Just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who watched, liked or left a comment, it means the world to see this kind of support. Thank you all!

I scuba dive in real life wit little to no fear whilst submerged, and still, Subnautica continues to scare the ever living crap out of me.

It's amazing how people with fears getting help to their fears with this game and people without fears are getting new fears they never had before. I couldn't have complete this damn beautiful game. It's too heavy on my nerves.

16:57 the fun part is, Reapers use echolocation according to the pda. Meaning if you hear one, it can see you.

Holy crap this is so high quality, figured i was watching someone with atleast 100k subs, amazing content please keep making stuff of this quality!

If you want to experience the premium version of Thalassophobia try exploring the Dunes biome during the nighttime

I absolutely ADORE Subnautica, but I'll never see large bodies of water the same ever again.

I think its really interesting to see people discussing subnautica in the context of thalassophobia because it (along with just playing subnautica) has made me realize that i have the opposite of whatever thalassophobia is. i dont really know how to explain it, i get the same kind of thought process (things like "we don't know what's down there", "there could be a massive creature in there") but for some reason those notions really excite me. I feel like if i can't see the bottom of the water, i have to go down and be the first one ever to explore it. I especially love it when there's creatures involved; if i think i see something in deep water, i get the urge to swim out to go see it. Even the creatures being hostile isn't enough to deter it, i actually found myself grinning during the reaper leviathan jumpscare because it was just so awesome to me. I know this is exactly how mad scientists die in movies and idrk what my point is, i just think its interesting to see how different people emotionally react to the same thing in such different ways

c'mon youtube algorithm, pump this masterpiece up, a 30min essay of this quality under 1k views is a crime

Definitely thought I was alone in developing a fear of the ocean from this but good to hear others are scarred too 👍

brother was gifted with elequant speech and used it for good

Horrible trivia: None of the monsters in this game can actually be killed. They merely go dormant for a few minutes. Hang out next to a "dead" monster long enough and it will eventually spring back to life.

When it comes to how much of the ocean has been explored it is more along 20%. I have played over 300 hours of subnutica one of my top games of all time. I will never forget my experience.

Subnautica actually helped me with my thalassothobia

You know whats weird? This game did not cure me at all, but it became sort of a comfort game. I love building my base, my safe space in the game. Coming back to it is so... calming.

Hearing "detecting multiple leviathan class life forms in the region, are you sure whatever you're doing is worth it?" Reminded me of the time where I accidentally encountered that message for the first time and I bolted out of there. When I saw that message I was worried you were gonna encounter a reaper or something.

I thought this vid had like a million views or something . This is top tier keep doing it

I love this game and I'm scared of it, but i never knew why. This video helped me figure it out. This is also very high quality. Good Job!

14:18 any hostile creatures will attack your vehicle if it's left nearby, and in this biome i expect it would have been bonesharks. for me, that's one of the things that made the game a little scarier, knowing that my source of air and safety could be gone in seconds if i didn't observe my environment well enough

I remember my first major scare of Subnautica. While I do have a mild fear of deep water, and the fact that I had already seen playthroughs of the game, I thought that I'd be fine. How wrong I was. One time I was piloting the Seamoth near the side of one of the Islands, and for some reason I was certain that there were no reapers in that biome. Imagine my surprise when out of nowhere I get hit from behind by a reaper that was likely stalking me for quite awhile. I managed to get away with the Seamoth intact, but not without nearly throwing my controller across the room.

Your editing is really great...NGL you made better understanding to the viewers about phobias...good job ❤

13:40 you can actually see that when you got out of the seamoth it continued to move just a bit, so it got under the 200 meters and blew up. I had a similar experience exploring a wreck but for me a bone shark pushed it under the 200 meters

i've been afraid of open/deep water all my life- as far as i remember, might give subnautica a go to just to scare myself more, your descriptions gave me goose bumps so i might die of fright xdd amazing video, subbing and looking forward to more videos!

This production quality had me thinking this was easily a hundred thousand view video, but no. This video is _massively_ underrated, good work. I also want to say as someone who enjoys fighting sports and tends to seek a way to fight or get angry in fearful situations because it makes me feel better and more controlled, the fact that there is little to no weaponry whatsoever in Subnautica makes one feel small and powerless. If you see a Reaper in the distance the best you can do is hope you have a stasis rifle and can escape. That, or you can slog on for upwards of fifteen minutes shanking it with that little survival knife while hoping you don't take a hit and run yourself out of meds. When I got the stasis rifle and knew I could trap a thing and dice away at it a little at a time, my fear alleviated greatly, but anytime I didn't have the batteries necessary or got jumped the dread returned. To die fighting is one thing but to die helplessly is another.

Great quality and very nice scenario. I am sure you will have success if you keep going. With each video you grow, don't give up

Funny enough, I had a decent fear of the ocean. Sharks, very deep water, being alone and not being able to see the bottom. Subnautica took away those fears. Taught me I am a god damn human being, the Apex Predator. With a few rocks, I can make weapons that can slay even the mighty Sea Dragon. I have Sonar that can scan the deepest oceans. I don’t even need a sub, I prefer to fight Reapers hand to hand so I don’t have to repair. The only things in Subnautica I haven’t killed is the Cuddlefish and the Sea Emperor, and that’s because I chose to spare them. If a fish picks a fight with me, it dies, and I eat it. Subnautica allowed me to face a fear and conquer it, and I’ll always be grateful. Next time a shark crosses my path, I’m killing it and eating it. You don’t need a heat blade to kill an Earth Shark.

Dude your content is amazing. I really enjoyed the video. Keep it up!

I’ve had some scares in a games ocean myself, that being Ark: survival evolved, mainly with the megalodons coming out of nowhere even though the game’s oceans are easier to see through when submerged

Holy shit, this quality could rival at least someone with 2 mil. I have no clue how you are this underrated

What a great video, needs more recognition

I have a slight phobia (idk if you can say that) of the Ocean, i only am really scared of it when i don't know what is below the surface. Thats why i never really swim in the Ocean or other bodies of sea where i cant see below the surface anymore, i only swim in Swimming Pools now. I dont even know why or when I got that phobia. It just appeared one day, which is.. scary.. if you think about it, that you can suddenly go from loving an activity like Swimming at a beach, to being scared of that activty. This didnt come from a game, it just appeared. Also really high quality video! You got a really good voice for Video Essays. PS: I just looked up my Phobia, I also got Thalassophobia.

This is like one of the best video I've ever seen!!!!! Beautiful content❤❤❤❤

Damn that's actually pretty interesting. In my case, I firstly experienced thalassophobia when I fell into the ocean in GTAV and actually Subnautica was the game that helped me deal with it better.

Keeping the lights on for this one

Great, now I want to play Subnautica again for the millionth time.

A possible reason that your seamoth disappeared at 13:53 is that you were just about to enter its crush depth when you got out and it glided into the crush depth and exploded

Bruh the first clip sent me. Ugh my whole body freaked. 😂😂

Great vid. Look forward to seeing you blow up! Liked and subscribed

Bro I was gonna like the vid and saw that u didn't have at least 100k likes, great vid dude

Ima be honest the 2 videos he showed I started breathing heavily out of reaction of seeing it

high quality video man

Good video 👍

When I first played subnautica I didn't had thalassophobia, welp one trip to aurora to early make my unlock it 😊

DAMN! Thats some god tier vide making.

Commenting for the algorithm, ur awesome dude

I would love to see you cover the Lost River and Lava biome in depth, in particular. Perhaps thw bulb biome too. I know that I never, ever felt safe in the Lava biome. You're not meant to. I genuinely couldn't finish the game because of the instincual fear it put into me, the sounds, the sight(or lack of, at the beginning). The lost river was bad. The lava biome entrance was too much. A pit. A gaping hole of darkness that I knew I had to jump into. Without knowing what was in there.

ONLY 1,8K VIEWS?? I was watching this while playing a game and at the end I went and gave it a like, that was when I saw the views. I thought about it having like 700 hundred thousand views! You are going to grow BIG one day. Earned yourself your 59 sub. This video was GREAT!

Good video keep it up

bro ur video is waaay beyond good

Hey I just got here and just wanna make sure this isn’t like a different account? Because this is worth like a million subs

Dude how do you only have 100 subscribers? This is so underrated and professional quality. You definitely needs a lot more subs.

Great video ❤️

i dont know if subnautica gave me thalassaphobia but i know i got it AFTER i played the game

I was just talking to my friend about how this game changed me!

7:27 those were literally reefback calls, they were just above you

It's funny, I've always had the fear of massive bodies of water. Due to several times as a kid I had moments I almost drowned. The show River Monsters which I loved made me fear natural bodies of water due to the animals that live in them. But Subnautica I love it! Perhaps it's because it's a video game where my fears don't affect me. Of course if I see or hear a Reaper I'm gonna curse like a Sailor, because I know I'm in trouble, but not because I'm scared.

im not afraid of the water and the seaweed im afraid whats inside it

Thankfully the gargantuan is extinct... unless you play with return of the ancients The mod isn't open to the public yet but there's a bunch of creator's who've made videos on it. I would definitely recommend looking at those

14:11 your see moth was probably attacked by a a bone sharke wile you were gone. Bonesharks for some reason really attracted to the seamoth. I remember having to reload a save because a bonesharke broke my sea moth wile I was gone. So basicly if you want to insure that your seamoth reamins safe you need to hunt down every bone shark in the area so thay don't agro on it wile you are gone.

how does this have only 2k views

I LOVE the void💯💯💯

I would have greatly appreciated a warning for ppl like me with SEVERE arachnophobia

Haha (you have gained a sub)

18:12 guys i think his pc bluescreened :/

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I tried it I can't My thalassophobia is just too hard but watching a playthrough was fun its an Amazing game..... but i cannot do it

everyone who got the fobia from subnatica like or somethink

downvoted for unnecessary spoilers that were not needed to make your point and not flagged