I’ve always thought you should be able to freeze time. This way you could hit the Pause button at a really good point in your life so that nothing changes

Is there a panic button I can hit? Or better yet, a button that will pause this whole scene while I figure out how I want to play it?
But no. That's not how it works in real life.

sort of hit the pause button on that.

It doesn't seem to me you can push the pause button on terror.

Arrête toi. Lève la tête. Regarde par la fenêtre. Respire.

Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.