Nathan/Tamsin
Like, a political party line? I guess it is, a little bit. There are some divisions, different camps within the town, who have different opinions.
I know how to turn off the Troubles. Your abilities would work differently. Maybe... the closer you are to your own death, the more you can feel it? Which means it might get better on its own.
Do you have any idea what happened to these people, why they were so afraid? Aside from the fact that they ended up dead.