EDIT: I have been told multiple times that sometimes, drowning, once you get past the initial panic can be, apparently, peaceful. While researching, it never came to my mind that water filling your lungs would be pleasant so I never inquired about it further which I guess is my mistake for assuming, however, it does make the perceived eeriness that I talk about, imo, even stronger and had I known would be an interesting fact to include, besides that it doesn't change very much else about the video. Regardless all though it may seem like it, I never meant to imply drowning is the worst way to die (I even mention ways that would be worse beforehand) I simply use it as a transition to say is it "considerably unpleasant" which unfortunetly doesn't seem to be the case either. Thank you. Please stop telling me. Hello everyone yall seem to be enjoying the video but two quick things, at 25:22 I show some images of underwater statues and say they were put there "because why not" now obviously that was a sarcastic comment, maybe I could have made a better more insightful observation, but what some people have claimed is that the intention of these statues is to honor the victims of the Middle Passage slave trade from the West Africas to the Americas, now I don't look into the context behind every photo I use because I often use hundreds of images in one video, but criticizing me for making "insensitive remarks" while showing these statues I believe is a bit unfair, because upon further research the original intention of these statues was actually not to honor victims of the slave trade, even though the sculptures (especially the second set) may seem to suggest this by the shackles. This is a statement by the artist themselves: "It was never my intention to have any connection to the Middle passage. Although it was not my intention from the outset I am very encouraged how it has resonated differently within various communities and feel it is working as an art piece by questioning our identity, history and stimulating debate."- Jason d Caires Taylor. So while people are welcome to interpret the art that way, I believe since the sculptures original intention is not obvious, and that the original intention does not have any connection to the Middle Passage slave trade, I don't think it's fair to accuse me of not being sensitive to the context of these sculptures, when that original context was not actually intended by the artist. Now if I knew this association I obviously would have chosen less controversial sculptures, and if UA-cam allowed me to edit in different images I would.
Solar Sands I don't know what to say. Your reply was so well put and honestly if some people are not happy with your statement, they won't be happy with anything else. So you can go home knowing you said what was right and put the trouble aside as there's nothing left to say.
Estimated. While they could have a very accurate time for the ship to have hit the iceberg, I dont know how theyd get the exact time for it to sink. Even the manner it sank was highly theorized until they found the remains so many years later.
@@shaheenziyard5631 I thought a ranked crew member or something on the bridge wrote down the time the strike was reported, and the time the ship went under like it was protocol or something. Idk it could just be some propaganda legend to make the captain sound more competent lol
I was thinking the exact same thing, I was hella scared, especially in the beginning when he was talking about fictional things that are supposed to scare us
The most eerie feeling I've ever had was swimming in a reef. We swam to the edge of the reef and the temperature changed dramatically and we looked down and saw nothing but black
@GP2_Engine How deep are we talking? I wonder of the sound has to do with sound traveling faster and further underwater. Maybe you're hearing activity from a long way off..... Kind of scary.
@GP2_Engine That's amazing, really. I would be both curious and terrified at being that far down in the open ocean. It's a goal of mine to dive into open ocean at least once and look down into the abyss. Knowing that the only thing between me and the bottom for however many kilometers is cold, dark water. You just never know what's watching you at that depth. Would you say it was a humbling or scary experience?
It can easily worm its way into your brain. I've been scuba diving for many years now, almost 20, and I still get the heeby jeebies. Like one time in Puerto Rico, there's a large cove safe to scuba in (safe as it can be anyway), but then there's just this abrupt and insanely deep drop off. It's sunshine and rainbows, then BLAM, jet black as far as you can see. Your imagination runs wild, fast. I sat on the edge and dangled my feet and legit could barely see my fins.
As someone who does diving,people really dont know how scary it is not knowing if you have enough time to get up, if you jump without enough breath and you fall down the depths and hit the bottom,looking up and seeing how far down you are and not on too much air,its a horrible experience
I was diving off of a catamaran in the Caribbean, we were over a sunken ship and thought i could make it down to the bottom. I had fins and it was like 60 feet down, those last 10 feet to the surface i was totally gassed and getting bad tunnel vision. I was almost fully blacked out by the time i got up. It was terrifying I then never told anyone it happened because I was a dumb teenager 20 years ago.
@Ethereal Moon naw diving is fun I was in Mexico like 3 years ago and was diving with sea turtles and these huge rays it was awesome. Besides it's good to flirt with danger every once and a while.
I’ve thought about this a lot, the best way to die slowly is probably hypothermia (you can’t feel anything for most of it) and the worst way would probably be drowning, Fire, or choking to death after an attempted hanging, but those are only the natural or self caused deaths, humans can do much worse
Here after the submersible incident of 2023. How anyone can go down into the depths of the ocean willingly, let alone in a glorified tin can is beyond me
i almost drowned when i was 7 at a local beach and the only reason im still here is because a guy who looked to be in his mid 30's jumped down into the water and pulled me up (my older sister who was watching over me didnt have enough strength to pull my weight), after realizing i was still alive i just stood there terrified of the water and before i could thank him he just casually walked away. wherever he is i hope he is doing well
HOLY FK SAME except he's my neighbor he saved me twice,i think nature wants to kill me off but there might be a god out there trying to protect me,i just hope so
A similar situation happened with my younger brother. My family and I went on our first ever family trip to Blowering Dam, We were having fun and all, I was 12 or 13 at the time while my younger brother was 9. The rest of our family went back to the car because they got bored of just messing around for about an hour now, while I and my brother were still in the water. I saw a kangaroo across the river we were near and decided to move further away from there, Kangaroos are dangerous and noticed that I didn't find my younger brother. I went back to the car quickly to check if he was there, He wasn't. My family started freaking out and stuff and I went back to where my brother and I was, I saw some bubbles coming up from a few metres away from the river and I quickly dived into the water, Not even caring about the nearly 2-meter tall kangaroo nearby. I eventually dragged him up from the muddy bit of the water and he started coughing water endlessly. He coughed up about litres worth... It felt like that at the time. I stood there nearly shaking at nearly having lost my brother and realised I should have kept a better view of my brother rather than the mountains nearby. Anyway, I'm 15 now and I still occasionally brag about how I saved him and he owes me his life as a joke.
Fun cave diving story: My dad is actually a scuba diver, and also has a cave diving license. He went on numerous cave diving trips and told me about all of them, most where mostly the same.. extremely dark, you leave a small cable behind you so you can follow it back to the cave exit, dead ends and sometimes other exits than the one he entered the cave from! One thing that was also the same with every cave was the animals in there, or the lack of it. Sometimes you see small fish or crustaceans crawling around.. but that’s not always the case.. one time he was diving through a cave, with the flashlight being the only source of light. He got to a point where the cave did a sharp turn, so he couldn’t see what was behind it. When he swam past the corner he almost shit his pants because out of nowhere a manatee was just swimming through the cave! They’re around 3.5m long, so it was a big change from the usual animals you find in there :D But manatees aren’t dangerous to humans so he was good 😌 When he met the jellyfish swarm tho.. that’s another story Might tell it if some people are interested!
@@Bibikkyuu the jellyfish swarm story is less creepy and more scary. He and his diving buddy just swam out of a cave, around 100m down (he’s a technical diver, which means he can go up to 330 feet down) After exiting the cave, they had to start their journey to the surface, which can take a long time bc you need to let your body adjust to the drastic pressure change. Otherwise you could get divers sickness which is really not a nice thing.. The problem was, that above them, there was a giant jellyfish swarm, which they had to get through to reach the surface. So they started ascending and trying their absolute hardest to dodge the jellyfish. But one of them got my dad right across the throat! He actually had a burn wound there for weeks afterwards. His diving buddy saw the whole thing and thought it was kinda funny and mocked my dad a bit, which led to him getting stung too😂 in the end they got away with only one sting each, and it wasn’t any seriously dangerous kind of jellyfish. A bit anticlimactic but kinda funny 😄 Hope it was an interesting read:D I got a few more diving stories of my dad, and also other divers he knew
A helpful tip for people who have thalassophobia but really want to experience swimming in the vast sea, go to the Dead Sea as there are no sea creatures in it and you can never drown due to high level of salt, completely safe for people who are concerned. Just make sure to not get it's extremely salty water in your eyes because it will burn A LOT.
Good suggestion lmao, but for me I get phobe'd out just from swimming in video games. Something tells me that even though nothing bad can happen to me in the Dead Sea, I'd still panic if I was floating and couldn't see the bottom.
Do NOT stay in longer than an hour as the tour guide may say to the tourists. The amount of salt in the sea with dry your skin out. Don’t swallow either. Don’t open your eyes. Simply lay on your back, and breath. You won’t sink as you do in pools. It’s peaceful, but maybe please have your phone next to a super loud speaker with your alarm set for 40 min. Never forget your own mortality people.
Here's my scary water story (that still haunts me to this day). I used to go to Lake Michigan a lot with my family. Once, I was swimming and I got out a little further than the others. There was no one close by me, and no one in front of me - just the expanse of the lake. This is when, as I kicked my legs to keep afloat, my foot struck something. It's hard to describe how it felt, but I knew the feeling immediately. It was like when I was a kid and accidentally tripped over one of my siblings. The feeling of stepping on human flesh. That was what I kicked. I felt my foot land on it, the resistance of muscle and flesh rolling over the bone. I immediately panicked. It was like my brain instantly recognized that something was wrong. I remember getting to shore in a frenzy, then looking back. There was still no one in that area. No one came to the surface, no one was playing a prank on me. Whatever I felt, it was still down there. I didn't tell anyone what happened. Later, I saw the life guard speaking with a family, but I still don't know for sure what happened. I am convinced that I touched drowned corpse though. I told my family many years later, and someone suggested it was a fish or driftwood, but I simply can't believe that.
Something similar happened to me back in the 70's. Highschool friends were floating on rafts just beyond the breakers offshore Cocoa Beach. Most headed back to shore but I stayed treading water. Got to an area where I thought I could touch bottom and began stretching to try. On the third bounce my right foot touched on the upper thigh / low buttock of a man's body. Needless to say I practically walked on water to shore! The spot was within a mile or less from the pier
I almost drowned when I was around 9 or 8. Me and my family was at the beach and my dad brought one of those giant, inflatable rings for me to use in the ocean because I couldn't swim. The rubber ring was way bigger than we thought and I could barely wrap my arms around it. But I went to swim with it anyway along with two friends (who had small surf boards). We were having fun in the sea but they went back. I said I was going to spend some more time in the ocean. I looked out at the ocean. A few minutes passed and I looked back at the beach. I couldn't see my family. They looked like tiny dots. I became stressed and frantically swam back to them. As I was swimming with my arms around the rubber ring and my legs splashing against the water, I lost my grip and fell out of the rubber ring. The ring had no pegs on it to grip onto and it had become slippy due to the water. I tried my best to keep my face above the water. I kept trying to grip onto the ring but it was no use. Everytime I slightly rested my legs, my head would go under the sea and water would go into my mouth, nose and eyes. Everytime I tried to shout my mouth would fill with water. I was getting tired. My legs wheren't kicking as fast and I was in shock. But then I saw a small inflatable boat coming towards me. Inside was two kids and man. The man dived into the water and put me back inside the ring. I caught my breath and he held onto me as he pushed me back to shore. As soon as my feet touched the sand I slowly ran onto the beach. Without a word the man left with his kids and sailed back into the sea. My head felt numb. I looked back to the beach and saw my mom. I ran to her and looked at everyone for a moment. My mouth tasted like salt so I grabbed my drink and sat on the beach drinking it. I didn't tell my mom, afraid I'd be in trouble. My mom had been talking to my friends mom. She asked me if I was "ok" and "why was I in the water for so long" and I told her I was just playing. My dad had gone to the toilets that where a long walk away. After this I didn't go back into the ocean. It was truly terrifying and something I'll never forget. I wish I had thanked the man but I couldn't speak at the time until I got back to my family. If that man in the boat hadn't been there, I might not be talking today. Edit: I told my parents years later when I was 16. They where very shocked and realised that giant rubber rings are not meant to be used in the ocean.
Riptides. As someone who has always been in the ocean. Swim parallel to the shore and then start diagonal. Usually riptides are no bigger than 10 feet. Me and my friends have gotten stuck in em while boarding and they are scary but kinda fun. I personally love the ocean and acknowledge the dangers, I’m in a habitat that isn’t mine and an area.
In one of the LEGO Atlantis sets, there's a skeleton minifigure wearing an Aqua-raiders helmet, the sea based theme that came before. Literally the corpse of an older character, LEGO was dark af
Remember when Lego did an underwater theme for bionicle? The sets where the Toa (the good guys) and a wierd set of creatures called the Baraki. The Baraki really just looked like bipedal sea monsters, stuff like Squids and spider crabs with big teeth. However in the story they where warlords who where thrown into a prison under the sea as punishment for their crimes. It didn’t help that all the boxes features artwork of the characters fighting over giant ocean trenches, and the characters themselves where creepy looking sea monsters or faceless robots clad in diving gear.
I nearly drowned a few years ago. It's fascinating because, to memory, it's only painful until you let the water in. It was my own stupid choices that got me there and I learnt my lesson. So thankful for the people who helped me.
The Ocean is the culmination of horror: - barely explored - dark - full of dangerous things - full of _things_ we never discovered - humans are 0% safe there
Not everything in the ocean is out to get you. Like most people think basking sharks look terrifying, but they’re filter feeders and are incapable of swallow a human
Thalassophobia in a nutshell: Beeing afraid of increadible deep water, the possibility to face unknown creatures in a location you have a major disadvantage cause of pressure, the pitch black surrounding you and the need for air, as well as the fear of dying in one of many brutal, slow ways. Couldn't get any worse, could it?
Also add the fact of being physically underwater, meaning your are limited in your movements and you are not in control of your surroundings. Absolutely nightmarish.
Love how this channel transformed from looking at weird deviantart sans fangirls to analysing many different things. And 33 minutes on top, gotta love these videos
The scariest moments in my life. I was working as a trucker a few years ago and a weekend I was in Denmark in a costal city. The weather was nice so I decided to go for a swim, I like to go away from the shore, I was swimming joyfully when all of a sudden I saw an enormous dark shadow moving beneath me. I immediately started swimming for the shore as fast as I could, my heart stopped I was so scared, close to the shore I stopped and put my head below the water to see what was, it was algee I think, I hope. I never felt so vulnerable
"Vulnerable" is the exact right word. Everytime I have been swimming in the ocean I am keenly aware that my human body isn't made for that environment at all, I know that if something were to come after me I wouldn't be able to get away or really do much to defend myself
As a Dane, the deadliest thing we have here is shark that could maximum help you clip your nails. Tho that doesn’t stop me from being fucking terrified of being in the ocean, never go out in water that going above my knees, and avoid it if I can’t see what I’m hitting with my foot. (Note: technically I think we got a “stone fish” or what’s it called which could send you to the hospital bc of a needle thingy they have for protection which you can accidentally step on lol)
2016: childish but funny “in a nutshell” videos 2020: *hyper elaborate documentaries that easily manage to make the person watching them feel deep and strong emotion*
One of my worst fears is being teleported to the exact opposite location on Earth, which happens to be in the middle of the Indian Ocean with no land for close to a thousand miles. The thought of that, impossible as it is, never fails to send a chill down my spine.
I would literally be more scared there without a gun than with one. Not bc I could protect myself, but then I could just end myself quicker then if I waited 3 or some days before I die to either sharks, jellyfish, while being deadly terrified.
"Fiction just can't compete with Reality" There's a reason that the scariest works of fiction are the ones that blur the line, or straight-out convince you that they're real.
@@flameshiki5990 that use to be true, back in the day science fiction meant that all technology was based on what we believed was possible at the time of writing. But that's not what the genre is anymore.
@@RusticRonnie yeah. for the bad stuff, and even a lot of the well funded stuff, it's just another way to handwave anything you want into a plot, just like poorly written magic, except theoretically more immersive. theoretically.
Same for me, but I was scuba diving in a river... I got close to a crevasse, it got so dark and cold... that primal fear, knowing you should not be there, even with your dive-team. I still get chills from it.
The incident on the West Virginia is why it was a relief when it was discovered that the Titan imploded rather than ran out of oxygen. Just waiting, knowing you were going to die, likely slowly, would be both physically and mentally excruciating.
I'm only scared when I can't see the bottom, regardless of whether it's a small river that's only 10 feet deep or out in the open ocean. I've gone snorkeling several times in crystal clear water and spent hours hanging out with absolutely enormous fish. I love watching them and would happily do it over and over. Meanwhile this one time I went swimming in a cenote and had a full blown panic attack after only a couple minutes because I couldn't see more than a few feet down. It's the not knowing what's down there, the creatures or the topography, that freaks me out.
same here!! I remember when I was swimming w my friend in small river, and I couldnt see anything (yk, green/brown dirty water) Ive got panic attack so I came out of the watter as fast as I could, and to this day I cant even look on the water, when I cant see the bottom of it
My brother and I swam really far out in the ocean a few years ago and we entered a huge body of sea weed and proceeded to look at each other and have a simultaneous mini panic attack. Being younger than him I wanted to be cool so I casually asked him if he wanted to turn round (I was certainly more scared than he was) and he says yes and as we swam you could feel the sea weed wrapping around your ankles and going between your toes sometimes even scraping your chest lightly and it was horrifying. I’m by no means scared of shallow sea, or sea I can see deep in... I went to Ibiza and very deep shore bed but completely clear and it was amazing.
@saeed alhomsi I grew up by very murky rivers that we would swim and raft in even though you could never see more than a foot deep. I refused to go further than waist deep. There were also a lot of sinkholes that would open up when people stepped in them. I've known several people who drowned due to either getting stuck in a sinkhole or just from the fast currents further out. This is why I'm only comfortable in water where I can see everything.
Near where I live there are three bridges where I and others go bridge jumping. Where we jump it's only like a 10 - 12 foot drop but it's really murky so you close your eyes. But even if you open your eyes you can't see anything and once when I jumped and was getting out I had a super sharp pain on my foot for like 10 minutes I imagine it being like a jellyfish sting sorta but it's fresh water but I imagine a jellyfish sting feeling like it a little.
that scene in nemo, when he reaches the end of the reef. That changed my view of the sea forever bro. Pretty much the whole movie on nemo messed with me.
SS: "Imagine if someone got stuck in an air pocket and never got out." Me: going down to the comments to tell the tale of the USS WV SS: "When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor -" You win this time
Another scary thing about the ocean: If you ever see a whale, get above the water immediately cause their cries can burst your eardrums under the water.
I’m used to swimming in canals and jumping off the back of my pop pops boat to swim, so it used to never bother me. Until what I though was sea weed was just a gator in the canal who decided to swim past me while I was snorkeling by the dock. Guess my skinny ass wasn’t a good snack. Ever since then I have refused to swim in a canal when I visit him in Florida.
I used to get insanely scared as a kid when I'd be playing on google earth and get lost on the ocean. I could click around for an hour and still be surrounded by blue it was utterly terrifying realizing the actual ocean is so much bigger......
@@Mr_Rabbit Yeah. I used to love to go into the built in flight simulator and fly around places like the Grand Canyon, or places that had the 3D buildings, like NYC.
My dad was really into SCUBA diving when he was younger. I remember him telling me a story a few times, of when he tried cave diving. I guess he got lost or something, and he thought he was going to die there. I remember that it really freaked him out. Next month will be exactly one year since my dad died. To say that I'm still a mess would be the understatement of the century. It didn't help that right before my dad died, my fiance's grandma died, so I was already taking care of my ex because she was so sad. Then, a week after both funerals, my now ex fiance abandoned me for some other guy, and I got fired from my job I'd had for almost five years the next week. On the bright side, I'm still clean from hard drugs. It's been just over 4.5 years since the last time I used, since the last time I shot up, and I did get a new job in November. I also discovered that exercising is a good way to cope with life. I'm still an emotional mess most of the time, and I still break down crying almost every day because I miss my dad so much and I still miss my ex fiance too.
Typical female nature. You tried to take care of her but as soon as you needed the same support she went out and found another. Sorry man. I’ve been off hard drugs for 4 years as well. 4 years ago, I was a nobody making $10 an hour and a complete mess. Today I’m making 6 figures and the happiest and the most stable I’ve ever been. Hard times don’t last forever unless you let them! Al this will pass.
Reality will always be more terrifying than fiction, because everything that is real can happen to you. So many ways to die in real life situations, it’s why purge and others like that are so good. While the thought of the supernatural is horrifying, our own rules of time and space are even more fear inducing at times.
@Peter Salucci right? Not all stories need to have a killer that always comes back or is super powerful , to truly get underneath our skin and frighten our every living moment ( Masterpieces in my opinion that do this well are the Saw franchise)
Well, i know one fiction which scarrier than reality. Subnautica, that game gives me chills an heart attack every time. Because of it i dont want to be near sea... Rip to all Subnautica players
Fiction may not be scarier than reality (in certain aspects at least), but it does transport you into potential realities you may not have considered, without the imganiation, you wouldn't be scared in the first place. Isn't fiction also technically part of reality..
Honestly, Im not scared of swimming in the shore or swimming in a pool. What scares me is that the water gets so dark at a point that it may be so deep and i don’t know what’s in it. And whatever it is, it’s stronger and faster than me. And the fact that you can’t run, can’t see under it and can drown if something pushes me down is TERRIFYING to me.
Same here, just a bit more extreme lol. If I can’t see what’s under me, it ain’t good and I’m getting out. Except if it’s 10 centimetres or less, then it’s fine, unless I feel something touching my foot. I’m deadly terrified if I go the the shore and sand is blocking my vision to see my feet, even it they only go up to my knees(which I never go further then to my knees, except in clear clear water like pools with no animals at all. ) Funny part is, I fucking live swimming, just in pools without animals where I can see the bottom very clear every time I look down.
Me worst part of the Nigerian guy’s experience is that people believed he was witchdoctor and performed a ritual to survive. They shunned him and on top of it all he had immense survivors guilt. Poor man
And there were sharks. He said he heard the animals come in and start eating the crew. Imagine sitting in that cold darkness just waiting your turn. It's a miracle he survived.
@@SnailHatan agreed, SE Asia where I'm from you will never become successful without the general population accusing you of witchcraft or help from witch doctors
I’ve never been afraid of the ocean till I went surfing, and what must have been a 14 ft wave wiped me out and kept me underwater for atleast 15 seconds, my leash wrapped around my neck, and I was being thrashed by the wave at the same time, I made it out with no injuries.. just a new respect for the ocean and it’s strength
I can't ever understand why we don't use advanced technology to help these divers. I am certain we have the technology to scan the caves ahead, and then give these divers the largest tank we can give them.
Fun Fact. That feeling of pain you get when holding your breath for too long isn't from running out of oxygen it's from you bodying telling you that the carbon dioxide in your lungs is building up and that you need to breath it out, a matter of fact is that a grown adult can last for around 6 to 8 minutes without taking another breath of oxygen because your body can still use the oxygen that's still in your lungs. That's why when you breath out the contents of your breath is still mostly oxygen, not carbon dioxide. As well as the fact you can hold your breath for about 10 to 12 minutes if you inhale pure oxygen, I don't recommend it but its a possibility. Useful advise for swimming So if you do feel like your drowning and you are still far down in the water, don't panic, you will only make your heart pump faster making your body use up your oxygen, calm yourself because you have more time than your body is telling you, ignore the pain and focus on swimming up to the surface. Once your out, take in a lot of deep breaths and swim to safety and seek medical help if your feeling lightheaded, having a headache, having blurry vision or generally feeling unwell. Hope this helps you if you ever get into a situation where you are far underwater.
HOLD UP. HERES MORE ADVISE FOR SWIMMING TOO ABOUT WATER. - 90% of drownings are in freshwater. - Its harder to swim in freshwater than ocean water due to the salt making you more byouant. You can float in ocean but you must keep swimming in freshwater to keep your head up. - When swimming up more than 20ft, don't swim up faster than the bubbles you exhale. That way you can avoid the "bends". Which is when air gets into your bloodstream due to too fast pressure changes. - Swim completely left or right to get out of a riptide. Don't swim against it, you won't win and you'll be dragged out.
@@KarlSnarks it was a German free diver by the name of Tom Sietas who held his breath for 22 minutes and 22 seconds back in 2012, that takes alot of training and dedication to do that, what I was saying about how we can hold our breath for 6-8 minutes is just for the average person without training
i went banana boating in Greece when i was in my teens and fell off a few times, being so far out in the ocean that the water all around you is just a seemingly bottomless black void in every direction was terrifying. your brain constantly reminds you of all the massive monsters that can fit in that much space and appear out of the blackness.
If he ends up talking about pittakionophobia, I’m gonna run for the hills. I literally can’t say the word of the phobia, that’s what I’m scared of. Seeing/hearing/thinking of the word or the item makes me feel sick and scared. Phobias are weird, man.
I’m gonna cite a great line from the prestige that fits nicely “I once told you about a sailor who described drowning to me.” “Yes, he said it was like going home.” “I was lying. He said it was agony.” Now that’s just terrifying
Yes, i used to even be scared of totally clear pools when i was a child because i had the irrational fear that something would come out of the open water vents on the walls of the pool underwater. Did you feel the same?
@@finlaymcdiarmid5832 id love swimming in pools, but when it turned night time I had to get out, I had some weird fear that something might be in the dark waters with me
As someone who has been Scuba diving since I was a kid, I can say staring over a reef wall into open ocean is by far one of the most chilling experience I’ve had, despite never having a real fear of the ocean/water.
My dad taught me how to dive as a kid too. I think i started to develop thalassophobia in my late teens during marine biology class in south padre island. As a diver, we have a better idea than most of what lies beneath the surface. And like you mentioned, once you peer away from the relative safety of a 50 meter depth towards the open ocean.. the fear of the unknown takes hold and you soon come face to face with who you really are. And in the face of such as expansive abyss, your ego is destroyed as you realize your insignificance, and how fragile your sense of true safety is. In a word, harrowing.
I'm literally terrified of the ocean. Not bodies of water, large lakes like the great lakes are fine but an ocean? No. I've never had a bad experience with the ocean and I have most of my training necessary to become a lifeguard. I won't even go into the shallows where I can stand with the water only coming up to my knees. It's not really outright panic but more like an oppressive anxiety, I will not be able to relax or think about anything other than where I put my feet or whatever.
I've had a bad experience with the ocean. Here's a copy paste of one of my replies I'm too lazy to rewrite it all. "To say the least, no I wasn't drowning, and it was probably my own fault as the lifeguard was yelling at us to move closer to shore, but it still kind of haunts me. I was messing around with surfboards with my friends and the waves were getting rougher. At the time I was a bit underweight, and that didn't help me too much. To say the least, I struggled to get free of the tide until my dad had come and taken my hand. To this day, I still remember it. I envision the tide forming a hand gripping hard on me. It was like death wa toying with me. The ocean is fascinating, but at the same time, a severe danger."
@petra mark I think if you go to swim in the Lake of Como you should be scared. It is very deep and cold. Also there aren't many beaches and the transition between the coast and the depths is very steep and near the coast
Im not afriad of water but what might be in it Since my country is an archipelago,216 kilometers away lies an island that salf water crocs live in I know That they cant reach my Island BUT I still think that a sw croc might attack me.
It's funny that I'm fascinated by space and by the ocean, but I've had irrational fears related to them for as long as I can remember. For some reason, I had a fear that would come and go of falling up into the night sky. With the ocean, the idea of watching something massive descend into darkness is terrifying, but I also fear that some massive creature will appear below me.
Eh it’s safe if you know what you’re doing. The instruction is very comprehensive and trained cave divers almost never have accidents. I plan on getting certified soon.
@@tenzinsmith I’m glad you’re getting the necessary training. For me personally, I didn’t know how to swim most of my life, I had to teach myself. Sometimes when I’m swimming in the ocean or lakes I panic and feel like I can’t swim anymore. So the thought of swimming inside a cave where you can’t always just go up for air, and where you can’t see, just terrifies me tbh.
The most terrifying aspect of thalassophobia is the feeling that you're not designed for that environment but everything living in water is designed for it. There's always something out there thats aware of your presence when you have no clue anything is there at all. There's always something stronger, faster, stealthier, and more observant than you out in the water. Its not your territory, its theirs
@@ItsEricaBeyetch but we have the ability to escape in those environments. We have adapted to those environments since we evolved on land. We have absolute no adaptation to survive in water. We have no evolutionary advantage it would be the same as throwing a fish on land
My friends and I went to Cancun for spring break. We went to the beach and looked into the water to see a man on a Small boat dragging tourist on a long floatation device that looked like a banana. We asked the driver not to do a sharp turn in the water as we didn’t want to fall in. This man actually went to the deep end of the water and sped up then executed s sharp turn that made us all fall into the water. My mistake was opening my eyes when we went under, I saw pitch black. I immediately freaked out and started thrashing about screaming. Afterwards I asked my friends why they didn’t freak out and they said “ we didn’t open our eyes when we fell in” I will never forget that sight, it was truly horrific.
i remember being OBSESSED with the titanic when i was younger, for some reason i was so terrified yet intrigued about how something so 'unsinkable' ended up 13000 feet under the water.
Fun fact: anybody who might have survived inside the ship would have died from the extreme pressure as the ship sank only 10% of the total distance it fell. Everybody inside would have died way before the ship even got a quarter of the way to the seabed.
@@AndyHappyGuy At least not several days. I mean being literally crushed by pressure in idk 5-20 min is kind of better than starve/ dry out or run out of oxigen... . But still not nice
@@JustYamYam there was no way that someone could have survived that long on the Titanic. Nobody could have survived in the bow because it was essentially all filled with water after the ship broke in half, so nobody could be still alive in there. Just a few seconds after the stern went under, survivors could here loud sounds coming from underwater. That was the stern imploding on itself. The implosion removed any air pockets inside the stern, and the force of it probably killed anyone still in the stern. So in summary, nobody could have been alive in the ship past just a few feet down.
Ironically, the picture he chose while saying “relatively shallow place” details an incredibly deep lake that is just abnormally clear. A lot of people die in that lake because of its deceptive nature
@@Eat_The_Rich142 yeah I’ll see if I can find it and may I ask why I need to change the pfp? Because i found this thing as part of a bandwagon I jumped on a few years back
@@loaf_of_beans1619 it’s because fans of maximilianmus have that pfp. the atrocities he’s done are too much to put into a comment so search it up real fast
These are leagues better. Actual cool in depth analysis vs. looking at the same boring cringe. Solar Sands should keep up with these videos, they’re great.
yea i would disagree here too, even if i can see anything - lots of water is still not enjoyable for me. seeing everything makes it bearable though. but it has to be everything! not only the ground but the end of the pool as well, not like the one he was talking about earlier.
For me it's not about that; it _is_ the emptiness. Like, even those photos of ppl floating on water so clear you can see all the way to the bottom when they're over really deep water chill me. It's the sheer vastness of the void that gets to me. I don't refuse to swim at the beach/rivers/creeks/lakes/billabongs because of a fear of being eaten by a shark or croc, or stung by a ray, or stepping on a stonefish, or anything like that - I avoid it because deep water is cold, & dark, & horrifying. That's why I don't even go out on boats; I just, like, don't _trust_ those depths, & it's all I can think about. If I try to imagine actually _being_ in the water, I immediately get this crushing pressure on my chest. Even when I was in a catamaran club which sailed/raced on the Swan River, which isn't even very deep, when I was younger, I used to get anxious whenever we approached being over the middle of the river, where it's the longest way down - I just hated being out there, even though the sailing itself was super fun. One time my cat tipped when we tried to turn too hard, & dumped me + my 2 crewmates into the drink, & I completely panicked as soon as I felt the sudden _cold_ of that deep water around me. By policy, we were supposed to stay put, bobbing there like corks, + wait for pickup, but I just started desperately stroking for shore, even tho it was a long way & swimming in the life vests we wore was super hard work. I didn't stop until I reached another cat & they hauled me aboard.
@@mysterylovescompany2657 Im exactly like you, somehow i dont care about "something trying to eat you", i fear the big empty deepness. even the large deep pools for diving where there is nothing but water
I've never heard someone explain exactly how I feel about the ocean. I've always been fascinated by it, but I always get this uneasy feeling when I'm actually in it. Since I've grown up very close to the ocean I've been forced to go on boat rides many times, and no one ever understands why I don't find them relaxing or fun in any way.
It’s really crazy how most fears can be attributed to the unknown, death, or other people. All primordial fears with thousands of branches disconnecting each other
Vsauce did a video on fear where he organized it like a spiderweb! In fact, he found that the single scariest thing (the universal fear) is accumulated co2 in blood caused by drowning or other forms of suffocation.
I was gonna recommend that video, too, because it really does organize fear very well. It shows that there is these basic fears that any other fear can be assorted (?) To
I have thalassophobia. It’s not shipwrecks, not sudden reef drop offs, it’s just the faces of sharks blending in perfectly with the dark abyss that is below you.
During the Apollo 11 mission there was a chance, a fairly high chance too, that Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins wouldn't have been able to leave. They would have had to starve to death or kill themselves. I feel like that might be a worse fate than any, being trapped on an alien world never explored by anyone else, in complete silence left to die there. If anything would make you feel truly trapped and scared of the Unknown, it would be this.
Honestly I nvr had this problem. But sometimes man, just in tht one second, where my minds starts flying everywhere and im out here swimmin in a river or the ocean. That one panic attack just might cost me my life. But shit i still love going into the water.
Yeah, I didn't like not being able to see the bottom, and deep underwater wrecks and whatnot did scare me, but then I watched this and omg I am never going anywhere near the ocean. Ever.
There's a Wii game called "Endless Ocean" with 1 or 2 sequels... THIS is so frightening. Your character is a diver exploring different areas/oceans in various parts of the earth. You can dive in the amazon, the red sea, the Antarctica and at one point you have to find an openingin the sea floor to dive down a into the depth of a cave... I played this game as a kid and I couldn't continue because of my rising panic. I haven't touched it since
My dad told me that he once went scuba diving and, at a certain depth, couldn't see far at all and his depth perception was all skewed. He turned around and saw a massive shark swimming towards him and he was scared for his life, he then realised what he was looking at, a small fish a few inches from his face that looked like a massive one in the distance
I think the first time I felt the fear of ocean was when I saw the Barraki ad when I was a child. I remember having nightmares about it and yet I was also fascinated by the vast blue deep that whenerver I knew there was gonna be a documentery about ocean on TV I could't wait.
I've actually heard from a close friend of mine who almost drowned, that drowning, when you kinda sorta move past the human instinct to fight, to live, is actually a little peaceful. He described it as floating when time's slowed down. He said it didn't hurt all that much, at that point. He thought he was going to die, so he pretty much went "cool this is happening now." And then a coast guard hauled him out of the water and got half the sea out of his lungs. I don't think I can do that, accept it like that. But at least he wasn't in pain. He still goes swimming, though not in open water.
That's actually terrifying to think about, all people who were near death no matter the situation have actually described it as a peaceful and gentle feeling. Ofcourse there are exceptions but the vast majority just go into a phase of: >oh i guess it's rest time
@@lollllolll. It’s only painful because the person is fighting to breathe. Once the lungs are completely filled with water, the body just doesn’t have the need to struggle anymore. The whole thing is eerie to think about...
As someone who has also almost drowned I’m the opposite, I was terrified and kept fighting for my life, and my throat burned until a passerby swimmer just lifted me out
As a person who’s experienced drowning themselves this feels accurate. I was six when this happened my family and I was at pool in key west. I was told to not go to the deep end of the pool but I did anyways. I don’t remember how I got capsulized underwater but I did. As I was trying to get up my little six year old body couldn’t ascend up quick enough and well I accepted it as I saw the glimmering sun underneath the water as my tired body gave up and said this to myself “ so this is how kids drown “ I got saved by my mom but that experience was strangely calm until I got saved of course.I might sound insane but that experience was probably the calmest I’ve ever felt in my life and the tranquility of water is mixed in with the heat of the sun made me feel sleepy but surrender defeat as I went deeper in. it’s an experience that never leaves you.
I met an aussie surfer dude at a club once who had drowned once. He described it very similarly. He got dragged under the surface along with his board that was tethered to his leg, eventually he lost track of up and down and started losing his vision, once he began to lose consciousness he felt a sense of calm euphoria, he described seeing flashing bright lights and felt warmness all through his body. The next thing he remembers is waking up on the beach with "some blokes lips pushed against mine and salt water spurting out of my nose". He told me that those last moments felt so good he almost (only almost) wanted to try it again. A real madman.
The thing even more terrifying about the men who died in that little room in the sunken ship, imagine being the LAST one to die and seeing the last two people to reconcile with in the terror lie lifeless before as you wait to join them in impending doom, NO THANKS.
The man who was trapped 3 days in the tug boat Harrison Odjegba Okene is since 2015 a certified diver and has his own channel by the same name. In the end he surpassed his own nightmares, what a guy.
I first noticed my thalassophobia when i was a little kid at a summer fest of our local pool. There was a 10m/32ft diving platform that was closed because the tower was too unstable. I still remember looking into the pitch black, dirty water of the pool below. I knew well that it was very deep. Imagining falling into it and drowning(i couldn't swim at that time) scared me more than anything.
@Messy this too. Bc when something grabs you from underneath, where will u hold on to? Ur basically helpless. You have nothing to hold on to, so ur just gonna let whatever creature pull you down. And when u scream, nobody is gonna hear you, so ur basically dead.
@The Unnamed Cousin honestly dying floating in space sounds a lot more relaxing and peaceful than struggling to pull yourself up while youre sinking down a deep body of water
EDIT: I have been told multiple times that sometimes, drowning, once you get past the initial panic can be, apparently, peaceful. While researching, it never came to my mind that water filling your lungs would be pleasant so I never inquired about it further which I guess is my mistake for assuming, however, it does make the perceived eeriness that I talk about, imo, even stronger and had I known would be an interesting fact to include, besides that it doesn't change very much else about the video. Regardless all though it may seem like it, I never meant to imply drowning is the worst way to die (I even mention ways that would be worse beforehand) I simply use it as a transition to say is it "considerably unpleasant" which unfortunetly doesn't seem to be the case either. Thank you. Please stop telling me.
Hello everyone yall seem to be enjoying the video but two quick things, at 25:22 I show some images of underwater statues and say they were put there "because why not" now obviously that was a sarcastic comment, maybe I could have made a better more insightful observation, but what some people have claimed is that the intention of these statues is to honor the victims of the Middle Passage slave trade from the West Africas to the Americas, now I don't look into the context behind every photo I use because I often use hundreds of images in one video, but criticizing me for making "insensitive remarks" while showing these statues I believe is a bit unfair, because upon further research the original intention of these statues was actually not to honor victims of the slave trade, even though the sculptures (especially the second set) may seem to suggest this by the shackles. This is a statement by the artist themselves:
"It was never my intention to have any connection to the Middle passage. Although it was not my intention from the outset I am very encouraged how it has resonated differently within various communities and feel it is working as an art piece by questioning our identity, history and stimulating debate."- Jason d Caires Taylor.
So while people are welcome to interpret the art that way, I believe since the sculptures original intention is not obvious, and that the original intention does not have any connection to the Middle Passage slave trade, I don't think it's fair to accuse me of not being sensitive to the context of these sculptures, when that original context was not actually intended by the artist. Now if I knew this association I obviously would have chosen less controversial sculptures, and if UA-cam allowed me to edit in different images I would.
What a long comment😳
Woah, you literally posted this when I clicked on this video
That totally makes sense, sucks that anyone would make such accusations of you. Keep on making great videos!
Just ignore the snowflake. Keep making great content!
Solar Sands
I don't know what to say. Your reply was so well put and honestly if some people are not happy with your statement, they won't be happy with anything else. So you can go home knowing you said what was right and put the trouble aside as there's nothing left to say.
The coolest thing I recently learned about the Titanic is that the movie run time is the exact length of time it took for the real life ship to sink
Estimated. While they could have a very accurate time for the ship to have hit the iceberg, I dont know how theyd get the exact time for it to sink. Even the manner it sank was highly theorized until they found the remains so many years later.
@@shaheenziyard5631 I thought a ranked crew member or something on the bridge wrote down the time the strike was reported, and the time the ship went under like it was protocol or something. Idk it could just be some propaganda legend to make the captain sound more competent lol
Wow. I'll remember that next time i think that movie was too long.
Not the entire movie, but all of the scenes set in 1912 add up to be 2 hours and 40 minutes
@@Fancyfrogman that's awsome
We really put all our trust in this guy, he could put a jumpscare anywhere and would have destroyed us
yup
Stop giving him ideas
boo
@@idothings7188 AHHHHHH
I was thinking the exact same thing, I was hella scared, especially in the beginning when he was talking about fictional things that are supposed to scare us
The most eerie feeling I've ever had was swimming in a reef. We swam to the edge of the reef and the temperature changed dramatically and we looked down and saw nothing but black
I need to experience this some day.
Can do the same thing in the Great Lakes. The bottom is there, you'll hit a sandbar and then it's gone. It's a rush.
@GP2_Engine How deep are we talking? I wonder of the sound has to do with sound traveling faster and further underwater. Maybe you're hearing activity from a long way off..... Kind of scary.
@GP2_Engine That's crazy deep for a human. Was this in open ocean? I'd be really intimidated. Do you do this with standard diving equipment?
@GP2_Engine That's amazing, really. I would be both curious and terrified at being that far down in the open ocean. It's a goal of mine to dive into open ocean at least once and look down into the abyss. Knowing that the only thing between me and the bottom for however many kilometers is cold, dark water. You just never know what's watching you at that depth. Would you say it was a humbling or scary experience?
Tbh thalassophobia ties into megalophobia for me. It’s like a giant void of darkness under you, unimaginably huge. Going down is crazy scary
Omg I just commented the exact same thing😂😂 I have both and they feel rather similar to me
exactly
It can easily worm its way into your brain. I've been scuba diving for many years now, almost 20, and I still get the heeby jeebies. Like one time in Puerto Rico, there's a large cove safe to scuba in (safe as it can be anyway), but then there's just this abrupt and insanely deep drop off. It's sunshine and rainbows, then BLAM, jet black as far as you can see. Your imagination runs wild, fast. I sat on the edge and dangled my feet and legit could barely see my fins.
@@seansmith4513 wow..
Being underwater next to a huge cargo ship is stuff nightmares are made of.
Imagine how terrifying it must have been for the divers to just see a live hand reach out to you in the dark water.
That diver must have nightmares of being grabbed and dragged into the ocean
At what time do you get to see that?Because i want to see it but im to scared to watch to whole vid?😅
@@aj-dirkvanlith4762 I think they’re referencing the part at 4:10
@@kanyesmemeemporium836 thanks you
dinner is ready
As someone who does diving,people really dont know how scary it is not knowing if you have enough time to get up, if you jump without enough breath and you fall down the depths and hit the bottom,looking up and seeing how far down you are and not on too much air,its a horrible experience
I was diving off of a catamaran in the Caribbean, we were over a sunken ship and thought i could make it down to the bottom. I had fins and it was like 60 feet down, those last 10 feet to the surface i was totally gassed and getting bad tunnel vision. I was almost fully blacked out by the time i got up. It was terrifying I then never told anyone it happened because I was a dumb teenager 20 years ago.
@Ethereal Moon naw diving is fun I was in Mexico like 3 years ago and was diving with sea turtles and these huge rays it was awesome. Besides it's good to flirt with danger every once and a while.
what’s the worst way to die? slowly.
Drawn and quartered is probably the worst. Or being eaten asshole first by a hyena.
D e a t h r o w
@@jerms4070 I cant imagine
Burning to death is the worst way to die for me, but I have intense fear and anxiety whenever I am around any vast body of water
I’ve thought about this a lot, the best way to die slowly is probably hypothermia (you can’t feel anything for most of it) and the worst way would probably be drowning, Fire, or choking to death after an attempted hanging, but those are only the natural or self caused deaths, humans can do much worse
Here after the submersible incident of 2023. How anyone can go down into the depths of the ocean willingly, let alone in a glorified tin can is beyond me
And they used a photo of the Titan submercible in this video when talkin about the Titanic.
Came here to say this
Lmao fuck those guys, idk why everyone thinks that's such a big deal
lmao, the incident isnt funny, but yes i came to the comments to find someone saying something about the oceangate sub
It wasnt even a tincan.
It was made from plastic
i almost drowned when i was 7 at a local beach and the only reason im still here is because a guy who looked to be in his mid 30's jumped down into the water and pulled me up (my older sister who was watching over me didnt have enough strength to pull my weight), after realizing i was still alive i just stood there terrified of the water and before i could thank him he just casually walked away.
wherever he is i hope he is doing well
HOLY FK SAME except he's my neighbor he saved me twice,i think nature wants to kill me off but there might be a god out there trying to protect me,i just hope so
@@thalassaer4137 Same! Nature real scary.
Me 3.
A similar situation happened with my younger brother. My family and I went on our first ever family trip to Blowering Dam, We were having fun and all, I was 12 or 13 at the time while my younger brother was 9. The rest of our family went back to the car because they got bored of just messing around for about an hour now, while I and my brother were still in the water. I saw a kangaroo across the river we were near and decided to move further away from there, Kangaroos are dangerous and noticed that I didn't find my younger brother. I went back to the car quickly to check if he was there, He wasn't. My family started freaking out and stuff and I went back to where my brother and I was, I saw some bubbles coming up from a few metres away from the river and I quickly dived into the water, Not even caring about the nearly 2-meter tall kangaroo nearby.
I eventually dragged him up from the muddy bit of the water and he started coughing water endlessly. He coughed up about litres worth... It felt like that at the time. I stood there nearly shaking at nearly having lost my brother and realised I should have kept a better view of my brother rather than the mountains nearby.
Anyway, I'm 15 now and I still occasionally brag about how I saved him and he owes me his life as a joke.
@@thalassaer4137 the world definitely wants to kill me, i have almost fallen into a camp fire/ fire pit like 4 seperate times over the years
Fun cave diving story:
My dad is actually a scuba diver, and also has a cave diving license. He went on numerous cave diving trips and told me about all of them, most where mostly the same.. extremely dark, you leave a small cable behind you so you can follow it back to the cave exit, dead ends and sometimes other exits than the one he entered the cave from! One thing that was also the same with every cave was the animals in there, or the lack of it. Sometimes you see small fish or crustaceans crawling around.. but that’s not always the case..
one time he was diving through a cave, with the flashlight being the only source of light. He got to a point where the cave did a sharp turn, so he couldn’t see what was behind it. When he swam past the corner he almost shit his pants because out of nowhere a manatee was just swimming through the cave! They’re around 3.5m long, so it was a big change from the usual animals you find in there :D
But manatees aren’t dangerous to humans so he was good 😌
When he met the jellyfish swarm tho.. that’s another story
Might tell it if some people are interested!
GO ON! I'm interested
@@Bibikkyuu the jellyfish swarm story is less creepy and more scary.
He and his diving buddy just swam out of a cave, around 100m down (he’s a technical diver, which means he can go up to 330 feet down)
After exiting the cave, they had to start their journey to the surface, which can take a long time bc you need to let your body adjust to the drastic pressure change. Otherwise you could get divers sickness which is really not a nice thing..
The problem was, that above them, there was a giant jellyfish swarm, which they had to get through to reach the surface.
So they started ascending and trying their absolute hardest to dodge the jellyfish. But one of them got my dad right across the throat! He actually had a burn wound there for weeks afterwards. His diving buddy saw the whole thing and thought it was kinda funny and mocked my dad a bit, which led to him getting stung too😂 in the end they got away with only one sting each, and it wasn’t any seriously dangerous kind of jellyfish. A bit anticlimactic but kinda funny 😄
Hope it was an interesting read:D
I got a few more diving stories of my dad, and also other divers he knew
@@herberttheturtle Super interesting!
Sounds interesting! I wish I was fit and motivated enough to be a diver.
Damn !!!!!!
The three guys trapped in the ship... Imagine seeing the other two dying and being the only one alive... It must’ve felt terrifying
i remember a story of a guy who was stuck under there for such a long time until scuba divers saved him
@@jumpy2783 He talks about it in the video
USS West Virginia?
USS West Virginia.
have you also heard of the sewol ferry? it's fairly recent, and the students never made it out alive.
A helpful tip for people who have thalassophobia but really want to experience swimming in the vast sea, go to the Dead Sea as there are no sea creatures in it and you can never drown due to high level of salt, completely safe for people who are concerned. Just make sure to not get it's extremely salty water in your eyes because it will burn A LOT.
Good suggestion lmao, but for me I get phobe'd out just from swimming in video games. Something tells me that even though nothing bad can happen to me in the Dead Sea, I'd still panic if I was floating and couldn't see the bottom.
ironic how the Dead Sea is very unlikely to kill you compared to most seas
@@trustytrest It's dead cause ain't nothing ever lived in there long enough to die 😂
Do NOT stay in longer than an hour as the tour guide may say to the tourists.
The amount of salt in the sea with dry your skin out. Don’t swallow either. Don’t open your eyes. Simply lay on your back, and breath. You won’t sink as you do in pools. It’s peaceful, but maybe please have your phone next to a super loud speaker with your alarm set for 40 min.
Never forget your own mortality people.
@@CosmicLunaa Is that actually true? Because me and my friends were swimming in it for more than an hour and we were totally fine so I don't know
What’s even worse is that the Nigerian guy reported that he was able to hear his crew mates bodies being devoured by sea life.
Damn.
Oh god
😱
Getting Subnautica vibes from this.
H-how does it sound like?.. 😥😥😥😰😰😰
As my mom would tell me as a kid "It's not fear what you feel, it's respect for what could crush you without effort"
Lol
Your mom is a legend
r/thathappened
A legend that don't wanna swim, yes
Very Lovecraftian.
"... or being attacked by monstrous a sea creature while swimming"
*_shows pic of one of the most harmless shark species there is_*
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED THAT
Hope he did that on purpose.
@Raihan Nafis sharks shouldn't even be shown as a good example in the first place, they barely kill anyone.
It's so nasty looking though :scared:
Shark. Pog.
Here's my scary water story (that still haunts me to this day). I used to go to Lake Michigan a lot with my family. Once, I was swimming and I got out a little further than the others. There was no one close by me, and no one in front of me - just the expanse of the lake. This is when, as I kicked my legs to keep afloat, my foot struck something.
It's hard to describe how it felt, but I knew the feeling immediately. It was like when I was a kid and accidentally tripped over one of my siblings. The feeling of stepping on human flesh. That was what I kicked. I felt my foot land on it, the resistance of muscle and flesh rolling over the bone.
I immediately panicked. It was like my brain instantly recognized that something was wrong. I remember getting to shore in a frenzy, then looking back. There was still no one in that area. No one came to the surface, no one was playing a prank on me. Whatever I felt, it was still down there.
I didn't tell anyone what happened. Later, I saw the life guard speaking with a family, but I still don't know for sure what happened. I am convinced that I touched drowned corpse though. I told my family many years later, and someone suggested it was a fish or driftwood, but I simply can't believe that.
Something similar happened to me back in the 70's. Highschool friends were floating on rafts just beyond the breakers offshore Cocoa Beach. Most headed back to shore but I stayed treading water. Got to an area where I thought I could touch bottom and began stretching to try. On the third bounce my right foot touched on the upper thigh / low buttock of a man's body. Needless to say I practically walked on water to shore! The spot was within a mile or less from the pier
Holy shit.
Oh fuck
hopefully it wasn't a dead body being hidden :p
@@theoldworldkittenbro has the balls to make a :p face 💀
I almost drowned when I was around 9 or 8. Me and my family was at the beach and my dad brought one of those giant, inflatable rings for me to use in the ocean because I couldn't swim.
The rubber ring was way bigger than we thought and I could barely wrap my arms around it. But I went to swim with it anyway along with two friends (who had small surf boards).
We were having fun in the sea but they went back. I said I was going to spend some more time in the ocean.
I looked out at the ocean. A few minutes passed and I looked back at the beach. I couldn't see my family. They looked like tiny dots. I became stressed and frantically swam back to them.
As I was swimming with my arms around the rubber ring and my legs splashing against the water, I lost my grip and fell out of the rubber ring. The ring had no pegs on it to grip onto and it had become slippy due to the water. I tried my best to keep my face above the water. I kept trying to grip onto the ring but it was no use. Everytime I slightly rested my legs, my head would go under the sea and water would go into my mouth, nose and eyes. Everytime I tried to shout my mouth would fill with water.
I was getting tired. My legs wheren't kicking as fast and I was in shock. But then I saw a small inflatable boat coming towards me. Inside was two kids and man. The man dived into the water and put me back inside the ring. I caught my breath and he held onto me as he pushed me back to shore. As soon as my feet touched the sand I slowly ran onto the beach. Without a word the man left with his kids and sailed back into the sea.
My head felt numb. I looked back to the beach and saw my mom. I ran to her and looked at everyone for a moment. My mouth tasted like salt so I grabbed my drink and sat on the beach drinking it.
I didn't tell my mom, afraid I'd be in trouble. My mom had been talking to my friends mom. She asked me if I was "ok" and "why was I in the water for so long" and I told her I was just playing. My dad had gone to the toilets that where a long walk away. After this I didn't go back into the ocean.
It was truly terrifying and something I'll never forget. I wish I had thanked the man but I couldn't speak at the time until I got back to my family. If that man in the boat hadn't been there, I might not be talking today.
Edit: I told my parents years later when I was 16. They where very shocked and realised that giant rubber rings are not meant to be used in the ocean.
holy shit that's actually terrifying
this just makes me angry
The ocean scary
I really want to know what happened to the man and the other 2 kids
Riptides. As someone who has always been in the ocean. Swim parallel to the shore and then start diagonal. Usually riptides are no bigger than 10 feet. Me and my friends have gotten stuck in em while boarding and they are scary but kinda fun. I personally love the ocean and acknowledge the dangers, I’m in a habitat that isn’t mine and an area.
In one of the LEGO Atlantis sets, there's a skeleton minifigure wearing an Aqua-raiders helmet, the sea based theme that came before. Literally the corpse of an older character, LEGO was dark af
OH YEAH I REMEMBER THAT ONE! Never knew it was a corpse of an older character though.
Remember when Lego did an underwater theme for bionicle? The sets where the Toa (the good guys) and a wierd set of creatures called the Baraki. The Baraki really just looked like bipedal sea monsters, stuff like Squids and spider crabs with big teeth. However in the story they where warlords who where thrown into a prison under the sea as punishment for their crimes.
It didn’t help that all the boxes features artwork of the characters fighting over giant ocean trenches, and the characters themselves where creepy looking sea monsters or faceless robots clad in diving gear.
Was, now it's just magic ninjas
“Not all darkness isn’t created equal”
This is... *advanced* darkness
WEEWOO WEEWOO WEEWOO
I can't tell whether this style came from aliens rock or he made a reference to something prior
You merely adopted the darkness, I was born in it.
Lol the first imagine of an auctaull see animal doesn’t even eat anything bigger than plankton
Nope
*pitch black
I nearly drowned a few years ago. It's fascinating because, to memory, it's only painful until you let the water in. It was my own stupid choices that got me there and I learnt my lesson. So thankful for the people who helped me.
The Ocean is the culmination of horror:
- barely explored
- dark
- full of dangerous things
- full of _things_ we never discovered
- humans are 0% safe there
That’s why it’s fun.
@@draxbrady1535 fun fun, fun in the sun
Not everything in the ocean is out to get you. Like most people think basking sharks look terrifying, but they’re filter feeders and are incapable of swallow a human
Just like brazil but without the darkness
But...
The fishe....
We have an innate fear of the unknown. We know more about the moon than our ocean. There is a good reason why the depths of the ocean are terrifying.
hi Justin
hello Mr. Y
Hello
Geez he was quick on the draw for this one
oceans give me the spook
I shouldn’t be watching this alone at night.
YO Ryan watches Solar sands?!
They both like Lego's I guess.
Same here
Hey Ryan
Yes....you should
man, watching this after the titan event is even more haunting
I found it funny some how, even tho I’m fucking terrified of the ocean.
We can see millions of miles into space but sometime you can’t even see an inch into water
true
Ew
@@chickennuggetpaw1017 this is the funniest reply for some reason
Deep
Depends
Thalassophobia in a nutshell: Beeing afraid of increadible deep water, the possibility to face unknown creatures in a location you have a major disadvantage cause of pressure, the pitch black surrounding you and the need for air, as well as the fear of dying in one of many brutal, slow ways. Couldn't get any worse, could it?
Nazis
@@Xavier-xd3cd UNDER WATER NAZIS WITH CTHULU'S POWERS
@@thalassaer4137 lmao
It can get worse. Naval mine Field or a shipwreck
Also add the fact of being physically underwater, meaning your are limited in your movements and you are not in control of your surroundings.
Absolutely nightmarish.
Love how this channel transformed from looking at weird deviantart sans fangirls to analysing many different things. And 33 minutes on top, gotta love these videos
Gotta agree, this channel really took a turn. Gotta love it though
Character development
The scariest moments in my life. I was working as a trucker a few years ago and a weekend I was in Denmark in a costal city. The weather was nice so I decided to go for a swim, I like to go away from the shore, I was swimming joyfully when all of a sudden I saw an enormous dark shadow moving beneath me. I immediately started swimming for the shore as fast as I could, my heart stopped I was so scared, close to the shore I stopped and put my head below the water to see what was, it was algee I think, I hope. I never felt so vulnerable
"Vulnerable" is the exact right word. Everytime I have been swimming in the ocean I am keenly aware that my human body isn't made for that environment at all, I know that if something were to come after me I wouldn't be able to get away or really do much to defend myself
Certified "oh shit" moment
Oh that would just scared me too
As a Dane, the deadliest thing we have here is shark that could maximum help you clip your nails.
Tho that doesn’t stop me from being fucking terrified of being in the ocean, never go out in water that going above my knees, and avoid it if I can’t see what I’m hitting with my foot.
(Note: technically I think we got a “stone fish” or what’s it called which could send you to the hospital bc of a needle thingy they have for protection which you can accidentally step on lol)
@@aCreativeNamee thanks for the tip
“Again, how more people don’t have thalassophobia, I don’t know”
Don’t worry, you’ve made more
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Þorn gang.
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2016: childish but funny “in a nutshell” videos
2020: *hyper elaborate documentaries that easily manage to make the person watching them feel deep and strong emotion*
So basically JSchlatt
"It's so dangerous, that you can have people die, and then when people try to retrieve the body,
ｔｈｅｙ ａｌｓｏ ｄｉｅ"
He was referring to dave shaw, his last moments were recorded btw. ua-cam.com/video/PCwad5xKoyA/v-deo.html
how did you change the font size????
@@REAL_SKYFIRE 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜
@@keithnicolas3097 yeh but bigger... IDK, just show me some interesting font styles...
@@REAL_SKYFIRE theres an app that lets you do it.
One of my worst fears is being teleported to the exact opposite location on Earth, which happens to be in the middle of the Indian Ocean with no land for close to a thousand miles. The thought of that, impossible as it is, never fails to send a chill down my spine.
FRRR
That happens to me too, for example, being in the shower and imagining being teleported to the deepest part of the catacombs of Paris.
@@Javi_LCpeople live in there too I heard and they aren’t friendly
I would literally be more scared there without a gun than with one. Not bc I could protect myself, but then I could just end myself quicker then if I waited 3 or some days before I die to either sharks, jellyfish, while being deadly terrified.
"Fiction just can't compete with Reality"
There's a reason that the scariest works of fiction are the ones that blur the line, or straight-out convince you that they're real.
When i was in school, i heard a quote: science fiction is fiction, because it hasn't happened YET
SCP containment breach
"Based on a true story" XD
@@flameshiki5990 that use to be true, back in the day science fiction meant that all technology was based on what we believed was possible at the time of writing. But that's not what the genre is anymore.
@@RusticRonnie yeah. for the bad stuff, and even a lot of the well funded stuff, it's just another way to handwave anything you want into a plot, just like poorly written magic, except theoretically more immersive. theoretically.
Solar Sands 3 years ago: "Woah guys, look how cringe this art is!"
Solar Sands Now: "Imagine drowning to death :)"
i mean, i ain't complaining
lmao we stan a character developed but is he ok?
Wait, how do you n o t drown to death?
@@spate7207 You could be rescued and resuscitated. Get the water out of your lungs. You were still drowning even if you survived.
@@arempy5836 Well yea but the definition of to drown is to die by being unable to breathe underwater
I once swam in water 90 feet deep, I swim every day, and do not fear the ocean, but that day I felt a primal fear, and I wasn't even alone
That’s scary as Fock!
What scared you??
Lol
Same for me, but I was scuba diving in a river... I got close to a crevasse, it got so dark and cold... that primal fear, knowing you should not be there, even with your dive-team. I still get chills from it.
NOW THATS...WILD AS FUCK!!!!!!!!
The incident on the West Virginia is why it was a relief when it was discovered that the Titan imploded rather than ran out of oxygen. Just waiting, knowing you were going to die, likely slowly, would be both physically and mentally excruciating.
I'm only scared when I can't see the bottom, regardless of whether it's a small river that's only 10 feet deep or out in the open ocean. I've gone snorkeling several times in crystal clear water and spent hours hanging out with absolutely enormous fish. I love watching them and would happily do it over and over. Meanwhile this one time I went swimming in a cenote and had a full blown panic attack after only a couple minutes because I couldn't see more than a few feet down. It's the not knowing what's down there, the creatures or the topography, that freaks me out.
same here!! I remember when I was swimming w my friend in small river, and I couldnt see anything (yk, green/brown dirty water) Ive got panic attack so I came out of the watter as fast as I could, and to this day I cant even look on the water, when I cant see the bottom of it
Same, I just can't handle not seeing through the water and not knowing what's there.
My brother and I swam really far out in the ocean a few years ago and we entered a huge body of sea weed and proceeded to look at each other and have a simultaneous mini panic attack. Being younger than him I wanted to be cool so I casually asked him if he wanted to turn round (I was certainly more scared than he was) and he says yes and as we swam you could feel the sea weed wrapping around your ankles and going between your toes sometimes even scraping your chest lightly and it was horrifying. I’m by no means scared of shallow sea, or sea I can see deep in... I went to Ibiza and very deep shore bed but completely clear and it was amazing.
@saeed alhomsi I grew up by very murky rivers that we would swim and raft in even though you could never see more than a foot deep. I refused to go further than waist deep. There were also a lot of sinkholes that would open up when people stepped in them. I've known several people who drowned due to either getting stuck in a sinkhole or just from the fast currents further out. This is why I'm only comfortable in water where I can see everything.
Near where I live there are three bridges where I and others go bridge jumping. Where we jump it's only like a 10 - 12 foot drop but it's really murky so you close your eyes. But even if you open your eyes you can't see anything and once when I jumped and was getting out I had a super sharp pain on my foot for like 10 minutes I imagine it being like a jellyfish sting sorta but it's fresh water but I imagine a jellyfish sting feeling like it a little.
that scene in nemo, when he reaches the end of the reef. That changed my view of the sea forever bro. Pretty much the whole movie on nemo messed with me.
top 10 scariest movies of all time
Ayyeeeee army!! 💜💜💜💜
SS: "Imagine if someone got stuck in an air pocket and never got out."
Me: going down to the comments to tell the tale of the USS WV
SS: "When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor -"
You win this time
Hello
Nice livestream you had last time. Do more please 👍
Euh... I'm not sure about that acronym
I thought you were talking about SS, the ww2 german thingy
@@jebise6656 same, and it confused me greatly
well this video aged pleasantly didn’t it
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@@SurvivingAnotherDaythe submarine 💀
@@sinficdoe what about submarines
@@SurvivingAnotherDay the titanic one?
@@sinficdoe that’s old new already bro stop living in the past
Another scary thing about the ocean: If you ever see a whale, get above the water immediately cause their cries can burst your eardrums under the water.
the more you know
If this is actually 100% fact this is terrifying
good
@@LightskinKingSimp its a fact
What If you close your ears would that work?
*swimming
seaweed: *touched your foot a bit
*current objective: survive*
No.
Relatable
Thats me
I’m used to swimming in canals and jumping off the back of my pop pops boat to swim, so it used to never bother me.
Until what I though was sea weed was just a gator in the canal who decided to swim past me while I was snorkeling by the dock. Guess my skinny ass wasn’t a good snack. Ever since then I have refused to swim in a canal when I visit him in Florida.
"florida"
understandable...
I used to get insanely scared as a kid when I'd be playing on google earth and get lost on the ocean. I could click around for an hour and still be surrounded by blue it was utterly terrifying realizing the actual ocean is so much bigger......
I used to love messing around on Google Earth as a kid too. I thought I was the only one, lol
Google earth is underrated, you literally have the entire world to explore.
@@Mr_Rabbit Yeah. I used to love to go into the built in flight simulator and fly around places like the Grand Canyon, or places that had the 3D buildings, like NYC.
OMG . I thought I was the only one who got scared .
😂😂😂this is by far the most funniest and relatable thing I read this week!!!
My dad was really into SCUBA diving when he was younger. I remember him telling me a story a few times, of when he tried cave diving. I guess he got lost or something, and he thought he was going to die there. I remember that it really freaked him out.
Next month will be exactly one year since my dad died. To say that I'm still a mess would be the understatement of the century. It didn't help that right before my dad died, my fiance's grandma died, so I was already taking care of my ex because she was so sad. Then, a week after both funerals, my now ex fiance abandoned me for some other guy, and I got fired from my job I'd had for almost five years the next week.
On the bright side, I'm still clean from hard drugs. It's been just over 4.5 years since the last time I used, since the last time I shot up, and I did get a new job in November. I also discovered that exercising is a good way to cope with life. I'm still an emotional mess most of the time, and I still break down crying almost every day because I miss my dad so much and I still miss my ex fiance too.
I'm sorry man I hope you're doing okay now talk to me if you ever need it
Typical female nature. You tried to take care of her but as soon as you needed the same support she went out and found another. Sorry man. I’ve been off hard drugs for 4 years as well. 4 years ago, I was a nobody making $10 an hour and a complete mess. Today I’m making 6 figures and the happiest and the most stable I’ve ever been. Hard times don’t last forever unless you let them! Al this will pass.
Fuck that sounds terrible and im sorry about that. Time to get your cave diving certificates and go deeper into any cave, for your dad 💪
This was a rollercoaster. Keep going man ✊🏻
Stay strong brother
Forget about that snake
She does not worth your time
Keep grinding
This whole video feels like it’s trying to sell me the phobia
pretty much, still not scared of it either
this video feels like it's trying to resell me the phobia
@@escapetherace1943 impossible…
Tried watching this at 1:00 am, I don’t fear the ocean, but the music, and everything else just started making me panic😂 this is GIVING me a phobia
At least you don't have the phobia like me
“Fiction can’t compare to reality” has got to be one of the most terrifyingly true statements ever said.
Reality will always be more terrifying than fiction, because everything that is real can happen to you. So many ways to die in real life situations, it’s why purge and others like that are so good. While the thought of the supernatural is horrifying, our own rules of time and space are even more fear inducing at times.
@Peter Salucci right? Not all stories need to have a killer that always comes back or is super powerful , to truly get underneath our skin and frighten our every living moment ( Masterpieces in my opinion that do this well are the Saw franchise)
Well, i know one fiction which scarrier than reality. Subnautica, that game gives me chills an heart attack every time. Because of it i dont want to be near sea... Rip to all Subnautica players
@@fernifa I’m too much of a pus* to play that game ( any horror game in general)
Fiction may not be scarier than reality (in certain aspects at least), but it does transport you into potential realities you may not have considered, without the imganiation, you wouldn't be scared in the first place.
Isn't fiction also technically part of reality..
The nemo scene where they see the whale far away is what did it for me as a kid.... and still now I have to admit lol
This was one of the scarest part of the movie in my opinion.
Yeah, me too
mine was mako mermaids and h20
the angler fish scene is what got me
@@satanscheeks please stop, your scaring me and the kids
Honestly, Im not scared of swimming in the shore or swimming in a pool. What scares me is that the water gets so dark at a point that it may be so deep and i don’t know what’s in it. And whatever it is, it’s stronger and faster than me. And the fact that you can’t run, can’t see under it and can drown if something pushes me down is TERRIFYING to me.
Same here, just a bit more extreme lol. If I can’t see what’s under me, it ain’t good and I’m getting out. Except if it’s 10 centimetres or less, then it’s fine, unless I feel something touching my foot.
I’m deadly terrified if I go the the shore and sand is blocking my vision to see my feet, even it they only go up to my knees(which I never go further then to my knees, except in clear clear water like pools with no animals at all. )
Funny part is, I fucking live swimming, just in pools without animals where I can see the bottom very clear every time I look down.
For me, I'm afraid of the emptiness. The marine creatures help, but it's the vast emptiness of the ocean that just fucks with me.
me too the huge body of water that is becoming more and more darker as you go deeper
Could not have said it better myself
Whatever you do don't think about space
I love how for me it’s both the emptiness and the sea creatures 💀
Embrace The Emptiness, child. It will come for you.
*When did this guy went from laughing about cringe deviant art oc, to explaining the fear of unknown and the meaning of death bruh.*
idk but i love it lol
@@lucyandecember2843 lolol
January?
The moment he saw Hitler sonic fanfics, he snapped...
Holy shit yeah I just noticed that this is the “Is Squidward A Bad Artist” guy
Me worst part of the Nigerian guy’s experience is that people believed he was witchdoctor and performed a ritual to survive. They shunned him and on top of it all he had immense survivors guilt. Poor man
And there were sharks. He said he heard the animals come in and start eating the crew. Imagine sitting in that cold darkness just waiting your turn. It's a miracle he survived.
@@deborahpichardo1547 jeez, I have no words
I believe that. Mysticism is huge in the different african cultures. Poor guy.
This is why education is important, kids.
@@SnailHatan agreed, SE Asia where I'm from you will never become successful without the general population accusing you of witchcraft or help from witch doctors
I’ve never been afraid of the ocean till I went surfing, and what must have been a 14 ft wave wiped me out and kept me underwater for atleast 15 seconds, my leash wrapped around my neck, and I was being thrashed by the wave at the same time, I made it out with no injuries.. just a new respect for the ocean and it’s strength
Underwater cave divers who do rescue missions will never not be badass in my eyes. They have my utmost respect
I can't ever understand why we don't use advanced technology to help these divers. I am certain we have the technology to scan the caves ahead, and then give these divers the largest tank we can give them.
@@charlesmorey4298 often the large tanks restrict movement. Tighter the cave, smaller the time you can spend underwater
@@charlesmorey4298 water pressure typically doesn’t help
They will never not be completely stupid in my eyes. To each their own lol
@@marvelouslee4427 stupidity should never be mistaken with bravery. to risk your own life to save someone else is a virtuous job.
Fun Fact. That feeling of pain you get when holding your breath for too long isn't from running out of oxygen it's from you bodying telling you that the carbon dioxide in your lungs is building up and that you need to breath it out, a matter of fact is that a grown adult can last for around 6 to 8 minutes without taking another breath of oxygen because your body can still use the oxygen that's still in your lungs.
That's why when you breath out the contents of your breath is still mostly oxygen, not carbon dioxide.
As well as the fact you can hold your breath for about 10 to 12 minutes if you inhale pure oxygen, I don't recommend it but its a possibility.
Useful advise for swimming
So if you do feel like your drowning and you are still far down in the water, don't panic, you will only make your heart pump faster making your body use up your oxygen, calm yourself because you have more time than your body is telling you, ignore the pain and focus on swimming up to the surface. Once your out, take in a lot of deep breaths and swim to safety and seek medical help if your feeling lightheaded, having a headache, having blurry vision or generally feeling unwell.
Hope this helps you if you ever get into a situation where you are far underwater.
I thought it was from the pressure because it feels like the pain you get on an airplane
HOLD UP. HERES MORE ADVISE FOR SWIMMING TOO ABOUT WATER.
- 90% of drownings are in freshwater.
- Its harder to swim in freshwater than ocean water due to the salt making you more byouant. You can float in ocean but you must keep swimming in freshwater to keep your head up.
- When swimming up more than 20ft, don't swim up faster than the bubbles you exhale. That way you can avoid the "bends". Which is when air gets into your bloodstream due to too fast pressure changes.
- Swim completely left or right to get out of a riptide. Don't swim against it, you won't win and you'll be dragged out.
Wasn't there even a trained swimmer who could hold his breath for 15-20 minutes straight without panicking?
@@KarlSnarks it was a German free diver by the name of Tom Sietas who held his breath for 22 minutes and 22 seconds back in 2012, that takes alot of training and dedication to do that, what I was saying about how we can hold our breath for 6-8 minutes is just for the average person without training
Breathing out also makes it harder for your body to passively float up
"do you have thalassophobia"
"no"
"would you like to"
May i have a free sample?
May I introduce you to Subnautica?
May I try the 7-day free trial of thalassophobia?
Most underrated comment here
Yeah, I'm only 8 minutes in and it's the most terrifying stories I've heard
i went banana boating in Greece when i was in my teens and fell off a few times,
being so far out in the ocean that the water all around you is just a seemingly bottomless black void in every direction was terrifying.
your brain constantly reminds you of all the massive monsters that can fit in that much space and appear out of the blackness.
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
-H.P. Lovecraft
I've been looking for this
that explains some of the racist things Lovecraft believed during his life, fearing what we don’t understand is sadly part of the human condition
We must have very similar youtube search history,..,.,.
Ah it's the wise guy who'm everybody finds in a random videos comment.
Ah. Been so long since I last found you in a comment section, dude. 😂
Solar Sands discussing phobias is giving me life.
If he ends up talking about pittakionophobia, I’m gonna run for the hills.
I literally can’t say the word of the phobia, that’s what I’m scared of. Seeing/hearing/thinking of the word or the item makes me feel sick and scared.
Phobias are weird, man.
It’s ironic that this gives you life while it take away life from others
Same
Remember when he used to criticize art? He's grown so much
I kinda hope he talks about trypanophobia honestly. It's pretty common tho, so I doubt it
This is scarier than any halloween story
a verified person with only one like? wow
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I’m gonna cite a great line from the prestige that fits nicely
“I once told you about a sailor who described drowning to me.”
“Yes, he said it was like going home.”
“I was lying. He said it was agony.”
Now that’s just terrifying
Finally, someone understands how truly terrifying the ocean is
It is
666 views tfff
^_^
Ikr
dude have you read about space man? Thats a deadzone right there, and a meteorite or a lone planet could come any time to fuck us over.
The scariest thought for me is to be floating over the deep with my legs hanging down into the abyss.
Yes, i used to even be scared of totally clear pools when i was a child because i had the irrational fear that something would come out of the open water vents on the walls of the pool underwater. Did you feel the same?
@@finlaymcdiarmid5832 id love swimming in pools, but when it turned night time I had to get out, I had some weird fear that something might be in the dark waters with me
@@OdysseyK oh yeah, im fine with pools now but i would not be going in any pools at night no way
@@OdysseyK same, especially when you are swimming alone
@@finlaymcdiarmid5832 omg i was the same way!!i hated swimming alone and still do
As someone who has been Scuba diving since I was a kid, I can say staring over a reef wall into open ocean is by far one of the most chilling experience I’ve had, despite never having a real fear of the ocean/water.
My dad taught me how to dive as a kid too. I think i started to develop thalassophobia in my late teens during marine biology class in south padre island. As a diver, we have a better idea than most of what lies beneath the surface. And like you mentioned, once you peer away from the relative safety of a 50 meter depth towards the open ocean.. the fear of the unknown takes hold and you soon come face to face with who you really are. And in the face of such as expansive abyss, your ego is destroyed as you realize your insignificance, and how fragile your sense of true safety is. In a word, harrowing.
The ocean is beyond huge
@@Philipposs I only fear water in video games. Ever since the humps are in spore, I have a phobia, but only in video games
@@tomdavis6118 I felt this, good writing dude
@@tomdavis6118holy shit man, what an experience, congratulations for being able to tell that story.
UA-cam algorithm at it again. Recommended this in the midst of the missing titanic sub and 5 people facing these very horrors
I'm literally terrified of the ocean. Not bodies of water, large lakes like the great lakes are fine but an ocean? No. I've never had a bad experience with the ocean and I have most of my training necessary to become a lifeguard. I won't even go into the shallows where I can stand with the water only coming up to my knees. It's not really outright panic but more like an oppressive anxiety, I will not be able to relax or think about anything other than where I put my feet or whatever.
I've had a bad experience with the ocean. Here's a copy paste of one of my replies I'm too lazy to rewrite it all.
"To say the least, no I wasn't drowning, and it was probably my own fault as the lifeguard was yelling at us to move closer to shore, but it still kind of haunts me. I was messing around with surfboards with my friends and the waves were getting rougher. At the time I was a bit underweight, and that didn't help me too much. To say the least, I struggled to get free of the tide until my dad had come and taken my hand. To this day, I still remember it. I envision the tide forming a hand gripping hard on me. It was like death wa toying with me. The ocean is fascinating, but at the same time, a severe danger."
@petra mark I think if you go to swim in the Lake of Como you should be scared. It is very deep and cold. Also there aren't many beaches and the transition between the coast and the depths is very steep and near the coast
Patrick: OoooOooo FISH
Spongebob: STAHP PATRICC YOR SKARING HIMM!
(Sorry i just thought it was funny sorry)
I understand
Me too!
“Afraid that a monster might kill me”
*shows picture of one of the least-hostile sharks on earth*
Yeah lmaooo we have baskin sharks all over Scotland
Even if you fall in its mouth you'd most likely choke it rather than it eat you lol
Pog. Shark.
@@dixieprobably2711 I'm sorry but lmao poor shark
@@foxster36 pog. Shark
Thalassophobia is like being afraid of heights, but with panic attacks of some creature ready to show up anytime below you.
I have both, it's pretty similar
That kind of explains it pretty well!
@deprimeret chæetåh all of them are right. some people are afraid of the ocean in general, other people only get scared when it's deep.
Im not afriad of water but what might be in it
Since my country is an archipelago,216 kilometers away lies an island that salf water crocs live in
I know That they cant reach my Island BUT I still think that a sw croc might attack me.
@Sami nouh yes
It's funny that I'm fascinated by space and by the ocean, but I've had irrational fears related to them for as long as I can remember. For some reason, I had a fear that would come and go of falling up into the night sky. With the ocean, the idea of watching something massive descend into darkness is terrifying, but I also fear that some massive creature will appear below me.
I can’t imagine who would ever want to cave dive
Eh it’s safe if you know what you’re doing. The instruction is very comprehensive and trained cave divers almost never have accidents. I plan on getting certified soon.
Rather, you’d need to have the right mind before you attempt it.
@@tenzinsmith three words from me, fuck that shit
@@OrdinaryCritic yeah true
@@tenzinsmith I’m glad you’re getting the necessary training. For me personally, I didn’t know how to swim most of my life, I had to teach myself. Sometimes when I’m swimming in the ocean or lakes I panic and feel like I can’t swim anymore. So the thought of swimming inside a cave where you can’t always just go up for air, and where you can’t see, just terrifies me tbh.
The most terrifying aspect of thalassophobia is the feeling that you're not designed for that environment but everything living in water is designed for it. There's always something out there thats aware of your presence when you have no clue anything is there at all. There's always something stronger, faster, stealthier, and more observant than you out in the water. Its not your territory, its theirs
Exactly. You're putting yourself in an environment you don't belong to and expect it to have mercy on you.
You can say the same about the jungle, mountainS, Forrest etc
@@ItsEricaBeyetch but we have the ability to escape in those environments. We have adapted to those environments since we evolved on land. We have absolute no adaptation to survive in water. We have no evolutionary advantage it would be the same as throwing a fish on land
My friends and I went to Cancun for spring break. We went to the beach and looked into the water to see a man on a Small boat dragging tourist on a long floatation device that looked like a banana. We asked the driver not to do a sharp turn in the water as we didn’t want to fall in. This man actually went to the deep end of the water and sped up then executed s sharp turn that made us all fall into the water. My mistake was opening my eyes when we went under, I saw pitch black. I immediately freaked out and started thrashing about screaming. Afterwards I asked my friends why they didn’t freak out and they said “ we didn’t open our eyes when we fell in” I will never forget that sight, it was truly horrific.
@@ItsEricaBeyetch Not really. Because at least in those environments you can still breathe, run, make weapons, climb, hide, etc.
i remember being OBSESSED with the titanic when i was younger, for some reason i was so terrified yet intrigued about how something so 'unsinkable' ended up 13000 feet under the water.
I’m interested in the Titanic, but not because of its sinking. It’s because of the ship itself and the history of the ships before and after it.
Fun fact: anybody who might have survived inside the ship would have died from the extreme pressure as the ship sank only 10% of the total distance it fell. Everybody inside would have died way before the ship even got a quarter of the way to the seabed.
@@GoHardMang that would actually be good, so nobody would have a slow and painful death at the bottom of the ocean.
@@AndyHappyGuy At least not several days. I mean being literally crushed by pressure in idk 5-20 min is kind of better than starve/ dry out or run out of oxigen... . But still not nice
@@JustYamYam there was no way that someone could have survived that long on the Titanic. Nobody could have survived in the bow because it was essentially all filled with water after the ship broke in half, so nobody could be still alive in there. Just a few seconds after the stern went under, survivors could here loud sounds coming from underwater. That was the stern imploding on itself. The implosion removed any air pockets inside the stern, and the force of it probably killed anyone still in the stern. So in summary, nobody could have been alive in the ship past just a few feet down.
Watching this video after the 2023 submersible went missing with 5 poor souls on board. 9:55
Ironically, the picture he chose while saying “relatively shallow place” details an incredibly deep lake that is just abnormally clear. A lot of people die in that lake because of its deceptive nature
timestamp? and change that pfp asap
@@Eat_The_Rich142 yeah I’ll see if I can find it and may I ask why I need to change the pfp? Because i found this thing as part of a bandwagon I jumped on a few years back
@@loaf_of_beans1619 it’s because fans of maximilianmus have that pfp. the atrocities he’s done are too much to put into a comment so search it up real fast
@@loaf_of_beans1619 and thanks for looking
@@Eat_The_Rich142 should be good now, and I’ll get that time stamp ASAP
I kind of like these videos more than the old Browsing Deviantart series NGL.
I like the more philosophical solar sands
Same
I personally enjoy both
These are leagues better. Actual cool in depth analysis vs. looking at the same boring cringe. Solar Sands should keep up with these videos, they’re great.
character development
It’s not about the emptiness, it’s about what’s in it. Nothing scares us more than our own imaginations
yea i would disagree here too, even if i can see anything - lots of water is still not enjoyable for me. seeing everything makes it bearable though. but it has to be everything! not only the ground but the end of the pool as well, not like the one he was talking about earlier.
@Lutendo Kone I agree. It's like agoraphobia I guess, floating in a huge empty space with nothing to stand on or hold onto is what scares me.
For me it's not about that; it _is_ the emptiness. Like, even those photos of ppl floating on water so clear you can see all the way to the bottom when they're over really deep water chill me. It's the sheer vastness of the void that gets to me.
I don't refuse to swim at the beach/rivers/creeks/lakes/billabongs because of a fear of being eaten by a shark or croc, or stung by a ray, or stepping on a stonefish, or anything like that - I avoid it because deep water is cold, & dark, & horrifying.
That's why I don't even go out on boats; I just, like, don't _trust_ those depths, & it's all I can think about. If I try to imagine actually _being_ in the water, I immediately get this crushing pressure on my chest.
Even when I was in a catamaran club which sailed/raced on the Swan River, which isn't even very deep, when I was younger, I used to get anxious whenever we approached being over the middle of the river, where it's the longest way down - I just hated being out there, even though the sailing itself was super fun.
One time my cat tipped when we tried to turn too hard, & dumped me + my 2 crewmates into the drink, & I completely panicked as soon as I felt the sudden _cold_ of that deep water around me. By policy, we were supposed to stay put, bobbing there like corks, + wait for pickup, but I just started desperately stroking for shore, even tho it was a long way & swimming in the life vests we wore was super hard work. I didn't stop until I reached another cat & they hauled me aboard.
@@mysterylovescompany2657 Very interesting perspective, I am the complete opposite
@@mysterylovescompany2657 Im exactly like you, somehow i dont care about "something trying to eat you", i fear the big empty deepness. even the large deep pools for diving where there is nothing but water
10:10 aged nicely
I've never heard someone explain exactly how I feel about the ocean. I've always been fascinated by it, but I always get this uneasy feeling when I'm actually in it. Since I've grown up very close to the ocean I've been forced to go on boat rides many times, and no one ever understands why I don't find them relaxing or fun in any way.
YES. I love the ocean but the deep, cold, pitch black, creatures.. It scares me. a lot. So i dont really swim in the ocean.
@my dad beats me I know it's unrelated but I hope your name isn't the truth
“Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you’re doing is worth it?”
NO IT MOST CERTAINLY IS NOT!
Best comment.
@@makssachs8914 It sure will be.
Heck no
I remember I was playing and I just turned around, no hesitation just went back
It’s really crazy how most fears can be attributed to the unknown, death, or other people. All primordial fears with thousands of branches disconnecting each other
Vsauce did a video on fear where he organized it like a spiderweb! In fact, he found that the single scariest thing (the universal fear) is accumulated co2 in blood caused by drowning or other forms of suffocation.
@@n1njachikin that’s extremely interesting!!!
I was gonna recommend that video, too, because it really does organize fear very well. It shows that there is these basic fears that any other fear can be assorted (?) To
@@n1njachikin do you remember the name of the video? I’m interested in watching it!
@@ajbasc vsauce mind field video titled "What is the scariest thing?" ua-cam.com/video/9Vmwsg8Eabo/v-deo.html
I have thalassophobia. It’s not shipwrecks, not sudden reef drop offs, it’s just the faces of sharks blending in perfectly with the dark abyss that is below you.
The last vid where you see something moving is prolly going to be the reason I don’t get any sleep today. Yayyy
"I don't have Thalassophobia. I just made a half hour video trying to convince you it's the scariest thing filled with childhood anecdotes."
During the Apollo 11 mission there was a chance, a fairly high chance too, that Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins wouldn't have been able to leave. They would have had to starve to death or kill themselves. I feel like that might be a worse fate than any, being trapped on an alien world never explored by anyone else, in complete silence left to die there. If anything would make you feel truly trapped and scared of the Unknown, it would be this.
Yeah, theres even a movie based on it, its a found footage horror movie.
I think its called Apollo 12
Jesus Christ that’s horrifying
@@antcamartist9265 18. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 were all real missions where nobody died. 13 almost died. There is a movie about that.
They also have multiple speeches for if the mission failed.
@@RusticRonnie I think it was just one
Title: Thalassophobia
“Oh cool, what’s that?”
*watches*
“Oh cool, I have that now”
I can rest comfortable knowing that I will never go into the ocean because I don't feel like it and I probably won't even have the money to do it
I already did
Same
Honestly I nvr had this problem. But sometimes man, just in tht one second, where my minds starts flying everywhere and im out here swimmin in a river or the ocean. That one panic attack just might cost me my life. But shit i still love going into the water.
Yeah, I didn't like not being able to see the bottom, and deep underwater wrecks and whatnot did scare me, but then I watched this and omg I am never going anywhere near the ocean. Ever.
There's a Wii game called "Endless Ocean" with 1 or 2 sequels... THIS is so frightening. Your character is a diver exploring different areas/oceans in various parts of the earth. You can dive in the amazon, the red sea, the Antarctica and at one point you have to find an openingin the sea floor to dive down a into the depth of a cave... I played this game as a kid and I couldn't continue because of my rising panic. I haven't touched it since
My dad told me that he once went scuba diving and, at a certain depth, couldn't see far at all and his depth perception was all skewed. He turned around and saw a massive shark swimming towards him and he was scared for his life, he then realised what he was looking at, a small fish a few inches from his face that looked like a massive one in the distance
Ive had an experience like that while scuba diving, it messes with your brain down there.
This doesn't relate to your comment, but your profile picture is epic.
@@brandonchan5387 I know, its from theodd1sout
Oh gosh.. that sounds terrifying
But kinda funny at the same time somehow
“Monstrous sea creature while swimming”
*puts up picture of basking shark, a shark that poses no threat to humans*
Shark
Pog
Well you'd still freak out for a moment, I guess.. ?
He also does that with the basking shark image
@@Abominatrix650 oh shit i just realized it's a basking shark, not a whale shark. Thanks
@@polygondeath2361 also poses no threat to humans
I’m working my way to becoming a marine biologist and I hold a reverence for the sea. It’s beautiful yet terrifying
Same I'm Canadian and I live on a island so I'm very use and curious about the sea
I think the first time I felt the fear of ocean was when I saw the Barraki ad when I was a child. I remember having nightmares about it and yet I was also fascinated by the vast blue deep that whenerver I knew there was gonna be a documentery about ocean on TV I could't wait.
"It's really quite remarkable how much people suck."
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imagine being the last of the three guys sitting there with two corpses waiting to die themselves
I wonder what conversations they had during their time in there
wtf
Finally, some good f-ing food
@@namikaze7140 that's... terrifyingly applicable
at that point trying to make a hole even if that mean drowning them would have been kinder
I've actually heard from a close friend of mine who almost drowned, that drowning, when you kinda sorta move past the human instinct to fight, to live, is actually a little peaceful. He described it as floating when time's slowed down. He said it didn't hurt all that much, at that point. He thought he was going to die, so he pretty much went "cool this is happening now." And then a coast guard hauled him out of the water and got half the sea out of his lungs.
I don't think I can do that, accept it like that. But at least he wasn't in pain. He still goes swimming, though not in open water.
That's actually terrifying to think about, all people who were near death no matter the situation have actually described it as a peaceful and gentle feeling. Ofcourse there are exceptions but the vast majority just go into a phase of:
>oh i guess it's rest time
@@lollllolll. It’s only painful because the person is fighting to breathe. Once the lungs are completely filled with water, the body just doesn’t have the need to struggle anymore. The whole thing is eerie to think about...
As someone who has also almost drowned I’m the opposite, I was terrified and kept fighting for my life, and my throat burned until a passerby swimmer just lifted me out
As a person who’s experienced drowning themselves this feels accurate. I was six when this happened my family and I was at pool in key west. I was told to not go to the deep end of the pool but I did anyways. I don’t remember how I got capsulized underwater but I did. As I was trying to get up my little six year old body couldn’t ascend up quick enough and well I accepted it as I saw the glimmering sun underneath the water as my tired body gave up and said this to myself “ so this is how kids drown “ I got saved by my mom but that experience was strangely calm until I got saved of course.I might sound insane but that experience was probably the calmest I’ve ever felt in my life and the tranquility of water is mixed in with the heat of the sun made me feel sleepy but surrender defeat as I went deeper in. it’s an experience that never leaves you.
I met an aussie surfer dude at a club once who had drowned once. He described it very similarly. He got dragged under the surface along with his board that was tethered to his leg, eventually he lost track of up and down and started losing his vision, once he began to lose consciousness he felt a sense of calm euphoria, he described seeing flashing bright lights and felt warmness all through his body. The next thing he remembers is waking up on the beach with "some blokes lips pushed against mine and salt water spurting out of my nose". He told me that those last moments felt so good he almost (only almost) wanted to try it again. A real madman.
Something I didn’t realize until recently is there are GIANT squid and then there are COLOSSAL squid which are even bigger
"The ocean is a desert with it's life underground and a perfect disguise above." -America, A Horse With No Name
yess my favorite song!!
Nope, it's not a desert at all. The ocean has MANY more secrets and life than land.
@@linkthepig4219 It's a song lyric. I don't think it's meant to be literal. But it fits for the comments here. JMO.
@@catserver8577
Ok, but what does JMO mean I'm dumb
@@linkthepig4219 Just my opinion. Welcome to the internets! ;)
The thing even more terrifying about the men who died in that little room in the sunken ship, imagine being the LAST one to die and seeing the last two people to reconcile with in the terror lie lifeless before as you wait to join them in impending doom, NO THANKS.
*It's fne, I wasn't planning on sleeping tonight.*
"I was the first. I saw everything..."
I would imagine they all died at around the same time in an exhausted, starved, half conscious state
Just think about all the smells from where they'd eventually have to use the bathroom in that confined space and live in it
I wish I didn’t see this video.. 😞
The man who was trapped 3 days in the tug boat Harrison Odjegba Okene is since 2015 a certified diver and has his own channel by the same name. In the end he surpassed his own nightmares, what a guy.
I was hoping someone had posted this. What an absolutely remarkable human being.
I first noticed my thalassophobia when i was a little kid at a summer fest of our local pool. There was a 10m/32ft diving platform that was closed because the tower was too unstable. I still remember looking into the pitch black, dirty water of the pool below. I knew well that it was very deep. Imagining falling into it and drowning(i couldn't swim at that time) scared me more than anything.
Im actually studying now to be a marine biologist. The ocean could be scary, but im not as scared as i am fascinated.
Hey can I have a fun fact? I assume you're hoarding marine facts.
Fun fact: The ocean is 100% water.
@@BlaketheBlock are you sure about that
I don't know scientist can't find a way to prove it yet
@@DuckinMyHat
Water is wet
"Monstrous sea creature": shows most peaceful shark in the world
I was thinking the same thing lmao
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It’s not just being in the water that’s terrifying, it’s knowing that you are ignorant to what swims with you in the water.
This. It's the fact that anything could be lurking underneath you.
@Messy this too. Bc when something grabs you from underneath, where will u hold on to? Ur basically helpless. You have nothing to hold on to, so ur just gonna let whatever creature pull you down. And when u scream, nobody is gonna hear you, so ur basically dead.
@The Unnamed Cousin honestly dying floating in space sounds a lot more relaxing and peaceful than struggling to pull yourself up while youre sinking down a deep body of water