🧠 **Unknown Mind: Viyan’s Diary – Part 8: The Rise Begins**
They say rock bottom is the foundation you build on.
That day…
I picked up the mirror Yalini once gave me.
I looked into it again.
Not to check how broken I looked.
But to ask one question:
> “What can I still become?”
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I started small.
📘 Reopened my diary.
💻 Reapplied for jobs.
🍞 Ate on time.
💬 Replied to messages.
🧍♂️ Started walking daily.
Each step felt heavy…
But it was *mine*.
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One evening, I was at a chai shop near college.
A group of juniors walked past me.
One of them pointed and said:
> “That’s Viyan bro, the silent guy.”
> “He made it through.”
I turned.
He smiled.
And added,
> “You gave me hope, bro.”
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I walked home…
tears in my eyes.
But not from sadness.
From **recognition**.
For the first time, I wasn’t just *surviving*.
I was *inspiring*.
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Later that week, Yalini saw me laughing with my classmates.
She didn’t say anything.
Just texted:
> *“Told you. You’re not vanishing.”*
And she was right.
Because I wasn’t hiding anymore.
I was becoming…
> **The version of me I was always meant to be.**
🖋️ — *Viyan*
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