Think of the EU referendum campaign as being in a state of limbo, or purgatory, from which we will emerge on June 24 into either one form of hellish existence, or into a completely different form of hellish existence.
Below is a list of the most prominent scare stories from the referendum campaign - put forward by both the Remain and Leave side - because, well, you should fully know what you're getting into before you cast your ballot.
Don't say you haven't been warned.
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IF WE LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION...
Britain will become a little country "like Guernsey"
Emmanuel Macron | 18 June
Incomes would be permanently lower
IMF | 18 June
The Government would have to introduce an emergency budget with income tax increases and/or massive spending cuts
George Osborne | 14 June
It could begin the process of the destruction of Western political civilisation
Donald Tusk | 13 June
The pensions 'triple lock' will be scrapped
David Cameron | 12 June
Air pollution in the UK would worsen
IEMA | 10 June
Britain would have no access to the single market
Wolfgang Shauble | 10 June
A Eurosceptic Tory government would make 2.8% cuts, raise VAT to 22%
Labour In | 10 June
The Northern Ireland peace settlement would be thrown into doubt
John Major and Tony Blair | 09 June
Poor families will lose as much as £5,542 in tax credits per year
NIESR | 09 June
British business competitivenesss will suffer
Roberto Azvedo | 07 June
It would lead to a sterling crisis
David Cameron | 06 June
The threat of a terrorist attack will increase
Various former police chiefs | 06 June
Mortgages will rise by nearly £1000 a year
David Cameron | 05 June
We could lose thousands of jobs in the financial sector
Jamie Dimon | 03 June
Scotland could become independent within two years
Alex Salmond | 26 May
Pensioners could lose £32,000
George Osborne | 26 May
Britain will face a year-long recession with 500,000 job losses
George Osborne | 23 May
The NHS will be fundamentally damaged
Sir Simon Stevens | 22 May
House prices face an 18% hit
George Osborne | 21 May
We might make ISIS happy
David Cameron | 17 May
The scale of an imminent recession could be 'pretty bad to very, very bad'
Christine Lagarde | 13 May
It would undermine Britain's national security
Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller | 11 May
Europe could be plunged into another World War
David Cameron | 09 May
Over 100,000 couples could break up
Sian Berry | 25 April
We will be put at 'the back of the queue' for US-UK trade talks
Barrack Obama | 22 April
British households would lose £4300 per year
George Osborne | 18 April
More than 400 top-flight footballers could be deported
Various footballing figures / Karen Brady | 31 March
The NHS will be starved of funding
Jeremy Hunt | 27 March
Britain could lose up to 950,000 jobs
Confederation of British Industry | 21 March
Spain would invade Gibraltar 'the very next day'
Manuel Garcia-Margallo | 07 March
The cost of flights would skyrocket and tourist safety would be at risk
Dame Carolyn McCall | 14 February
Calais 'migrant camps' will move to Kent
David Cameron | 08 February
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IF WE REMAIN IN THE EUROPEAN UNION...
Britain would be open to an Orlando-style terrorist attack
LEAVE.EU | 13 June
Turkey will be given VISA-free access to the UK; fast-tracked into the EU (£)
Anonymous diplomat | 12 June
Europe will 'drag us into poverty'
Jim Mellon | 07 June
The EU will abolish the monarchy
Ukip | 06 June
Britain will have to pay an extra £2.4bn per year
Boris Johnson | 06 June
Women face an increased risk of sexual assault by foreign men
Nigel Farage | 04 June
We risk letting people like these 50 'most dangerous' European criminals
Vote Leave | 28 May
There will be a European Union army
Various | 27 May
The NHS will be fundamentally damaged
Lord David Owen | 22 May
Thousands of criminals from Turkey, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro and Macedonia could arrive in Britain
Penny Mordaunt | 22 May
Up to 12 million Turks say they'll come to the UK
Daily Express | 22 May
We could add up to 5.23m to the UK population
Michael Gove | 20 May
Bananas can't be sold in bunches of more than two or three
Boris Johnson | 17 May
The EU will realise Hitler's ambitions and morph into a superstate
Boris Johnson | 15 May
Young People will be forced out of London
Iain Duncan Smith | 10 May
Millions of Turks will be given free movement rights
Ian Duncan Smith | 10 May
The status of the UK's financial sector could be eroded
Jon Moulton | 29 April
ISIS sleeper agents will exploit open borders to plot attacks in Britain
James Clapper | 27 April
The 'ticking time bomb' will explode, taxes will rise by 18% across the Eurozone
Gisela Stuart | 13 April
Terror suspects will be able to 'waltz into Britain'
Dominc Raab | 30 March
Gypsy gangsters will siphon away millions of pounds in benefits
The Sun | 29 March
Europe will tax your Easter Eggs
Robert Oxley | 28 March
It would undermine Britain's national security
Sir Richard Dearlove | 23 March
Europe will seize control of British coastguard services
Daily Express | 07 March
Britain risks suffering a 'Paris-style terror attack'
Iain Duncan Smith | 21 February
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I'll be updating this list over the next few weeks as we approach the referendum date. Anything I've missed? Just tweet me.
Still stuck on which way to vote? Just pick the list of risks, warnings and imminent nightmares that seems the most terrifying, and go with the other option. Now what's so difficult to understand about that?
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