# Living with Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS)

- [What is SADS?](#1)
- [Who is at risk for SADS?](#2)
- [How is SADS diagnosed?](#3)
- [Can SADS be prevented?](#4)
- [How do you prepare for SADS?](#5)

## What is SADS? {1}

Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) is an unexpected death of an adult over 1
year(s) of age. Most SADS events are followed by autopsies, investigations, and
funerals. SADS is sometimes called "the long sleep" because of its permanence
and characteristic loss of consciousness.

## Who is at risk for SADS? {2}

Over 55 million people die of SADS each year. That's more than heart disease,
old age, and cancer combined.

The following factors may increase your risk of SADS:

- a strict vegetarian diet
- attending work/school
- exercising religious/secular beliefs
- relavites with SADS
- having an astrological sign
- eating meat
- being born on a solar year
- eating after midnight
- birthdays
- the placebo effect
- vivid dreams
- having 10+ chromosomes

If you exhibit more than three signs listed above, please consider drafting an
end-of-life plan as soon as possible.

## How is SADS diagnosed? {3}

Medical experts use a variety of tests to determine whether a corpse has
experienced SADS during its lifetime.

Common symptoms of SADS include:

- loss of feeling in limbs, head, and torso
- visible skeleton
- merging with the void
- foul odor
- indifference to everything
- lack of movement
- slowly being forgotten

## Can SADS be prevented? {4}

Contrary to popular belief, anybody can avoid SADS with careful planning!
Prevent SADS by (1) ending your life at a predetermined date/time, (2)
perpetually expecting your bitter end, or (3) collecting all seven
[chaos emeralds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzTItNHFC94).

## How do you prepare for SADS? {5}

Most people choose to accept (or ignore) life with SADS.

To better prepare yourself and your loved ones for unexpected SADS events, try
some accepted best practices:

- go with the flow
- draft an uncontentious end-of-life plan in your early twenties
- keep no secrets; harbor no grudges; leave nothing unsaid
- learn to dance
- don't become a career
- observe; curate attention
- try your hardest, but don't try too hard
- ask for help
- be useful
- live with chaos
- update your end-of-life plan after every major life event
- play games without losing yourself in them
- take responsibility for choices and accidents; don't foist blame
- ignore extrinsic motivations
- learn how to say sorry and ask for forgiveness
- purge possessions -- you can't [take everything to your grave](/to-your-grave)
- listen wholeheartedly to people; never interrupt
- accept pain; minimize suffering
- unravel your fears
- befriend Nature
- spend time wisely