Thalassophobia

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 YouTube allowed me to edit in different images I would.

what’s the worst way to die? slowly.

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.

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

One of the main things I fear about the ocean is the fact that if you were stuck out at sea on a little raft, you couldn’t tell if you were 10 miles away from the coast of land, or in the middle of the ocean

"do you have thalassophobia" "no" "would you like to"

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.

I have extreme thalassophobia, to the point i can barely get into full bathtubs. I avoid large bodies of water as much as i can. I was taking a flight from Tokyo to San Francisco, almost exclusively entirely over the ocean. What got to me was five hours into the flight, i wake up from a nap to see everyone around me asleep. I looked out of the window and see nothing but blue, the sky was clear but i knew under me was nothing but water. I had a major panic attack just knowing that even though i was thousands of feet above the water. The thought of being over nothing but water for miles around just got to me. It's the worst feeling I've ever got.

Tbh thalassophobia ties into megalophobia for me. It’s like a giant void of darkness under you, unimaginably huge. Going down is crazy scary

Solar Sands 3 years ago: "Woah guys, look how cringe this art is!" Solar Sands Now: "Imagine drowning to death :)"

We can see millions of miles into space but sometime you can’t even see an inch into water

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.

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 shouldn’t be watching this alone at night.

I'm not scared of the shipwrecks, nor the statues, i'm scared of the emptyness, the feeling something is about to attack. The problem is, in water you can't run, you can't hide. Whatever is out there, is always faster than you.

I rented a house on the beach in my younger 20's for a while and after playing music every night for a living, I would come home and swim out into the ocean until my house was just a couple of twinkling lights. I knew the bottom was around 80 ft. Deep but the fact that I wasn't scared was exactly why I continued to do it. I couldn't believe it didn't bother me! It was some of the most peaceful moments I can remember. Swimming back to the shore, showering off the salt water and sleeping like a baby. I was young and slightly adventurous I guess. Great video man! Keep em coming!

my stomach dropped when I saw the picture you showed when you said “relatively shallow body of water”. If that was intentional, well done

*swimming seaweed: *touched your foot a bit current objective: survive

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.

I have one re-occuring dream about rivers that are swamped by large, huge fish (like amazonian sweatwater fish, but much weirder) wich I can barely make out through the surface. In the dream I always stumble or fall into the water and feels the fish touching against me. Its not about attacking or them being dangerous, just an immense feeling of anxiety and unease.