This is a horror story. The person flips the switch accidentally one day and when they flip it back on…
- they aren’t the same person
- they lose all their memories because they were stored in RAM
- something evil is no longer contained
- nothing happens, they just stay off. FOREVER!
- they crap their pants, it’s the bowel control switch
- they can’t tell the difference
OK, that one might be more demoralizing than terrifying.
I like this one. They spend their whole life being so careful not to flip the switch by accident, not doing physical activities, not walking in big crowds, never hugging someone, only wearing certain types of clothes, etc. Then it finally happens late in life and the switch does nothing. They realize that they missed out on so many experiences due to fear.
That’s some psychological horror. Could be a Black Mirror episode.
Or it could be something slow acting, without immediate consequence but important enough to have severe repercussions after a period of being turned off, such as your immune system
