How Subnautica Gave Me Thalassophobia

Subnautica changed how I view the ocean, it made me fear it. This is how.
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Kas:st - Vtopia

Subnautica (Original Game Soundtrack) ℗ 2018 Unknown Worlds By
Simon Chylinski

- Into the Unknown
- Lost River
- Bone Fields
- Bring a Medpack

[Feverdream]

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

[treackaris]

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.

[NexusVr-qf]

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.

[Haplo-san]

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.

[Lambdaleth]

One of the best parts about Subnautica - and Subnautica YouTube videos - is that when people describe their first playthroughs somewhat cinematically and in a seemingly exaggerated way, it's actually sincere due to how immersive the game is. If I could wipe any game from my memory and play it again for the first time, it would absolutely be Subnautica, there's really nothing like it.

[theholyknight]

You popped out of your seamoth at 199 meters and it moved slightly past you so it was most likely at its breaking point so... Yeah it was probably crushed

[julesgro]

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.

[civilianbread]

I have done SO MANY play through of this game and not once did I ever realize you can eat bladder fishes for oxygen

[tismo]

You ever hear a loud scary noise and you just start backing up only to get jump scared running into a wall? 😂

[agustinsmania]

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

[tinybionic]

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!

[SomeRandomBloodborneAddict]

I've gotten over at least two phobias I had, but when I played Subnautica: it wasn't because of the Leviathans, sure they make me flinch, but what truly got me in the game was looking down, and seeing nothing, it invokes so much dread and fear in me, and after years of playing, I never got over that

[NeonGames]

Submechanaphobia is definitely one of the phobias that makes sense as there are more planes underwater than submarines in the sky(as if that makes any sense)

[Lord_Magma]

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

[calebcebula]

24:13 What’s so funny about the gargantuan Leviathan is that there is a fully fledged mod currently in the works for it that shows what it would be like at full size. It really puts into perspective how bad my thalassophobia really is to say the least.

[crockhead]

brother was gifted with elequant speech and used it for good

[RadeonTV]

same bro just hearing "Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?" gives me vietnam flashbacks

[JoeUnderbite]

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!

[kokushibo]

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

[ButterBoiled]

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