Real Fear
By Matthew kim
The angle of the odd
The fear of being stuck in a trance in the story "The Angle of the Odd" by Edgar Allen Poe when he attempted to kill himself multiple times because he couldn't take anymore of it.
Real fear today
The fear of being stuck in a trance is still relevant today and can be seen in "room 1408" when the main character is stuck in a haunted hotel room with very bad history. It seems like the only way to escape the hotel room is to commit sucide.
Room 1408