Sigmund Freud's Cigar

Origin
This cigar was originally owned by psychologist Sigmund Freud. It became imbued with his beliefs that mental problems later in adult life are caused by childhood memories which are too painful for most people to deal with, and as a result push them into their subconscious.

Effects
When a person uses the Cigar, they experience their most painful childhood memory which they have not resolved or come to terms with. They will physically feel the same pain as they experienced in that event. For example, if they were physically abused, the person will experience that memory and feel every hit on their body that they received back then. The only way to reverse the effects is for the person to talk and resolve the event with someone, as this artifact will not deactivate when placed in neutralizer. The person who comes to help must be careful, however, because inhaling the smoke through the nose will affect that person as well. Neutralizer will keep more smoke from being produced for safe approach.

Acquisition
It was acquired by Agents Rebecca St. Clair and Jack Second in 1960 after people in the San Francisco Bay area began to be hospitalized for erratic behavior, acting as if they were feeling immense pain and suffering with no physically visible wounds on their bodies. The artifact was discovered at an apartment building, where Rebecca and Jack found more people being affected. Before they realized the Cigar was the artifact, Jack breathed in the smoke and began to act like the other victims. Rebecca contacted the Warehouse, who informed her about Sigmund Freud's Cigar and how it might work. Rebecca kept from breathing in the smoke and neutralized the artifact, but everyone was still being affected. Jack, fearing he would be permanently retired as an agent due to his condition, told Rebecca about a painful event from his childhood. When Jack got better, Rebecca realized that everyone had to talk about their memory that they were experiencing, and soon everyone affected felt better.