sadness

When I was young I saw something on social media about how depression can cause death. My young mind couldn't undertand this so I found my mom neatly folding clothes in her bedroom. "Mom can someone die from sadness?" I had expected her to say no, to tell me that post was lying. "Yes it can." was her response. "But I'm sad a lot what if I die?" I couldn't comprehend how an emotion could kill someone because its not a disease. Right? "You need to feel very sad to die from it, you'll be okay." From that moment the thought of sadness terrified me. I never wanted to feel it, live it, see it, or know it. But know I know it all too well. I've felt how much pain it creates. I've lived through the agony it can cause. I've seen what it does to people. I know what it can achieve. My mom was right. Sadness can kill you. Not just your body, but your soul.