To Hell, Back, and Beyond - A PTSD Journey: When Faith and Trauma Collide

The book has been updated to the 2026 edition, complete with charts and illustrations.

To Hell, Back, and Beyond is the raw account of a man undone by trauma, PTSD, and TBI (traumatic brain injury)-and the brutal, unglamorous work of finding his way back. Don Mingo walks through panic, depression, brain injury, and trauma-learning firsthand how neurological injury, trauma, and chronic stress can hijack emotion, distort perception, and leave faith feeling thin and unreliable.

Using his experiences, research, and talks with experts, he looks at what occurs when the brain is injured and where faith stops trying to heal the pain and instead finds comfort in something bigger than itself.

This book isn't a testimony polished after the fact. It's written from inside the struggle. It's about learning how the brain works under trauma, why faith can feel distant, and how God meets people not by fixing everything but by walking with them through it. To Hell, Back, and Beyond is for those who need language for their pain-and a way forward that tells the truth.

If you're hurting, doubting, or hanging on by a thread, this book will remind you: you're not alone-and hope still reaches deeper than pain.