I'm commenting again because I'm still stuck on this damn map. I reset my save and went back to this part, and the same thing always happens. I'm stuck in a damn loop with this ghost, and the struggle button simply doesn't work.
The problem is that the struggle button never appeared with the orange text (which indicated that it was interactive). I tried skipping the text, waited without even clicking on the screen hoping the struggle would appear, and even tried using the auto-clicker where it should have appeared. I don't know if it was a bug in my game, but I only managed to get past that part after using an old save file and playing through that part again. Then I finally managed to get past that part.