They told Ishita she was lucky.
A surgeon for a husband. A good family. A comfortable life.
So why did she feel like she was vanishing?
There were no bruises to show anyone. No screaming matches to point to. Just his icy silences. His words that cut while pretending to care. His mother who made sure Ishita knew she’d never measure up.
The architect who once built with certainty now doubts her own memory.
When she finally says she can’t continue, the chorus begins:
“You’re throwing away a good marriage.”
“He never laid a hand on you.”
“What will people say?”
“What more do you want?”
But a therapist names what Ishita has been living. Friends see through the facade. And Ishita slowly realizes what it takes to return to herself.
Unbroken: Becoming Herself is a novel about psychological abuse. About being gaslit until you can’t trust yourself. About being convinced that you are the problem. About the internal shifts and quiet strength required for a woman to reclaim her truth.
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Dr.Vinaya Prabha
DR. VINAYA PRABHA is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist (CBT), Transformation Coach, and Founder of the Centre for Self Awakening, Bengaluru. Drawing from thirty years of therapeutic practice, she has developed the ReAlign Within method for holistic wellbeing. She has worked with clients on relationship dynamics, career challenges, and rebuilding their sense of self. Unbroken: Becoming Herself was written to tell one such story of becoming. This is her debut novel.
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