Identity Collapse: After the Breaking Book 2

by Cory B. Scott

After the Breaking — Book Identity Collapse
A Companion for the Life That Comes After Everything Changes

What happens when the emergency ends… but you don’t go back to who you were?

After the hospital. After the diagnosis. After the loss. After the collapse. This is the part most stories skip.

Identity Collapse is not about inspiration. It is about aftermath. It is about living inside a body you no longer fully trust, about exhaustion that is not fixed by rest, about public panic with no visible cause, and about the quiet grief of losing your old stamina, your old personality, your old certainty. It is about discovering that progress does not equal protection, and that survival does not always feel heroic.

This book names the long middle—the season where you are alive but altered, functioning but not fine, moving forward while carrying something that does not resolve cleanly. Cory B. Scott writes from lived rupture—neurological, relational, existential—not to prescribe solutions, but to bear witness to what survival actually feels like when the world expects closure.

If you have survived something that didn’t end cleanly, felt betrayed by your own body, been told “you look fine” when you weren’t, or been asked to perform resilience before you were ready, this book is for you.

This is not a recovery manual. It is not a motivational arc. It does not rush you toward meaning. It stays with you in the quiet—because sometimes the bravest thing a person can do is live forward anyway.

315 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication March 13, 2026

About the author

Dr. Cory B. Scott has had an adventurous career that has afforded him the honor of such titles as, Doctor, Deputy, Lieutenant, Director, Executive, Reverend, and finally, his true passion, Professor. But those were just titles; He is really just, Daddy, Husband, Brother, Friend, Uncle, Mentor, writer, and finally, in 2019, he was awarded his true love, Grandpa. Cory has survived some devastating and tragic events along his path as well as some personal failures. These experiences have given him deep insight and a desire to help others overcome personal obstacles and transform their tragedies into strength and hope.

Dr. Scott weaves original artwork, poetry, and long-form stories in an incredible memoir titled, "God's in the Garden." This book captures the essence of a survivor's journey through abuse, pain, loss, betrayal, and enlightenment.

Dr. Scott is the author of the "Inspiring, Metaphoric, and Psychedelic Stories of Oopy Loopy Provenance." A series of stand-alone stories set in the murky provenances of the heart and the human condition. These adventures explore the depths of our humanity. Some are cautionary tales; others are heartwarming and inspiring. They are all sure to bring life, awareness, and strength to each person who reads them. These crafty works are designed to inspire and help the reader use the power of metaphor to identify and overcome common hang-ups that hold us back from enjoying this life and reaching our full potential.