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** In another scene, the Other Mother disappears immediately after shaking hands with Coraline {{spoiler|to agree to the game.}} Coraline's creeped out by this-- she prefers the Other Mother to have a definitive location, because if she's nowhere, then she can be anywhere. And of course, it's always easier to be afraid of something you cannot see. |
** In another scene, the Other Mother disappears immediately after shaking hands with Coraline {{spoiler|to agree to the game.}} Coraline's creeped out by this-- she prefers the Other Mother to have a definitive location, because if she's nowhere, then she can be anywhere. And of course, it's always easier to be afraid of something you cannot see. |
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* [[Lampshaded]], of course, in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]'' when Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg agree that nothing they find under a certain trap door could be worse than what they can imagine. |
* [[Lampshaded]], of course, in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]'' when Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg agree that nothing they find under a certain trap door could be worse than what they can imagine. |
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** Pratchett even coined |
** Pratchett even coined [http://www.wordnik.com/words/p%27ch%27zarni%27chiwkov a name] for it. |
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** In another [[Terry Pratchett]] ''[[Discworld]]'' novel a witch visits her most terrible punishment on a man who broke into in her cottage. Nothing. After a couple of weeks waiting for her to do something in retaliation the man has a nervous breakdown and runs away. |
** In another [[Terry Pratchett]] ''[[Discworld]]'' novel a witch visits her most terrible punishment on a man who broke into in her cottage. Nothing. After a couple of weeks waiting for her to do something in retaliation the man has a nervous breakdown and runs away. |
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* This trope is the heart of [[William Gibson|William Gibson's]] short story "Hinterlands", which concerns an interdimensional "highway" and its effects on the astronauts who travel it. [[Primal Fear|The Fear]], as it's called in the story, visits those who even ''think'' too much about what's on the other side. {{spoiler|The astronauts who actually go there all come back insane or dead by their own hands.}} |
* This trope is the heart of [[William Gibson|William Gibson's]] short story "Hinterlands", which concerns an interdimensional "highway" and its effects on the astronauts who travel it. [[Primal Fear|The Fear]], as it's called in the story, visits those who even ''think'' too much about what's on the other side. {{spoiler|The astronauts who actually go there all come back insane or dead by their own hands.}} |
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* Since a [[Cessation of Existence]] is difficult to comprehend, often times that fear is more in line with characteristics of [[The Nothing After Death]]. This fear can often pop up in places of darkness and/or silence. |
* Since a [[Cessation of Existence]] is difficult to comprehend, often times that fear is more in line with characteristics of [[The Nothing After Death]]. This fear can often pop up in places of darkness and/or silence. |
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_deprivation Extended or forced sensory deprivation can result in extreme anxiety, hallucinations, bizarre thoughts, depression and death...] |
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_deprivation Extended or forced sensory deprivation can result in extreme anxiety, hallucinations, bizarre thoughts, depression and death...] |
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** Worth noting that terrorism suspect |
** Worth noting that terrorism suspect [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Padilla_(prisoner) José Padilla] was subjected to this '''before trial''' as he was considered an enemy combatant. In the end Padilla feared that his legal counsel were causing the ordeal and ''his captors were his protectors''. |
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** Scientific experiements using [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2124581/The-worlds-quietest-place-chamber-Orfield-Laboratories.html the world's quietest room] has indeed shown that an utter lack of stimuli (in this case, sound) can cause people to start hearing things they normally don't hear, such as their own heartbeat. In addition, the lack of sound also makes it harder for the body to maintain its orientation, especially of the light are off. |
** Scientific experiements using [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2124581/The-worlds-quietest-place-chamber-Orfield-Laboratories.html the world's quietest room] has indeed shown that an utter lack of stimuli (in this case, sound) can cause people to start hearing things they normally don't hear, such as their own heartbeat. In addition, the lack of sound also makes it harder for the body to maintain its orientation, especially of the light are off. |
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* [[Go Mad From the Isolation|Spend too much time alone, and you go insane...]] |
* [[Go Mad From the Isolation|Spend too much time alone, and you go insane...]] |
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