Heidegger alludes to the construct of our ego being a result of cultural dictates. Who are you behind the cultural influences that permeate society? Who are you when you dissolve the boundaries that you define yourself with?

Nocebo effect

Mind Virus Contagion

Moral Panic / Mob Mentality

Ask yourself, "What is more terrifying: fear, or the frightened"?

Contagion

If i am frightened of the frightened, am i then my own inescapable nightmare?

Its misleading- You don't "live in a simulated universe," but rather, "simulate living in one."

One man's shadow is another man's reality. One man's reality is another man's shadow.