The worst lie a mental illness can tell you is that the way you are feeling, right now, is permanent. In the moment, whether you’re experiencing a depressive episode or a panic attack or hallucinations, confusion, being nonverbal, or any of many, many symptoms, that feeling or symptom is entirely temporary. You will eventually get control back. You will feel better. It might take awhile, but it will pass, and when your brain tells you that you’re stuck this way forever – that’s a lie.