I know you know.

I know you know that how you feel right now will not be permanent.

I know you know that this is life, playing, evolving, moving.

I know you know you’ve been here before, and you’ve left it behind, again and again.

I know you know that the agony and the sorrow are ultimately bearable.

I know you know that you’re simply confused by the thoughts, because that’s how we work.

And I know you know that too.

I know you know that it will be alright, that it will pass, just like the million times before this now.

I know you know that a state of mind is not a taste of the rest of your life.

I know you know that confusion is confusing, but it never lasts.

I know you think that it has never been THIS bad, but you somehow know you’ve had that same thought before.

I know you know that the anxiety that seems to haunt you, that seems to make you go crazy, has been absent many times (so it can’t be who you are).

I know you know about the ups and downs.

I know you know all this.

I know that you know.

But I wanted to remind you anyway.

Because I also know that you forget that you know.

And now you know, again.

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