Prose: The Heart by Niha Hasan

"𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶."

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The Heart

By Niha Hasan

Isn’t it easier to say, “My tooth is aching” than “My heart is aching?” If someone hits me on the head and I react, my reaction would be fair to them. They will never ask “what’s bothering you.” But if someone hits me in the heart and I react, my reaction would make no sense to them. They act like nothing happened by asking “what’s bothering you.”

Why do people not understand that the heart is not just a shape, not just a fist-sized organ that pumps blood throughout the body? The heart can ache like our injured body parts. When it aches, it feels like dying.

The heartache is a very powerful emotion. It fails to notify our mind. The mind is also a very powerful organ. When the mind and the heartache both combine, it can certainly produce a mental and physical reaction.

The point is, that if we can make simple things complicated, we also can trap a normal person in a cycle of mental illness which can surely turn into physical illness.

𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶.