look into what LEO and their families go through

[BethS · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great cautionary tale. I felt it all the way. As a Vet and a LEO it really spoke to me.