We Could All Use a Fake Bus Stop Now and Again Posted byGarrick van Buren August 24, 2012 “…the bus stop diffuses the sense of panic. For instance, if a delusional patient decided that she needed to go home immediately because her children were all alone and waiting for her, the attendant didn’t need to restrain her or talk her out of it, she simply said, ‘Oh, well, there’s the bus stop.'” (or maybe a pleasant train ride through the Alps)