Help im stuck!

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You would if Daniel started jamming his thumbs in his eyes.

Let me think.
Jamming thumbs into your eyes != Insanity.
Thus I consider your argument invalid.

You would also die from severe burns if you stood in front of vicious steam vents.

Sure you would.
My point is only, that I believe, it's to prevent the game from being frustrating, since it'll kill the horror element. (if you die the same place over and over again it won't really be scary. Only annoying.)