psychological

The psychological thriller was so influential that society continues to reference its premise in modern life — from personal relationships to politics — more than 90 years later.

But it instead feels like an easy escape hatch when what “On Swift Horses” promised was a richer psychological landscape about what roils inside hearts accustomed to hiding.

"Victims' campaigns have rightly highlighted the need for more restrictive conditions to ensure their safety and psychological wellbeing," said Mr Court.

Explaining why she had not talked about the experience, she said: "Bétharram was organised like a sect or a totalitarian regime exercising psychological pressure on pupils and teachers, so they stayed silent."

However, many people report negative experiences in which the breathing triggered panic attacks or unveiled psychological wounds they weren’t ready or able to process.