Nyctophobia: Fear of the Dark
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- Опубликовано: 25 дек 2023
- I’ve gotten multiple comments asking for this one, and I had a lot to talk about, subscribe if you want to. Took a bit of time to make this one but I got around to it, hope you enjoyed and as always have a great day.
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I’m not afraid of the dark itself, I’m afraid of accidentally tripping and falling over something that I can’t see.
That's how i lost my pokemon 2000 vhs
I'm in your wall
that's how I lost my spider man dvd
so true
@@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman I'm in your ceiling
“Ah you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!”
― Bane
"For you!" - Bane
My dad used to go cave exploring when he was in his 20s in Mexico. He said the worst moments of his life was when he was in a pitch black cave, water up to his neck, and the roof of the cave right above his head. He walked through that water system for hours.😖😣
That sounds like a nightmare oh god
My man Greg is right Water plus Dark equals scary.
Dads make crazy dad things 😂
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
Pretty sure Lovecraft’s biggest fear was black people
My man had nyctophobia
I have a phobia that someone's always there.
Do you also have a constant fear that something’s always near?
FEAR OF THE DAAAARK
FEAR OF THE DAAAAAaaRK
Apeirophobia, also known as the fear of the infinite or eternal. is probably the most ominous fear I could think of. And it makes sense.. I can probably prove you have this fear. Imagine an infinite labyrinth of Old moist carpet and buzzing lights like the backrooms.. Or maybe being stuck in the cosmic web, or maybe realizing immortality.. is a bit TOO long of a timeframe. Not such an obscure fear, is it?
Bro he has to do a video on this
duuuuude there needs to be a video on this
have you ever tried a game called yedoma globula? it's a game that takes place within a fractal, and the whole point is to just wonder around the infinite landscape with a flashlight. It's one of the most terrifying yet beautiful games i've tried
the backrooms isn't scary. more likely something to convey that is by telling someone to look up at night and tell them that black sky goes on infinitely
@@TheEveryDayC The backrooms, before the internet ruined it, WAS scary, before “levels” and “entities” were included. Being trapped in an infinite labyrinth of yellow wall paper, slowly losing your mind subject to starvation. THAT is terrifying, and it’s terrifying to most other people. else apeirophobia wouldn’t be a concept. the universe is a good example as well, or as you said “The blackness of sky” but it’s more akin to cosmophobia or Astrophobia rather than apeirophobia.
2:04 I'm the opposite. My nyctophobia is so intense that I can't even sleep in my own room without light. And yet, for some reason, I am an absolute astrophiliac. It's weird.
I think because you're an astrophiliac you understand that all of space is so far from our reach and everything is so vast and far apart that it won't affect you in any immediate way. You understand the vastness and how little it effects your daily life so there's an inherent distance between you and the stars which I the opposite of you being in close contact with darkness. Also we have proves and telescopes and any number of measuring instruments so we know a lot about space. Defined not everything but it's broken down into data and images easy for us to understand.
actually same.
I used to be the same as a kid up to my early adulthood. I couldn't sleep without a night light or sleep buddy. Heck, one of my favorite night lights was one that projected fake stars onto the ceiling, lol.
we actually lost our ability to sleep with the lights out at some point shortly after we turned 18. probably some kinda trauma. we get paranoid in any dark spaces now, even familiar ones.
@@SunroseStudiosthe way you refer to yourself as "we" is a bit strange..
I'm more afraid of what is IN the dark, than I am of the dark. Or better yet, what "might be" in the dark. Lovecraft knew this fear.
I still have this fear as a 24 year old the Dark scares me still because you think your being watched,you can't see your own hand,and worse of alm your mind plays tricks on you.
FRRRR one time my mom was waking me up for school and she turned the lights off on me after turning them on, and instantly i had a weird half-dream that lasted a second. i was running through a dark hallway and frantically switching on all the light switches my hand could feel (it was that dark in the dream) but the lights never turned on and eccojams music was getting louder and louder until i woke up
@SpongeboyMeBob
I have a similar dream experience I had when I was a kid except this was much darker:I had a knack for sleep walking when I was a kid I slept walk into my parents room so they set up a sleeping bag for me one night I was asleep but this dream felt so real a dark hooded figure was approaching me and I was saying stop! Stop! Then I woke up everything was fine.
Did you grow up in a house with the light always on?
@Wickdesu
Yeah since I wanted the hall lights on all the time still do to this day. Heck I even had a NightLight to that is how scared of the dark I am. And I can't ride on Theme Park rides that r pitch black so Space Mountain is a huge nope 4 me.
There are things in darkness we can't see .. I hav never slept in complete darkness... Ever since I was a child .. I have felt there is something in darkness... People constantly tell me I'm silly ..because I'm an adult... I couldn't careless what they say ... I live in the light
I used to work a job where I patrolled remote areas of the desert at night by myself. The desert is hauntingly beautiful, very dark, and quiet, and I loved it. It was scary when you came across a threat you can’t quite see like a mountain lion, or worse, a human who had ties to a criminal gang. You were always watching something or someone, and you were always being watched.
I’m not afraid of the dark, but rather of the LEGO that I might step on.
More seriously, your videos are awesome man. Keep making em, really. Very high quality content
This video made me more conscious about how long I stay in my apartment on school days. Little natural light. Living alone. Doing homework. I have a fear of caves. I realize now that I've put myself in one
edit: This video may have convinced me to buy one of those starry night sky night light projectors in online stores...
It’ll prolly help with your fear of caves
As SpongeBob said himself.
this isn't just any Darkness this is Advanced Darkness
I’m actually afraid of the dark primarily because it triggers all my other fears, often when I’m going to sleep my mind wanders to it’s darkest places. Watching this after 5pm since my mind wants to ignore that.
I'm a Nyctophiliac ngl, my room is always almost completely dark and I love going on night walks and staying up all night.
What is it about the dark that you like so much just curious
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@@gizmo4192 I think some part of it probably had to do with the biological instinct of feeling safer when not visible than when visible. Another thing is it's just nice lol. I don't like being flashbanged by the sun it's too bright and the way light glints off of surfaces during the day can be a especially annoying. I have astigmatism as well so I'm sure my vision and how I experience the world might be slightly visually different from people without that condition (for example, traffic lights tend to have a glint characteristic where light beams extend out every 90 degrees/180 degrees and it feels like visual clutter that's simply built into my eyes. Pretty annoying stuff.
@@gizmo4192the quiet emptiness of the night is like the physical presence version of ambient music. There's an artful atmosphere to the nighttime that makes it feel like a painting you're a part of. The business of the daytime is nowhere to be seen and everything stands still for you to explore or marvel at
@@MarmadukeDormedius this
I fear no darkness, or lack of sight
But that coffee table that always shifts just in front of me when the lights go out... that thing scares me
Your short bit about glow-worms was beautiful! When you mentioned that they imitate a sky they'll never see, it genuinely made me shiver with goosebumps! That was poetically satisfying! Thanks.
I love these phobia videos. Maybe do Scopophobia or thanataphobia at some point
@@THE-SHADOW-MAN666 yes
@@THE-SHADOW-MAN666 fear of death or the fear of losing someone you love.
"I'm not afraid of being alone in the dark, I'm afraid of NOT being alone in the dark!" -Donald Duck
its an understatement to say this channel is underrated, the absolute meditative state i go into while watching your content is something i see quite rarely on youtube, and i have come to appreciate the value of channels like disrupt, solar sands, jacob geller and many others, that manage to capture this out of body state of mind, yet for some reason your work still is underappreciated. İf you have any dout that you are the problem shake it off because its definately some youtube algorithm shenaynaygains going not that is preventing you from progressing.
(ps sorry if the text sounds weird my english isnt the best)
As soon as Cresendex mentioned cave creatures, I immediately thought of Zubat lol
If they were real, people would be less likely to go into caves.
@Void-gk1bx Spelunking would require a lot more Repel-ling 😉
I was afraid of the dark like everybody as a kid but now I find it peaceful and relaxing walk through the bush in the darkness and shutting out the noise of the world, looking inward.
I feel being a complete horror hound has made very rare for me to feel conventional fear outside of situations I would seek out
I'm almost 20 years old but I still sleep with a little lamp beside my bed. I can't be in the dark for too long without panicking
Your videos are so nice to just listen to while I'm half paying attention to other things like gaming or painting or stuff like that. I also like that they get a bit more interesting as the video goes on. The related and mostly not stock footage helps as well. No transition or editing effects every five seconds. Good stuff.
I'm glad I'm a good background voice, on a side note you've been commenting on these videos for a while so thank you :)
when you talked about darkness in half life, it reminded me of nighttime in stalker without nightvision
I loved your Astrophobia video and this one fills my hole for more of your videos. Good work bro
Another great video! I love the stuff on nostalgia, and it's crazy to me how I feel nostalgia for stuff from long before i was born.
You may not realize but you’re channel is pretty much the central plot to the Magnus Archives. Basically describing primordial fears that grew alongside humans.
Dude, your videos are so entertaining, like extremely entertaining. I watched ALL of the videos on phobias, and rewatched them MULTIPLE times!!!
Keep up the amazing work and please don't leave! :D
I cant believe how increadibly underrated this channel is, its truly frustrating. keep up the good work man.
i love these video, the amount of effort put into them are amazing
every time i see you post it makes my day 100% better
🎵Fear of the dark i have a phobia that someone's always there
Hey man. I just wanted to let you know that I absolutely love your content and to keep doing what you’re doing, because you’re doing it right 💪
Another amazing video!
The dark distorts our views of reality so much that we start to create our own reality in our minds.
I love your videos i've watched just about all them so far keep doing what you're doing 👍
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I am scared of the dark in buildings, but I'm all right with it outside. I think it's the fact I'm scared of opening doors in the dark
I was never afraid of the dark when I was younger but nowadays, I'm absolutely terrified of being in the pitch black darkness. I can cope with a little lighting in a room but if it's completely dark, oh hell no.
Just a few months ago, the power went out at night while I was up and I just panicked. In my anxiety state, I grabbed a knife because I thought something was going to come out and hurt me. The lights came on after about 10 minutes but I couldn't calm down for the rest of the night.
My dogs would randomly start barking whenever I was the only in the house at night and again it sends me into panic mode. I don't do anything during these moments other than trying to figure out what is causing them to bark.
And don't even get me started on being surrounded by woods and how absolutely horrible it is at night.
But it is 100% true, I'm not afraid of the dark itself but more of what can be hiding in the darkness.
Great videos! I loved your thalassophobia video!
i actually live near one of the few pockets of american glow-worm populations outside of the dismals canyon! i've only made a single trip to see them, but god, it's definitely an experience i'd recommend. the process to view them blends seamlessly into our oppressive fear of the dark- one of the small children in my group spent the whole time wailing in terror, poor thing- but it makes the effect of finally being able to see them all the more beautiful. you're transported from this stifling feeling of unease and dread, sitting in a shallow cave, waiting for your eyes to adjust to the darkness around you, into a sense of quiet awe when you're led back through the dark, your surroundings slowly coming to life. as you exit you're met with the occasional small cluster of pale blue dots, most burrowed into damp cracks in the rockface or nestled into underbrush, but the further you walk the more prolific they become. it's genuinely like stepping into a private galaxy since every direction you look has a surface the larvae can crawl upon. tree trunks, leaves, bushes, dirt- they encompass you in something so ethereal that you can't find it in yourself to be focused on how truly dark and potentially dangerous your surroundings are. that feeling of total peace in darkness is something i've never experienced before, and probably never will again. for a creature that grows into something commonly regarded as a pest that must be killed, it's strangely moving how beautiful they are in infancy.
My first memory of fearing the dark was when I had a sudden moment at 5 y/o where I was in my house and just... realized I shouldn't be afraid of it. Whatever gave me trepidation was nonexistent. There, at least.
Every time I watch one of this guys videos, I always walk away feeling unsettled and having developed a new fear
Really good video bro. I hope this blows up.
If you think about it, you barely ever are exposed to full darkness, unless you are in something like a cellar. Normally there's always a light source like the moon.
Been waiting for this one yessirr!!
I got over my fear of the dark long ago. It’s what you might hear in the dark that still gets me to this day.
Watching this in the dark hit different
15 years ago I went to the Kungur ice cave in Russia. I still remember this vividly, not the whole experience, of course, but a lot. There was a grotto, where the tour gide switched off the light, so we could experience how the true darkness of the cave feels like. I am still impressed at how terrifying it was. First few seconds you are not scared, just surprised at how strange it is to open and close your eyes and seeing that nothing has changed. Then you start to listen, as this was almost the only sensation you are left with/ I heard drops of water behind me and the breathing of silent people. Then my sence of space started to fail. I knew, that there is at least a half meter distance between be and a tiny stream behind me, but my brain felt like there is onle a few millimeters and that the stream flows in a much deeper ditch. There was even a feeling that the metal trail is shrinking. My brain thought that I will fall the second I move, and there was a huge dissonance betweem my memory of how space looks like and my feelings of what it was/ The light was out only for a minute, but staying in pitch black cave felt like catharsis.
The reason The blair witch project has such an effect on me is because it combines nyctophobia with (probably) my biggest fear, getting lost forever - disgusting, no thanks. And really, mazeophobia (fear of being lost) could also be seen as a fear of the unknown.
I'm a caver I love going in caves, and I can tell you I'll always be afraid of the dark, no madder how long i stay in it, if anything i get more scared the longer I'm in the dark
Love your vids ❤️
I actually have Nyctophobia, and I want to thank you for noting that being stuck in the dark will cause you to hallucinate. It's something I need to tell people, and it always feels they don't understand, even if they say they do. So I appreciate that someone is recognizing it in a form of media. And if anyone was wondering, yes, I got triggered sooooo many times in this video. Even with some of the daytime pictures. If its a doorway with a bit of darkness in it, or indicates darkness in the next area, it drives me wild. It's specifically because it is dark, making my brain go wild. Part fear of the unknown, part fear of my mind creating something I just don't want to see.
i just gotta say that you are the most underrated youtuber ive ever watched, you produce amazing content that is better than people with millions of subscribers when you only have 20k (20k is still alot but not compared to most youtube standards) amazing work man!
these videos are so well made i get scared while watching a video of a fear i dont have
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i like irl darkness. i love going out at night, the otherworldy feeling of normally occupied spaces, and the grace and mystery of the woods and country roads outside the city. since i know where everything is, i also just go through my apartment wthout turning on the light at night. and holy shit i love caves. only been in two minor ones but id really like to go on a longer dive someday.
different story wth games tho, dark sections wth enemies or the potential of them is scary af. which i love as well cause i love horror more than anything and as someone whos been watching horror films for most of my life most of them dont really bother me anymore
The dark in dead space is terrifying
Loved Urban Exploring as a kid, going through abandoned buildings late at night
I loved the writing of this one. You did some cooking at the end :)
When he said darkness of the ocean that's when I sang "Hell naw, hell the naw naw naw..." Lol
I feel some security in the dark because I know I'm harder to see
Loved that you used the Peyton Randolph house in Williamsburg in this video lol
Love your vids man keep it upppp🫡
I was playing Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom for the first time last week and jumped down a well before I knew what the depths were 😅
And the first thing I ran into was a puddle of Gloom that took half of my health and made me unable to heal it. Haven't felt that scared and alone in a game for a solid minute...
even in my own apartment i get a sense of unease at night, even with my lamp on, nights here in iceland especially during the winter are just so dark.
I use to be scared of the dark but now I like it :)
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4:26 there’s my render!! I can’t believe one of my favorite creators used my art ❤️❤️❤️
I’m not afraid of the dark, I’m afraid of my mind conjuring up whatever messed up creatures could be hiding in the dark of my house
i enjoyed the existential perspective there at the end haha
* GLAD YOURE BACK
you are honestly so underrated
Great video
I read the title as NYCtophobia, as in the fear of NYC and i wouldve found the word that perfectly describes what its like to live there
I used to be scared of the dark as I have grown up just really has left my mind
tbh, nothing is familiar enough when you have an anxiety disorder. I have to sleep with the light on and under the covers or I'm too nervous- but my room is definitely haunted so
(if any part of my body, no matter how small, is out from under the blanket when I fall asleep, I have nightmares and that part of me tingles when I wake up)
I’m scared of the dark no matter what , in my room or in a strange place 😭 it’s so bad , I try to overcome it but the anxiety and paranoia always trumps. Good to know it isn’t as uncommon as I thought originally , makes me feel better being an adult scared of the dark
Have you run your fingers down the wall, have you felt your neck skin crawl
When you're searching for the li-
Maybe your mind is playing tricks when suddenly eyes fix, a shadow creeping up be-
I swear i can't be the obly one who thinks Minecraft feels like a slow burn horror game. Especially in survival with all new bad mobs bigger caves even with high brightness its spooky i love it.
i misread the title and thought this was the fear of NYC 💀
Im not afraid of the dark, im just afraid of the half imagined creatures that loom out of the the inky blackness
When I turn off the lights in my room I start to see shadows moving around so that’s why I still use a night light
I've pretty much narrowed all fear + anxiety down to a fear of the unknown or a fear of losing control as I've researched more and more on ambiguity and creepiness.
Amazing, after playing gris I have looked at looked games entirely different
This is why I always take my dog if I'm stepping off my porch at any time after dark.
I have a Fear of watching Disturbing Videos in the dark but I still do it for some reason.
I think a good Horrormovie i can think of that takes place in daytime is either "Invasion of the body snatchers" or the "IT" remake.
Most of Candyman is brightly lit. And Ringu
I'm scared if I see a shadow just standing there looking at me and every moment I look away it'll come after me o hell nah I'm literally scared right now
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I’m impressed of your story telling skills- any tips that you could give someone looking to tell them better? Good stuff man
Thank you, I'd recommend something called "Perplexity AI" it's not like chatgpt it doesn't write for you but you can ask it specific questions and it answers them with sources, really good when you want to fact check.
@@Cresendex gotcha, I appreciate it.
My wife has to have a light on at night and it drives me nuts. When I was single I "rigged for red" outside my bedroom, which is dark but you can see.
I guarded a state department of health for a few years and that was dark, liminal space with the bonus of hosting lebs with samples of about every disease known to man. Made patrol loads of fun...
The fear of the dark makes sense from an evolutionary/primalistic standpoint. Before we had fires we had to brave the dangers of the darkness of caves and whatever predator may be lurking in the dark.
Most humans are naturally curious and superstitious as well, so pair that with the darkness then you have that natural fear
I forgot who said it but i remember a comment that said " Your not adraid of being alone in the dark, Your afraid of NOT being alone in the dark. "
In the Minecraft caves, I think the dark is the scary part. The mobs are pretty tame in daylight, but they are pretty terrifying in caves.
Great video! maybe do Scopophobia next? :)
I don't fear much of anything as an adult. My fear center in my brain must be under developed maybe. But there is one thing still that will make my heart beat a million, and make me run like I'm being chased, and that's a dark outside environment. No street lights, not enough moonlight or tree cover blocks it, all you can see is the beam of your flashlight.
Also a very cool Iron Maiden album
I use to be afraid of the dark when I was a kid. I would always imagine that something scary would jump out at me, especially after watching horror films
on TV.
Bro dropping Phobia videos left and right
0:35 Ah yes, the dreaded nyctophphobia 😂
In Jak & Daxter, the spider level in the dark cave is the most terrifying non-horror game level I know.
I'm not necessarily afraid of the dark. Where I am afraid of the dark is if I'm in a location I never been that's in the dark the unknown . 1st time seeing ur channel really enjoyed it