when i was little, i used to have an intense fear of floating to the ceiling. i had nightmares about it. i would be incredibly uncomfortable in buildings with tall ceilings like the grocery store, i used to look up at the ceiling and i would feel almost as if i were starting to float up there, i would crouch down on the ground or hold on tight to the shopping cart. sometimes i would see balloons that had somehow floated up there, and i would imagine that i was attached to one and that it was going to float me up to my death. it still makes me uncomfortable to look up at a tall ceiling
I work at a coke plant. Not the fun, addictive Pablo Escobar type, nor the sweet corrosive Coca Cola type. By coke I mean the product yielded from pyrolysis of coal that is then used to smelt iron ore into steel. To make coke, you have to basically bake coal in a large oven, for up to 14 hours, at over 1000 degrees Celsius. And oh boy, a fresh batch of coke being pushed out of the oven is a sight to behold. Several tons of rocks so hot they glow bright orange fall from a height onto a special railcar that is then pushed by a locomotive to the dry quenching facility. Whenever I stand at the edge of the coke oven looking at the railcar moving below, I can't help but think how much time would it take for me to lose consciousness if I were to just jump onto it. Like jumping onto a warm, soft bed after a long day. I wonder if my head would explode due to the brain matter boiling in such intensive heat. Would I even have the time to feel anything?
Criminally, and I mean CRIMINALLY underrated youtuber! The production quality of the videos, the script, the audio work. This guy does it all so well! I want to see this channel hit millions!! Actually disgusting how little subs this man has for the sheer passion and quality that's in each video.
The way your mom closes the void chat with "but it won't" was shockingly comforting. I instantly found myself back as a little kid having that same thought crossing a bridge but never having the closure of "but it won't". Definitely taking that with me.
I walked past a dumpster yesterday, no CCTV watching it. Wondered about taking a whole load of sleeping pills and other stuff I have from the good doctors that manage me, hop on in the dumpster having worked out what day they empty it and have a sleep, be taken out with all the other garbage and sent to land fill or incineration. 🤔 To go and not be found, just gone, that'd be good. Leave only memories and I guess videos because that's why we are here.
just for the record I do wanna state that i didnt necessarily intend to parody nexpo/crowley or anyone in specific. those are both good channels. if anything im poking fun at the channels copying them
@@jeffiot I'd like to think that, even if it was poking fun at them, they'd probably be pretty good spirited about it. They're great guys. This video was awesome, by the way, thank you so much for making it!
As someone who has had OCD for over 10 years, these intrusive thoughts are very often the opposite of what you believe or want to do. That idea of ‘what if?’ is designed to scare you, and the truth is there is NO secret desire behind them, they’re not you’re deepest desires they are actually a device to protect you from what you fear most. The concept of The Void and the Uncanny Valley are kind of separate to intrusive thoughts. They are sources of unknowable fears sure, but the idea that intrusive thoughts are some kind of supernatural or spiritual force is very unhealthy and harmful as that is often the way to develop OCD. Human brains are strange and they malfunction in these ways out of an existential need to protect us from things we cannot control. The best and really only way to deal with it is to go ‘huh that was weird’ and then continue on with your day.
After my parents divorced, my mother moved to a small top-floor flat on the other side of the town. I spent every other week there. It had roof windows, and sometimes, when I didn't feel like talking to anyone, I would climb out of them and just sit on the roof. This was not a small building, by the way. This was six floors over concrete sidewalk. I did feel the urge to jump. A few times, I almost did. I liked being there. Away from everything. The feeling that I was somewhere I wasn't supposed to be, and that there was a good reason why I wasn't supposed to be there - the chance of falling to my doom - was really just a near-overripe, deep blood-red cherry on top. When going gets really hard, I feel it even nowdays. I got prescribed Xanax to help me sleep, and like most Slavic countries, I don't need to go far to get my hands on alcohol. There is always a part of me that wants to do it. Jump off a building, stand on the railway tracks, down pills with alcohol. My life wasn't really all that remarkable, but my dad always said I was bad at following commands. Haven't followed this one so far. Part of me hopes I never will.
I'm so glad things are taking off for you. Your videos are like nothing else out there. I'm excited to be able to help support your art. I keep re-watching your current content while I wait for the next!
My grandma had dysplasia, which caused arthritis in her hips at an older age. At my fourteens, after half an year hospitalized and a successfull surgery, we gathered the family at the hospital on one of the last recovery days before the discharge to celebrate, it's was too crowded for the small room, so they allowed us to take her to the courtyard. So I was there, and edgy young teen who didn't liked taking photos, yet obeying my parents and standing behind my grandma on the wheelchair for a nice picture composition, so I looked down at her hair, mom tinted it blonde to masks ma's greyness, all thought vanishes and as I focused on the human head on my arms reach and all I hear the call... "what if I did those neakbreaking things we see in movies?" Spent the next weeks researching about this, relief that the thing that separated me from psychopaths or other mental illness was that I had control over everything and every move I made, I was aware of any consequences, and I felt empathy for her. Yet... it was my head, the thought formulated in my brain, and the very existance of it was terrifying.
The fact that someone can create something like this and less than 3000 people can see it is so interesting. You deserve much more and your latest video I think is a manifestation of that. I wish the best in your future endeavors and I hope you are somewhere you want to be when I see you next.
The most vivid memories i have of this phenomenon is going swimming in a lake as a kid. My grandparents had a fishing boat that we would go out on to the middle of the lake and swim. I would take a big breath and swim under the water as far as I possibly could. I would open my eyes and see how black it was beneath me as the sun couldn't reach down that far and the water was murky. The water would also get much colder the further down you went. I would use every last ounce of oxygen I had letting myself sink, before quickly panicking and swimming back up to the surface. My mom would always get so pissed because it would apparently scare the shit out of her how long I would go down for. Just thinking about it now gives me a weird anxious feeling.
This is a really awesome video. Keep up the good work Jeffiot. You're one of my favorite RUclipsrs. Edit: I wasn't going to say this but I feel like I have to, I cried when i watched this video. I never cry, I don't even cry while watching movies. You're the only RUclipsr that made me feel something other than happiness. Even if you leave the platform, you will still be my favorite RUclipsr. Thank you for everything, Jeffiot.
How the fuck does this not have more views, luck may not be on your side in terms of the algorithm but you have a criminal amount of skill and deserve so much more.
Ive been binge watching your content for the past week, i think, and i can quite clearly remember that a couple days ago you had sth the likes of 75k subs and today it's 83k. It's absolutely amazing and I hope this trend just continues. Also wanted to say I came here because of the skull trumpet video like many others
@@blackcatsandbooks86 the final destination vid was my first one too, and now the sub count stands at 111k. the numbers climbing up bring me so much joy bc all of Jeff's creations are so heartfelt. and brilliant, all of them.
I just came across your channel a few days ago and I really enjoy your videos. I am only halfway through this one so far, but I wanted to say that I had never heard of calling this feeling "the void," but it definitely fits. I've experienced these urges as far back as I can remember and it's only been a couple of years since I've had a name for them at all (intrusive thoughts) and I had no idea how common they are. I thought that I was crazy because of it for the longest time whenever I would think that I could just drive of the side of a cliff I was driving on, swerve into oncoming traffic, or scariest of all thinking that I could just squeeze the life out of a small animal I was holding or worse a baby. I'd consciously hold them more gently and kiss their head to reassure myself that I would never actually do it, but it was terrifying every time.
I was so excited when I heard the westerlies the first time in this video, they are seriously one of my favorite bands and make some of the most inspiring music when I want to make art. I think hearing them really made me approach this video with a kind of artistic reverence that made me enjoy it a lot more haha!
I'm glad you quit your job and started making youtube videos. I'm going to enjoy the hell out of your work to come. I can't imagine what your analytics look like right now. Good shit man keep up the good work!
The call of the void is one of the aspects of my chronic depression which is so hard to explain. I think you did it justice here, by explaining that whole nail situation you experienced... you hit the nail on the head. Or rather, stomped the nail on the point.
loved the nexpo parody in the middle of this video! I'm visiting Portland, mostly to escape my trouble at home, but also to enjoy exploring a new city. discovering it and discovering myself. while walking on a bridge to a music show i definitely heard the call of the void to feel the rush of falling and landing in the water. but this video helped me understand that the same call of the void that makes me curious about feeling something like that is also the same voice that challenged myself to visit a new city on my own.
That ending, the thought of it all being a simple ripple in the mind, and as you're reminded of the preciousness of life, the clear bright trumpet almost cutting through the dark to let the light in, beautiful
Many people have mentioned the Nexpo parody, which you nailed BTW, but the DisturbedTV inspiration was obvious as well. Despite knowing you produced for them at some point, the way you add your humor to the idea of the video essay is just so good. I love your content man!
I feel like the call of the void is in someway similar or connected to the concept of “sublime” in their capacity to make us think existentially and almost incur ego death lmaoo
God, get outta my head. I’m not suicidal at all, but how often these random thoughts pop in. Or like “what if I dropped this baby I’m holding?” or “what if I told my sister she’s a horrible b1tch?” The thing I think it is, and I could be wrong, but it’s that sense of how EASY it is to be irrevocably destructive. Life is so goddamn fragile, and human beings seem fascinated with the ease with which it would be to destroy everything. (Also hell of a video, loved the editing and the humor of this… not to mention I relate too well to this)
I came across this channel a few days ago. When I saw jeff's face I said to myself "isn't that the guy from 10tapes?" Out of curiosity I started watching a video and when I finished I found myself moving on to the next one. The quality of each video is impressive. I am captivated by the way he conveys the topics, no matter if the video is a few minutes or over an hour long. I hope you continue to grow as a content creator and I hope to see more of you, whether it's this type of content or anything else that comes from you.
I feel like a lot of the more destructive parts of Call Of The Void lean towards the human survival instinct, and our natural anxieties. Especially with places and experiences that are repetitive and we see constantly. An general acknowledgement of: "This is something that can happen, that could happen at any moment completely out of your control. You would have no control over when and how." And so, to alleviate that part of your brain, what follows is the intrusive thought: "Take control. Decide to cause the bad thing that could happen at any time so you get it over with, so that YOU control when it happens and how instead of waiting for it." Obviously that's just one thought on why it happens, but human adaptations and comprehension is an extremely new thing evolutionarily. A lot of minor anxiety issues can be alleviated by running or walking because the sinapses of your brain register that as escaping/fleeing what is causing the stress, even if in reality it doesn't. The phrase "Slow Tigers are chasing me." Exists to help conceptualise that idea: a lot of current stressors are constant and not easily avoidable, they are not a fast tiger pouncing you need to escape now, they are slow tigers that are steady and keep pace. I feel like it's at least partially tied to that, and the innate need to control your own situation combined with our human awareness of EVERYTHING that could go wrong that manifests such a specific, daunting feeling that still manages somehow to be so universal. At least, it's an option for why. Mostly Im just saying all this so there's a comment in the algorithm cause its a good video, but I hope if someone sees this they find it a helpful insight for what might be a reason why this happens, maybe.
People not paying attention to your art is in no way a reflection of how good your art is. I hope you continue to grow and you can live off of what you do here. Nobody will ever care about your creative ventures as much as you do but that doesn’t mean they are not incredibly important.
Man I just found your channel and it's quickly becoming a favorite. If you don't keep doing yourube stuff you should know you were a world class content creator and artist. Whatever you end up doing will be awesome, and I hope we all get to see it
I just found your channel, and I really like what I'm seeing so far. I'm a sucker for creators who sprinkle in motivational messages and positivity to their work, and your ability to begin this video with sheer dread but turn it around to hope by the end is very much the tote of messaging that I look for. I hope you're able to make something of this RUclips career because you seem like someone who could be a genuine light in our current world of darkness, fear, and retaliation.
I found you through your (at the time of writing) most recent video about the Jazz Skeleton, and just finished watching the Feet in the Lake video. So in the span of the past hour and a half ish you have become one of my favorite RUclips people. Keep it up my guy!
I found you just recently and I cannot believe how underrated your channel is. I can't stop binging all of your videos and this one in particular is just mindblowing. I am not exaggerating when I say that, this is one of the best videos I have EVER seen on youtube. And I must've spent thousands upon thousands of hours on this site in the past 15 years or so. Keep doing what you're doing and the time will come when you will not only be able to afford to live your life off of this but afford the best live you possibly can for you and your partner. I hope that comes soon.
I work at my local airport and I sometimes get that feeling of walking into the spinning engines, wonder about how it feels, what it looks like, if I or anyone could walk away alive from it. Never could put my finger on why I had this curiosity that I never googled or looked further into (because to be honest, I dont want to know if I want to work this industry lol), perfect video covering it, thanks, following for a while and you deserve all the love
My favourite Swedish man with a moustache explaining random things to me I've never thought about deeply before love your content Jeffiot started off the trumpet skull vid and have been addicted to your style, writing and analysis praying for your success because the overall quality of everything you do here is incredibly underrated.
Love the videos, I'm glad I found your channel through the doot documentary Your style kinda reminds me of the disrupt yt channel, really constructed, but kind of weird editing with parts 'slapped on' with a completely different style and vibe, giving a fever dream-like sentiment Definitely subbed, thank you for your work!
Your writing and editing blows my mind. The quality of your videos is insane. Art. So glad I discovered your channel. You deserve so much more attention!
I just watched your Jazz Skull video and this was recommended next. Your videos are so well done. You clearly have a passion for creating them. May you always take your time to create and I hope you will always seek creation for the sake of itself. Thank you for giving your viewers insights into whatever you're pondering. You're talented and I'm absolutely sure you will find yourself with more and more viewers and subscribers. I hope the pressure to create for the consumption for those who are watching doesn't make you feel like you aren't allowed to take your time to make art. ❤️🔥 Cheers! 🍺 This was a beautiful piece. Thank you for your artistic vulnerability. ❤️
uh, weird that most people experience that as an intrusive thought I guess with my experience of existence, the call of the void doesn't feel complete without the desire to simply not exist, treating it so casually feels a bit wrong, definitely a me problem tho
Your channel and videos are of such a high quality, I can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers. Commenting to hopefully boost this in the algorithm
Stumbled upon this channel from your David Firth vid and it's awesome stuff! Looking forward to digging into that back catalogue. May the algorithm bless you!
This is supposed to be spooky? I just found it relatable. I did plan my own death and was stopped at the very edge by pure chance. And the uncanny valley is just us being afraid of dead humans and sick animals. That's why it's subtly different for each. The only monsters are inside of us.
I absolutely adore your videos and I know that embracing the void in a career sense can be harrowing. Sometimes it won't work the first or even the second time. But I think, in the short time we have, we owe it to ourselves to give our passions multiple chances. Rooting for you! Also this whole topic reminded me of a short story called The Tower by Marghanita Laski. I think it goes so well with the topic of this video, hope you give it a read and enjoy.
I found your channel the way many people have recently and I am hooked. You are one of the very best creators to ever join this platform. If I could support you monetarily I would, but all I can do right now is watch your amazing content. Please keep doing what your doing.
Skull trumpet brought me here and the SCP videos made me stay. I’m super impressed by your channel and it’s a crime you haven’t had more attention until recently! You deserve to be really big and I feel lucky to watch you blow up
Dude you need more subscribers, I really hope that you find success doing this. Even though your channel hasn't "took off" yet compared to others, you still have a good 67,000 people rooting for you (as of the time of posting this comment). Good luck!
I’ve struggled with pretty severe ocd since early childhood, and often the call of the void is something I use to explain my intrusive thoughts to people. I say it’s like turning those ideas up to 11. I avoided bridges and tall buildings for years, every day I felt that tug of “well, you could if you decided to. It only takes one second”. I’m doing a lot better now. It’s weird but comforting to see other people talk about it. If you ever feel alone in these thoughts, or worry that they say something about who you are and what you want - you’re not alone. Plenty of people deal with it, they wont think less of you, they won’t think you’re crazy. Your thoughts don’t define you, you’ll be ok. Thanks for this video. Means a lot :)
Can I just say, I've been marathoning your channel after finding the wiki iceberg video and just watched this. I'm currently watching the skull trumpet video and I'm just...so happy to see that your most recent video was blessed by the algorithm. You absolutely fucking deserve it, oh man!!! The fact that the beginning of skull trumpet said you had 5k views and I found you at 70k 2 weeks later. This is only the beginning, I'm so excited to watch you keep growing!!
Finally working non-linearly through all your stuff. That is such a beautifully dead-on spoof of Nexpo, who I love but he does......... ........like pauses Also finally subscribed to your patreon because I want you to be able to keep doing this stuff
I'm so glad I found your channel, you honestly deserve way more subs, always amazingly produced content, keep up the good work! PS Love the Nexpo bit had me laugh a good bit
I live with this near every day. I'm on the edge of that void. It's frightening. My depression amplifies the call, and make is more tempting because it will use my current misery against me. I've gotten pretty good at recognizing it. Never listen to it. But I know it's there.
I really like your channel and I really like your content and I really like your crazy sense of humor. Please don’t stop !I know it’s tough but keep doing it. you’re doing great.
Oof, I've been there. The job I felt like I should be thankful for, working in my chosen creative profession, earning just enough to get by but not much more than that, feeling like I'm reaching a point in my "career". I hated it. Iand then the economy crashed, the who studio got laid off I now earn a little bit over minimum wage at a low effort security job so I can continue focusing on the things I always wanted to do - make art on my own, be my own boss. I am in the void right now, barely scraping by financially. But the ending to your video is giving me light in the end of the tunnel. Cause I feel less alone in the void now. You're my new favorite content creator. I discovered you through the skull trumpet video and I'm enchanted. I dearly hope that you'll find your success here, you deserve to live off of your excellent content.
recently saw your video about the Mystic Trumpeting Skull. I hope that due to the traction that video gained, that other videos you've created, such as this one, are viewed many more times. You deserve it, funny Swedish man.
I find your channel yesterday. Ive watched every video you have uploaded on your channel almost. Only a few remain that I haven't watched, but I will immediately after this comment is posted. But your videos. Are. Art. They are incredible. They are extremely impressive and your videos. Each one deserves millions of views. I can't wait to see the day when they all do. Every single one. Is incredible and I can't wait to watch all the new content you create.
I've seen significance in this since I first encountered it. My first experience with a cliff was at the grand canyon, nothing less; I was young, about five, and I felt it then. But my first experience with this isn't my most visceral. My very long drive home from school had a railing which abruptly cut off for a short time to make way for a small artificial plateau of dirt for cars to stop, to rest or to take pictures, and the plateau was so small; beyond it was a much smaller canyon - my area is filled with small canyons, a beautiful desert defined by the rivers which have eroded it in the past. It was in the middle of a mild turn. It was as if it was designed so that all I had to do was let go of the wheel to easily accept the invitation to abandon the road for the long-dry riverbed. It was a very long commute. I talked to my brother and he felt it too, whenever he drove by. I passed it so many times, and at a car's speed, a moment of weakness would have been all it took. This isn't my only experience with the call. That nail will haunt my thoughts, maybe forever.
The call of the void is such an interesting topic to me. It's really cool to see such a well made video on it. I read an interesting theory that it's just your brain doing a check to make sure it can still make logical decisions.
Okay I think I like this channel. Well the anecdote of your mother didn't make me think of the void but it did remind me of the feeling of being empathized with. Like someone understood. That feeling of connection is something I value highly. So thank you.
I used feeling of free fall or something cloee to it is incredibly uncomfortable to me almost disturbing almost painful infact somewhat painful but when i do experience it it gives me a strange joy in the moment before a spike of anguish and then shaking after. I slowly lost this via exposure therapy through airtime on toller coasters but i still feel it with no anguish when experiencing airtime. But I've come to enjoy it.
when i was little, i used to have an intense fear of floating to the ceiling. i had nightmares about it. i would be incredibly uncomfortable in buildings with tall ceilings like the grocery store, i used to look up at the ceiling and i would feel almost as if i were starting to float up there, i would crouch down on the ground or hold on tight to the shopping cart. sometimes i would see balloons that had somehow floated up there, and i would imagine that i was attached to one and that it was going to float me up to my death. it still makes me uncomfortable to look up at a tall ceiling
check The Curse
This is art. I hope your recent skull trumpet video brings your other projects more attention
Omg yes..... so underrated channel.... Im so glad the skull video brought me here! You'll do it, bro, cus your content is awesome!
Skull trumpet brought me here. I think he should be getting an influx of new eyes soon enough.
It certainly has for me@
Jazz skull brought me here.
Skull Trumpet brought me here too and now I'm working through thr back catalogue! Amazing stuff so far
I work at a coke plant. Not the fun, addictive Pablo Escobar type, nor the sweet corrosive Coca Cola type. By coke I mean the product yielded from pyrolysis of coal that is then used to smelt iron ore into steel. To make coke, you have to basically bake coal in a large oven, for up to 14 hours, at over 1000 degrees Celsius. And oh boy, a fresh batch of coke being pushed out of the oven is a sight to behold. Several tons of rocks so hot they glow bright orange fall from a height onto a special railcar that is then pushed by a locomotive to the dry quenching facility. Whenever I stand at the edge of the coke oven looking at the railcar moving below, I can't help but think how much time would it take for me to lose consciousness if I were to just jump onto it. Like jumping onto a warm, soft bed after a long day. I wonder if my head would explode due to the brain matter boiling in such intensive heat. Would I even have the time to feel anything?
the Nexpo parody caught me off guard, but you got it 100% accurate
I want a Nexpo Nick and Jeffiot crossover
It made me laugh so loud I scared my pet rabbit 😂
Criminally, and I mean CRIMINALLY underrated youtuber!
The production quality of the videos, the script, the audio work. This guy does it all so well!
I want to see this channel hit millions!!
Actually disgusting how little subs this man has for the sheer passion and quality that's in each video.
Hundred per cent agree.
I can say that i was here before skull trumpet :)
The way your mom closes the void chat with "but it won't" was shockingly comforting. I instantly found myself back as a little kid having that same thought crossing a bridge but never having the closure of "but it won't". Definitely taking that with me.
I walked past a dumpster yesterday, no CCTV watching it. Wondered about taking a whole load of sleeping pills and other stuff I have from the good doctors that manage me, hop on in the dumpster having worked out what day they empty it and have a sleep, be taken out with all the other garbage and sent to land fill or incineration. 🤔
To go and not be found, just gone, that'd be good. Leave only memories and I guess videos because that's why we are here.
I’m too broke for monthly patreon contributions, so i’m gonna send this instead :) wishing you the best, your content has fully hooked me
What an extremely impressive Nexpo impression!
It's definitely a Nexpo and Nick Crowley callout and it's amazing.
just for the record I do wanna state that i didnt necessarily intend to parody nexpo/crowley or anyone in specific. those are both good channels. if anything im poking fun at the channels copying them
@@jeffiot I'd like to think that, even if it was poking fun at them, they'd probably be pretty good spirited about it. They're great guys.
This video was awesome, by the way, thank you so much for making it!
@@jeffiot I apologize for wording my comment poorly. I didn't think you were throwing shade at either of them.
Even the obnoxious pauses, and the mundane research to lead just to some twitter/reddit post, spot on
As someone who has had OCD for over 10 years, these intrusive thoughts are very often the opposite of what you believe or want to do. That idea of ‘what if?’ is designed to scare you, and the truth is there is NO secret desire behind them, they’re not you’re deepest desires they are actually a device to protect you from what you fear most.
The concept of The Void and the Uncanny Valley are kind of separate to intrusive thoughts. They are sources of unknowable fears sure, but the idea that intrusive thoughts are some kind of supernatural or spiritual force is very unhealthy and harmful as that is often the way to develop OCD.
Human brains are strange and they malfunction in these ways out of an existential need to protect us from things we cannot control. The best and really only way to deal with it is to go ‘huh that was weird’ and then continue on with your day.
After my parents divorced, my mother moved to a small top-floor flat on the other side of the town. I spent every other week there. It had roof windows, and sometimes, when I didn't feel like talking to anyone, I would climb out of them and just sit on the roof. This was not a small building, by the way. This was six floors over concrete sidewalk. I did feel the urge to jump. A few times, I almost did. I liked being there. Away from everything. The feeling that I was somewhere I wasn't supposed to be, and that there was a good reason why I wasn't supposed to be there - the chance of falling to my doom - was really just a near-overripe, deep blood-red cherry on top.
When going gets really hard, I feel it even nowdays. I got prescribed Xanax to help me sleep, and like most Slavic countries, I don't need to go far to get my hands on alcohol. There is always a part of me that wants to do it. Jump off a building, stand on the railway tracks, down pills with alcohol. My life wasn't really all that remarkable, but my dad always said I was bad at following commands. Haven't followed this one so far. Part of me hopes I never will.
Ah yes, xans and alcohol, it will be a guaranteed good time
I'm so glad things are taking off for you. Your videos are like nothing else out there. I'm excited to be able to help support your art. I keep re-watching your current content while I wait for the next!
My grandma had dysplasia, which caused arthritis in her hips at an older age. At my fourteens, after half an year hospitalized and a successfull surgery, we gathered the family at the hospital on one of the last recovery days before the discharge to celebrate, it's was too crowded for the small room, so they allowed us to take her to the courtyard.
So I was there, and edgy young teen who didn't liked taking photos, yet obeying my parents and standing behind my grandma on the wheelchair for a nice picture composition, so I looked down at her hair, mom tinted it blonde to masks ma's greyness, all thought vanishes and as I focused on the human head on my arms reach and all I hear the call... "what if I did those neakbreaking things we see in movies?"
Spent the next weeks researching about this, relief that the thing that separated me from psychopaths or other mental illness was that I had control over everything and every move I made, I was aware of any consequences, and I felt empathy for her. Yet... it was my head, the thought formulated in my brain, and the very existance of it was terrifying.
no way bro i got this just today remembering holding my brothers head for a joke
The fact that someone can create something like this and less than 3000 people can see it is so interesting. You deserve much more and your latest video I think is a manifestation of that. I wish the best in your future endeavors and I hope you are somewhere you want to be when I see you next.
The most vivid memories i have of this phenomenon is going swimming in a lake as a kid. My grandparents had a fishing boat that we would go out on to the middle of the lake and swim. I would take a big breath and swim under the water as far as I possibly could. I would open my eyes and see how black it was beneath me as the sun couldn't reach down that far and the water was murky. The water would also get much colder the further down you went. I would use every last ounce of oxygen I had letting myself sink, before quickly panicking and swimming back up to the surface. My mom would always get so pissed because it would apparently scare the shit out of her how long I would go down for. Just thinking about it now gives me a weird anxious feeling.
This is a really awesome video. Keep up the good work Jeffiot. You're one of my favorite RUclipsrs.
Edit: I wasn't going to say this but I feel like I have to, I cried when i watched this video. I never cry, I don't even cry while watching movies. You're the only RUclipsr that made me feel something other than happiness. Even if you leave the platform, you will still be my favorite RUclipsr. Thank you for everything, Jeffiot.
How the fuck does this not have more views, luck may not be on your side in terms of the algorithm but you have a criminal amount of skill and deserve so much more.
This is like as if the style of Bo Burnhams "Inside" was turned into a video essay, its really unique and id love to see more of it.
This video desperately deserves more views for the level of quality it presents. Time to share it around!
Ive been binge watching your content for the past week, i think, and i can quite clearly remember that a couple days ago you had sth the likes of 75k subs and today it's 83k. It's absolutely amazing and I hope this trend just continues. Also wanted to say I came here because of the skull trumpet video like many others
same ! first got hooked from the final destination video and i cannot stop watching
@@blackcatsandbooks86 the final destination vid was my first one too, and now the sub count stands at 111k. the numbers climbing up bring me so much joy bc all of Jeff's creations are so heartfelt. and brilliant, all of them.
Geophiot using those clips of over-religious people at mega-church sermons spazzing out fukin killed me man!😂
As a big fan of Nexpo, I am now a big fan of SkeletonGhoul.
I just came across your channel a few days ago and I really enjoy your videos. I am only halfway through this one so far, but I wanted to say that I had never heard of calling this feeling "the void," but it definitely fits.
I've experienced these urges as far back as I can remember and it's only been a couple of years since I've had a name for them at all (intrusive thoughts) and I had no idea how common they are.
I thought that I was crazy because of it for the longest time whenever I would think that I could just drive of the side of a cliff I was driving on, swerve into oncoming traffic, or scariest of all thinking that I could just squeeze the life out of a small animal I was holding or worse a baby. I'd consciously hold them more gently and kiss their head to reassure myself that I would never actually do it, but it was terrifying every time.
I’ve had those exact same intrusive thoughts, and yup they are so disturbing and terrifying! 😣
I was so excited when I heard the westerlies the first time in this video, they are seriously one of my favorite bands and make some of the most inspiring music when I want to make art. I think hearing them really made me approach this video with a kind of artistic reverence that made me enjoy it a lot more haha!
I'm glad you quit your job and started making youtube videos. I'm going to enjoy the hell out of your work to come. I can't imagine what your analytics look like right now. Good shit man keep up the good work!
The call of the void is one of the aspects of my chronic depression which is so hard to explain. I think you did it justice here, by explaining that whole nail situation you experienced... you hit the nail on the head. Or rather, stomped the nail on the point.
loved the nexpo parody in the middle of this video!
I'm visiting Portland, mostly to escape my trouble at home, but also to enjoy exploring a new city. discovering it and discovering myself. while walking on a bridge to a music show i definitely heard the call of the void to feel the rush of falling and landing in the water. but this video helped me understand that the same call of the void that makes me curious about feeling something like that is also the same voice that challenged myself to visit a new city on my own.
That ending, the thought of it all being a simple ripple in the mind, and as you're reminded of the preciousness of life, the clear bright trumpet almost cutting through the dark to let the light in, beautiful
Damn, another absolute banger of a video. Please, never give up. Keep producing gold like this and you'll get there.
I swear that it’s the best RUclips Video I’ve ever seen, it’s not entertainment, this is what a feeling looks like really
Amazing video, as always. Your voice and content keeps me company as I work from home, hoping I wont need to return to a work place any time soon
Many people have mentioned the Nexpo parody, which you nailed BTW, but the DisturbedTV inspiration was obvious as well. Despite knowing you produced for them at some point, the way you add your humor to the idea of the video essay is just so good. I love your content man!
I feel like the call of the void is in someway similar or connected to the concept of “sublime” in their capacity to make us think existentially and almost incur ego death lmaoo
God, get outta my head. I’m not suicidal at all, but how often these random thoughts pop in. Or like “what if I dropped this baby I’m holding?” or “what if I told my sister she’s a horrible b1tch?”
The thing I think it is, and I could be wrong, but it’s that sense of how EASY it is to be irrevocably destructive. Life is so goddamn fragile, and human beings seem fascinated with the ease with which it would be to destroy everything. (Also hell of a video, loved the editing and the humor of this… not to mention I relate too well to this)
I came across this channel a few days ago. When I saw jeff's face I said to myself "isn't that the guy from 10tapes?" Out of curiosity I started watching a video and when I finished I found myself moving on to the next one.
The quality of each video is impressive. I am captivated by the way he conveys the topics, no matter if the video is a few minutes or over an hour long.
I hope you continue to grow as a content creator and I hope to see more of you, whether it's this type of content or anything else that comes from you.
I feel like a lot of the more destructive parts of Call Of The Void lean towards the human survival instinct, and our natural anxieties. Especially with places and experiences that are repetitive and we see constantly.
An general acknowledgement of: "This is something that can happen, that could happen at any moment completely out of your control. You would have no control over when and how."
And so, to alleviate that part of your brain, what follows is the intrusive thought: "Take control. Decide to cause the bad thing that could happen at any time so you get it over with, so that YOU control when it happens and how instead of waiting for it."
Obviously that's just one thought on why it happens, but human adaptations and comprehension is an extremely new thing evolutionarily. A lot of minor anxiety issues can be alleviated by running or walking because the sinapses of your brain register that as escaping/fleeing what is causing the stress, even if in reality it doesn't. The phrase "Slow Tigers are chasing me." Exists to help conceptualise that idea: a lot of current stressors are constant and not easily avoidable, they are not a fast tiger pouncing you need to escape now, they are slow tigers that are steady and keep pace.
I feel like it's at least partially tied to that, and the innate need to control your own situation combined with our human awareness of EVERYTHING that could go wrong that manifests such a specific, daunting feeling that still manages somehow to be so universal. At least, it's an option for why.
Mostly Im just saying all this so there's a comment in the algorithm cause its a good video, but I hope if someone sees this they find it a helpful insight for what might be a reason why this happens, maybe.
Man you’re one of my favorite RUclips essayists. You just kill it every time
People not paying attention to your art is in no way a reflection of how good your art is. I hope you continue to grow and you can live off of what you do here. Nobody will ever care about your creative ventures as much as you do but that doesn’t mean they are not incredibly important.
Holy shit homie. Bravo. Those horns at the end. Beautiful work.
This was incredible great work
Man I just found your channel and it's quickly becoming a favorite. If you don't keep doing yourube stuff you should know you were a world class content creator and artist. Whatever you end up doing will be awesome, and I hope we all get to see it
I just found your channel, and I really like what I'm seeing so far. I'm a sucker for creators who sprinkle in motivational messages and positivity to their work, and your ability to begin this video with sheer dread but turn it around to hope by the end is very much the tote of messaging that I look for.
I hope you're able to make something of this RUclips career because you seem like someone who could be a genuine light in our current world of darkness, fear, and retaliation.
I found you through your (at the time of writing) most recent video about the Jazz Skeleton, and just finished watching the Feet in the Lake video. So in the span of the past hour and a half ish you have become one of my favorite RUclips people. Keep it up my guy!
This was great, thank you
Literally just got turned onto you and these are fucking amazing I wish you could have more recognition.
I found you just recently and I cannot believe how underrated your channel is. I can't stop binging all of your videos and this one in particular is just mindblowing. I am not exaggerating when I say that, this is one of the best videos I have EVER seen on youtube. And I must've spent thousands upon thousands of hours on this site in the past 15 years or so.
Keep doing what you're doing and the time will come when you will not only be able to afford to live your life off of this but afford the best live you possibly can for you and your partner. I hope that comes soon.
I work at my local airport and I sometimes get that feeling of walking into the spinning engines, wonder about how it feels, what it looks like, if I or anyone could walk away alive from it. Never could put my finger on why I had this curiosity that I never googled or looked further into (because to be honest, I dont want to know if I want to work this industry lol), perfect video covering it, thanks, following for a while and you deserve all the love
Genuinely one of the best pieces of visual media I have ever seen, thank you so much for making this
Didn't expect a video on the call of the void to be uplifting and inspiring but here we are. Thanks Jeff (and Sonya) 😊
My favourite Swedish man with a moustache explaining random things to me I've never thought about deeply before love your content Jeffiot started off the trumpet skull vid and have been addicted to your style, writing and analysis praying for your success because the overall quality of everything you do here is incredibly underrated.
Love the videos, I'm glad I found your channel through the doot documentary
Your style kinda reminds me of the disrupt yt channel, really constructed, but kind of weird editing with parts 'slapped on' with a completely different style and vibe, giving a fever dream-like sentiment
Definitely subbed, thank you for your work!
omg the doc lorre voice was perfection😂 unless that wasn't the intention in which case it was still perfection
Your writing and editing blows my mind. The quality of your videos is insane. Art. So glad I discovered your channel. You deserve so much more attention!
I just watched your Jazz Skull video and this was recommended next. Your videos are so well done. You clearly have a passion for creating them. May you always take your time to create and I hope you will always seek creation for the sake of itself. Thank you for giving your viewers insights into whatever you're pondering. You're talented and I'm absolutely sure you will find yourself with more and more viewers and subscribers. I hope the pressure to create for the consumption for those who are watching doesn't make you feel like you aren't allowed to take your time to make art. ❤️🔥 Cheers! 🍺 This was a beautiful piece. Thank you for your artistic vulnerability. ❤️
uh, weird that most people experience that as an intrusive thought
I guess with my experience of existence, the call of the void doesn't feel complete without the desire to simply not exist, treating it so casually feels a bit wrong, definitely a me problem tho
I absolutely feel in love with your channel, your content is simply top tier
Your channel and videos are of such a high quality, I can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers. Commenting to hopefully boost this in the algorithm
Stumbled upon this channel from your David Firth vid and it's awesome stuff! Looking forward to digging into that back catalogue.
May the algorithm bless you!
This is supposed to be spooky? I just found it relatable. I did plan my own death and was stopped at the very edge by pure chance.
And the uncanny valley is just us being afraid of dead humans and sick animals. That's why it's subtly different for each. The only monsters are inside of us.
man this an absolute piece of art and this absolutely gutted me
I absolutely adore your videos and I know that embracing the void in a career sense can be harrowing. Sometimes it won't work the first or even the second time. But I think, in the short time we have, we owe it to ourselves to give our passions multiple chances. Rooting for you!
Also this whole topic reminded me of a short story called The Tower by Marghanita Laski. I think it goes so well with the topic of this video, hope you give it a read and enjoy.
love that widescreen
I found your channel the way many people have recently and I am hooked. You are one of the very best creators to ever join this platform. If I could support you monetarily I would, but all I can do right now is watch your amazing content. Please keep doing what your doing.
Skull trumpet brought me here and the SCP videos made me stay. I’m super impressed by your channel and it’s a crime you haven’t had more attention until recently! You deserve to be really big and I feel lucky to watch you blow up
This is brilliant, nice mix of narrative styles and visuals! Instantly subscribed
Dude you need more subscribers, I really hope that you find success doing this. Even though your channel hasn't "took off" yet compared to others, you still have a good 67,000 people rooting for you (as of the time of posting this comment). Good luck!
Great video! I'm really glad this was recommended to me and wish you good luck going forward. Instant sub ✨
That Nexpo stray 😂😂
Good video, to say that you're a good RUclipsr and are made for this would be an understatement 🤜🏽🤛🏽
I’ve struggled with pretty severe ocd since early childhood, and often the call of the void is something I use to explain my intrusive thoughts to people. I say it’s like turning those ideas up to 11. I avoided bridges and tall buildings for years, every day I felt that tug of “well, you could if you decided to. It only takes one second”. I’m doing a lot better now. It’s weird but comforting to see other people talk about it. If you ever feel alone in these thoughts, or worry that they say something about who you are and what you want - you’re not alone. Plenty of people deal with it, they wont think less of you, they won’t think you’re crazy. Your thoughts don’t define you, you’ll be ok.
Thanks for this video. Means a lot :)
Can I just say, I've been marathoning your channel after finding the wiki iceberg video and just watched this. I'm currently watching the skull trumpet video and I'm just...so happy to see that your most recent video was blessed by the algorithm. You absolutely fucking deserve it, oh man!!! The fact that the beginning of skull trumpet said you had 5k views and I found you at 70k 2 weeks later. This is only the beginning, I'm so excited to watch you keep growing!!
Finally working non-linearly through all your stuff. That is such a beautifully dead-on spoof of Nexpo, who I love but he does.........
........like pauses
Also finally subscribed to your patreon because I want you to be able to keep doing this stuff
I'm so glad I found your channel, you honestly deserve way more subs, always amazingly produced content, keep up the good work! PS Love the Nexpo bit had me laugh a good bit
the production value on this video is insane
I live with this near every day. I'm on the edge of that void. It's frightening. My depression amplifies the call, and make is more tempting because it will use my current misery against me. I've gotten pretty good at recognizing it. Never listen to it. But I know it's there.
I lost it at the Nexpo parody. I love this channel.
Considering I’ve seen your channel jump something like 20k subs in the past week, I’m really glad it’s working out.
I really like your channel and I really like your content and I really like your crazy sense of humor. Please don’t stop !I know it’s tough but keep doing it. you’re doing great.
Oof, I've been there. The job I felt like I should be thankful for, working in my chosen creative profession, earning just enough to get by but not much more than that, feeling like I'm reaching a point in my "career". I hated it. Iand then the economy crashed, the who studio got laid off
I now earn a little bit over minimum wage at a low effort security job so I can continue focusing on the things I always wanted to do - make art on my own, be my own boss.
I am in the void right now, barely scraping by financially. But the ending to your video is giving me light in the end of the tunnel. Cause I feel less alone in the void now.
You're my new favorite content creator. I discovered you through the skull trumpet video and I'm enchanted. I dearly hope that you'll find your success here, you deserve to live off of your excellent content.
recently saw your video about the Mystic Trumpeting Skull. I hope that due to the traction that video gained, that other videos you've created, such as this one, are viewed many more times. You deserve it, funny Swedish man.
sitting on the ledge of a ship in alaska, on the back of a motorcycle, the ocean at night, bridges, cliffs...
I find your channel yesterday. Ive watched every video you have uploaded on your channel almost. Only a few remain that I haven't watched, but I will immediately after this comment is posted. But your videos. Are. Art. They are incredible. They are extremely impressive and your videos. Each one deserves millions of views. I can't wait to see the day when they all do. Every single one. Is incredible and I can't wait to watch all the new content you create.
17:00 I look down at my clock. It's 5:45pm. Deep sigh. This, I feel.
Really cool to get a collab with Nexpo, what a great guy.
Absolutely solid Nexpo impression omfg I'm dying
continuing my binge of this channel, and WOW! feel like i've stumbled upon something absolutely amazing
Another amazing video! I really wish you the best and hope your work on RUclips will blow up super soon, because you deserve it!
I've seen significance in this since I first encountered it. My first experience with a cliff was at the grand canyon, nothing less; I was young, about five, and I felt it then. But my first experience with this isn't my most visceral. My very long drive home from school had a railing which abruptly cut off for a short time to make way for a small artificial plateau of dirt for cars to stop, to rest or to take pictures, and the plateau was so small; beyond it was a much smaller canyon - my area is filled with small canyons, a beautiful desert defined by the rivers which have eroded it in the past. It was in the middle of a mild turn. It was as if it was designed so that all I had to do was let go of the wheel to easily accept the invitation to abandon the road for the long-dry riverbed. It was a very long commute. I talked to my brother and he felt it too, whenever he drove by. I passed it so many times, and at a car's speed, a moment of weakness would have been all it took. This isn't my only experience with the call. That nail will haunt my thoughts, maybe forever.
Coming to this video after watching the origins of skull trumpet! You are extremely talented I’m excited for the future of your channel
The call of the void is such an interesting topic to me. It's really cool to see such a well made video on it. I read an interesting theory that it's just your brain doing a check to make sure it can still make logical decisions.
Okay I think I like this channel. Well the anecdote of your mother didn't make me think of the void but it did remind me of the feeling of being empathized with. Like someone understood. That feeling of connection is something I value highly. So thank you.
Im loving your content man! You are an inspiration ❤
I hope you get more attention, your work is wonderful and I hope to see more of it!
It was my privilege to enjoy this wonderful piece of art.
I used feeling of free fall or something cloee to it is incredibly uncomfortable to me almost disturbing almost painful infact somewhat painful but when i do experience it it gives me a strange joy in the moment before a spike of anguish and then shaking after. I slowly lost this via exposure therapy through airtime on toller coasters but i still feel it with no anguish when experiencing airtime. But I've come to enjoy it.
God dude its a shame youre not more popular, your videos are so fucking amazing
Felt this one, great work!
Such a cool and thought provoking video
This reminds me of the videos that guy was making on spongebob that were like horror shorts. Love thisssss
That's Alex Bale! We know each other 😊
@@jeffiot that makes me happy
Such a good video!
I hope your channel gets popular soon
Such a cool vid, you have a lot of interesting ideas for your videos and I love the way you edit and put them together.
The cellphone jumpscare followed by the void calling gag was hilarious
I appreciate you making this 🖤