The video with "The Coffin" is an obstacle course for sewer/underwater technicians. In order to get licensed, they have to complete the entire course, which includes lying on their back and pushing themselves through the 35ft long "coffin" which is pitch black and has 3 inches between the water and the cement ceiling. I think the people who do that for a living are a totally different breed (we do pay them very well, deservedly so).
The last one reminded me of a sewer which raises another question: why on earth would you want to put yourself in not only a tiny space, but a tiny space filled with *poop water* ?
This guy is such an underrated TH-camr. It’s refreshing to see someone not as intense as other react channels. Your chillness is quite calming honestly. Keep up the good work! Love the content you make ❤️
the guy with claustrophobia who went in hell hole totally conquered his claustrophobia. his channel became mostly caving adventures, some of which are way worse than hellhole. he loves it
When you were talking about the elevator and how there’s that “someone will get me out of here one way or another” feeling, and the feeling of being “stuck” as opposed to just being in a small space, that really put a finger on a weird feeling I’ve had for years. Moments where I’ve gotten stuck under my bed trying to reach for something or gotten locked in a small room or got stuck in a narrow space behind something I’ve always had that kind of instinctive claustrophobic feeling but I’ve always just been able to rationalise and tell myself that even if someone has to disassemble my bed or break down the door or destroy whatever I’m stuck behind, they can get me out of here, and I just stop panicking. It’s moments where there’s literally nothing anyone can do to get you unstuck that are so terrifying, like the idea of jamming yourself into a tiny crevice in a cave and having no way back or forward, and nothing anyone can do to get you out of that situation. That’s what hits the hardest for me.
There was actually a women who went missing in the 80s or early 90s that once found it was determined that she had squeezed behind her bookcase to plug in her tv and got stuck. Because her family's home was a horder house and very cluttered and messy, she apparently had been slowly dieing from constrictive suffocation and couldn't shout on account of the position of her lungs. After several weeks her sister had gone into her room to see if she could find a note or any clues as to what may have happened. She happened to look in just the right area and finally saw her sisters foot and realized where she'd been. After she'd been found and taken from the home several news stations conducted several interviews and because the questions were all based around asking the family how they could have gone so long without noticing her in her own bedroom, there were many factors that contributed to the difficulty that lead to her passing. According to her parents they had unfortunately acquired a horrible rat infestation on account of all the piles of junk in the house. Anytime the daughter may have banged on furniture or rattled any nearby walls they simply blamed it on the rats. They also never seemed to notice the odor of decomp since the home was rife with its own odor that seemed to never let up. Just an awful situation for everyone and the story has always stuck with me. Your post made me think of it right away.
I’ll never understand why there are people on this planet being like: oh yeah let’s go down into a cave where nobody can save us when we get stuck or something else happens
Cliethrophobia is a name used for the fear of just being trapped, which I’d say most people are more aligned to compared to the more irrational fear of any enclosed spaces (claustrophobia). I’ve always thought “oh yeah I’m just claustrophobic” because the thought of being buried alive has been my worst nightmare for some time now. But I’ve really figured that I have the fear of just being trapped, because on the other hand I could easily do the enclosed elevator gig.
I feel like I have claustrophobia then. I can’t EVER be in an elevator. They creep me out cuz i feel like I’d die in there. I don’t want to be trapped and the enclosed space makes me nauseous and dizzy. 😭
im not claustrophobic in the slightest but you’re right about the not get stuck instinct. i’ll gladly chill in small spaces but the second i cant leave of my own accord i get nervous and uncomfortable
my claustrophobia is getting more worse over the years; right now i hate toilets in public places and if i need to go to the deeds i'm scared of beeing locked so its always open. even in my own house i dont close the door of my bathroom, no way! elevators for me are just boxes from pure nightmare hell i always hated them. always took the stairs. the part with the mirror, i totally understand. when i have panic attack and i cant escape i would also find this terrifying. and yeah, instinct is another i feel. i had nightmares were i got stuck in a small cave and couldnt get out.
Back in 2017, I was arrested because of an administrative error by the office of my former probation officer and had to ride in the back of a “transport van” for 4 days. The entire time I was in the back of this tin can on wheels, there were no windows, no fresh air, there were 8 of us (with 5 of us being pretty big dudes) in a cabin designed to hold 8 people max, and the entire time our hands were cuffed and shackled to our waists. I challenge anyone to be put into that scenario without it turning into a literal nightmare at some point.
I don't think I was born with this phobia, but I think it developed when my sister locked me in a Christmas ornament box accidentally while my mom was in the shower so it took a pretty long time to get me out
I don't have the phobia, but sometimes when I get somewhere really tight and I can't move, I get really uncomfortable and panicked. But that's just kind of a natural reaction, and I wouldn't consider getting stuck somewhere one of my worst fears. However if I had to choose between the "cave" side of claustrophobia, and the "elevator" side of it, I'm definitely way more freaked out from the cave videos.
@@moofey6900 for me it's not really the small space it's being locked or stuck in it when I have not chosen to be there. Like if I lock myself in a tiny room I will be fine, but if someone else locked me in a would lose it
Ha! Similar thing happened to me, it was one of those IKEA tubs, I was eight or so, and I folded myself in it and my younger brother locked it. I had a baaad panic attack until I was let out.
With the elevator one for me it's more about heights. I would just be imagining how high up i am...like the drop below me. That's what would freak me out.
if it makes you feel any better, no elevators are built to hang on their cables. There are extensive catching systems so it's pretty much impossible for an elevator to plummet. Unless you're in like a really really really sketchy one but almost no elevators like that actually exist or are in use anymore. It's far more dangerous to try to get out of a stuck elevator than to wait. (ie never try to get out if the elevator is in between floors, this is how the vast majority of elevator deaths happen)
@@Textilenerd123 thank you. This actually helps me a lot lol. I'm not claustrophobic but I just hate elevators for some reason like, I get uncomfortable being inside one and I don't know why. And the weird thing is that this 'fear' developed recently, I don't know what could have started it
Claustrophobia and agoraphobia go hand in hand. Agoraphobia is a fear of open spaces, but also a fear of feeling like there is no escape or being trapped, whether it be literally or figuratively.
I'm fine with small spaces as long as I have freedom of movement, the caving is the only one that gets to me, it's not like an elevator or door that can be disassembled to rescue you if you get stuck, if rescue team just happens to knock the wrong rock loose or drill and dig wrong spot, you're absolutely screwed.
One time my little brain thought it was a good idea to hide in the cushions of the couch and try to scare someone but my SISTER easily noticed me and she blocked me from getting out so I almost cried out of fear because I thought I was gonna die.
As someone who is claustrophobic even in car, and has had panic attacks riding in them. You explained the fear so well almost like you studied it! I felt very understood, ur videos are very cool to watch.
I'm fine with any tiny space. The only time a small space gets to me is if I can't 100% inflate my chest. In other words not being able to take complete breathes. Just rapid tiny ones with almost no air
Yay, another Gregbrodudeman video! I found your channel not too long ago and it quickly became a comfort thing despite the variety of.. uncomfortable stuff we see. Keep going man. ^^
This is the only actual phobia I have. I can handle heights, I’m not afraid of any type of bugs, and I love swimming in the water but I can’t even handle looking at pictures of people in tight spaces. I had a full out panic attack from that buried alive movie, in fact I’m not sure if I can even watch this video all the way through. I might have to sit this one out
Feel better soon Greg. The cave one was horrific. That poor guy did so well! Keep up the good work Greg. You're the best on TH-camr, glad more videos are reaching people
I think it`s just so cool that you with your YT-Channel created a place to relate to other phobias or to know that you are not the only one. Love your Videos, just calming and i appreciate your honest reactions
it blows my mind how many ppl r willing to enter and stay in incredibly small and/or tight spaces. these are all my Worst nightmare scenarios LOL.. i see trying to push urself thru an unrealistically small opening in my dreams quite often. also yeah, not being able to escape plays a big part of it for me
As a child i would seek out small spaces to feel safe, I'd regularly read in empty cupboards or lie under beds. As an adult I am very deeply claustrophobic, to the point where too tight of a shirt can make me panic. I miss the days of feeling safe instead of crippling fear.
Im glad to see someone that gets it, i'm similar to you in the way that im not claustrophobic to small spaces, but the moment my body is restrained my mind starts going crazy.
I was such a demented kid. I was so claustrophobic, but i would wrap myself in a blanket as tightly as possible and lay there as long as i could trying to calm myself down *in case* i was ever kidnapped and put in a trunk or tight place. It never worked, id just get so panicked id have to unroll myself lol
Gregdaddy, i am stuck in love with your channel, thats the only situation i can be stuck in and feel okay with that lol you have such a calming deminor you are one of my top comfort channels, i love watching your channel grow and will be here when you hit a milion subs for sure!
i’ve been sharing my wife with Greg….im watching her laugh rn and it’s pleasing knowing a handsome, strong and smarter man is enjoying her in a way i can’t make her feel..i understand
5:23 a kid in my city along with a police officer who attempted to rescue him died because he did something like this. It was a more powerful dam and he got stuck in the tunnel because it was clogged with brush. Look it up if you're curious, "Parkhill Dam Cambridge Ontario Mark Gage death"
I'm asthmatic af and already struggle with breathing normally on a good day. It dreads me to be stuck in crowded places (especially elevators) or being constricted in any way cos all I feel is that I'm running out of oxygen. I'm also very prone to cabin fever so I really hate being stuck in a small room for a long time.
This is the first video of yours that genuinely made my skin crawl. Couldn't finish watching the video. Love your content and appreciate this because it gives a safe space to face my phobia.
You're right, I've always considered myself as not being claustrophobic but if I'm stuck somewhere that I would have no control of getting out AND knowing no one would be around, then I would start to panic.
The thing about these phobia videos is that you're covering videos and content that make people feel primal fears, but you've got a tone of voice that is super relaxing so it's like being read bedtime stories by your grandma, but the stories are all about Freddie Kruger.
i’ve been avoiding watching this one tbh, because although i’ve experienced a lot of my thalassophobia over the years with your content and looking up pictures myself, i haven’t looked into my claustrophobia. i have traumatic experiences with both, but the claustrophobia one feels… more traumatic. picture a 9 yr old trapped under a mattress while my friends climb all over me, unable to move, no one hears me scream (they’re loudly playing), and i can barely take breaths as they crush my chest and the only light in front of me letting air in keeps closing. that’s what i call trauma lol
but! i’m finally watching it because i know i can’t let this control me. the combination of my two worst fears, which would be cave diving, is already hard enough to watch, but i need to get through this because i love your vids, Greg! keep making more stuff, if you ever read this, been such a huge fan since your thalassophobia stuff started 😊
with that guy who had the panic attack, i think i would’ve started it right where he did. get through the cave to the open area, then go back to a smaller area and the adrenaline wears off. even that open area, even just watching it, i feel like i can’t breathe and i’d know i’d have to squeeze through to go back up the way i came in and i’d feel like i can’t do it, feel trapped, and spiral. i get him, and that Hellhole video has me all kinds of fucked up
My fear with the cave and *especially* the ice one is that whatever is above you will shift and just totally crush you. Also the point about the elevator being a good indicator is really interesting to me because, while i don't have claustrophobia at all (been caving, to an extent), i *am* terrified of being trapped somewhere and not able/allowed to leave. For instance, i was in the ER for a little over a day and was fine but had to wait for tests to come back before they'd discharge me and i was almost having a panic attack for the entire last like 10 hours. Prison or psychiatric hospitalization sounds like actual hell to me (irregardless of all the actual hellish stuff that happens in those places) I'd take a tight cave over that any day.
The ice tunnel thing! I used to do that as a child when we had really cold winters here in Sweden! I could crawl under massive sleets of ice in crazy cave when the ocean near my childhood beach froze. It was super epic! As a child i could crawl so far because i was so small.
You should do more liminal space videos! Maybe look at the pictures or the water parks or mall play grounds or stuff like that. There's still loads of good pictures to see.
The tape one is a perfect example of cleithrophobia vs claustrophobia. Cleithrophobia is the fear of being trapped instead of a fear of small spaces. I always thought I was claustrophobic until I discovered Cleithrophobia was a better term for how I feel
That last one reminded me of this time during the halloween season when I was a kid. I went to this church thing and they had built this massive dark maze in the main part of the church out of hundreds of taped together cardboard boxes. You had to crawl to get through it. It felt like I was in there for a long time. At some point I came upon a more open part of the maze where the ceiling was high enough to sit up. There was a group of older kids in there with a glowstick, talking about older kid stuff. They said something to me I can't remember. Now that I'm older I realize how much it took to set that whole thing up, how cool it was, and how well whoever came up with that, understands kids.
Nice video! The guy who did the hellhole cave is a TH-camr named Brandon gross! He's actually gone through the cave multiple times after that and led a group (tfil channel) through the cave as well! In this case it definitely helped his claustrophobia!
The water tunnel one is the terrible. There could be a grate halfway through that allows water to pass through but not larger objects, and it's really hard to go against that current once you start. But caves... caves talk to my primal instinct of "do not go there." I have seen too many stories about how people have died in caves and I know too much about them to comfortably go near one where I do not have a tour guide.
I've been through that trench from the Utah trip, assuming that's St George. I got a little panicky when I stopped to think about how I literally couldn't turn around if I wanted to but kept my cool
I know I for sure cannot watch this one because I got heebie jeebies just from the thumbnail, but I'm leaving a comment bc I love your reaction content!! :D
I feel that dude with claustrophopia in the cave. Like I am not claustrophobic but I have a fear of heights but I also think those tree to tree climbing parks are super cool. Well once you are up, you are up there and can (in most cases) only push through to the end of the course you chose. Don't even know where my fear of heights came from. Used to climb trees as a kid nonstop and maybe because I wasn't exposed as often to heights my body/brain started to fear it? I am glad though that I am working through it slowly 💪🏻✨.
I have cleithrophobia. I’m not scared of tight spaces, but I’m afraid of being trapped in small spaces. I’m essentially afraid of being trapped in places with no way out. But spelunking is an immediate no. That’s a hard pass.
About the elevator at 3:45 its intresting to me because i dont really have like cave claustrophobia but i have this exact fear and have not gone on an elevator in over a year
I hate cave diving/caving I feel so upset watching this, thank you for sharing I guess...... You are such a good content creator 👏 love your voice and attitude ♥️
When you go to have an MRI they ask you if you’re claustrophobic. I always say no, I don’t think I’m super claustrophobic, but I definitely have an anxiety disorder. So when I get brain scans I’ll have my eyes closed the entire time because I know if I open them my body will freak out, even though I know I’m safe. It can be freaky because you’re not allowed to move, so you can pretty much only move your eyes. Sometimes your arms will twitch. It’s kinda like a sleep paralysis thing. Super loud, scary noises and not being able to move.
That first video is like 30 seconds of a 30 minute video of mostly that type of cave crawling... I like caves and have somewhat gotten over my claustrophobia but that whole video gets me
I need a hug after watching that video. I'm morbidly terrified of even something so simple as EMR scanner where you are forced to go head first into a tube, unable to move your head, with wall right before your eyes (and if electricity would've dropped, you're getting stuck). That stuff is downright nighmares (that mirror room was cool though and elevators are decent, but I wouldn't want to be stuck in one). No way in hell I would try that thin wall attraction from Utah (not to mention the insane stuff like those rocky or artificial tunnels). But again, I'm a guy that as kid (and possibly as adult) was panicing when someone would hold the edges of a blanket I would hide under while playing, so...
Oh, right - and for some reason just a thought about plane travel scares me due to it being a closed space that gets cut from outside world. Despite that I like travelling with trains (but then again, trains are not getting cut from outside world while travelling).
Elevators def trigger my claustrophobia. I refuse to get on one unless I have to...and then I will wait for an empty or less full one. Also, my c-sections triggered it as well. I had a spinal, so basically paralyzed from the chest down with a sheet hanging up, and it touches your chin. Full blown panic attacks all 3 times!😊
I’ve been to that spot in Utah, there are some places where if I were a little bigger than I am I might have been stuck. Also sometimes rattlesnakes end up down there and you can’t see them until you’re right next to them. Having survived it, very fun :)
The last one (and the comment you made about it.) made me have a little lightbulb moment, I have severe thalassophobia and what If i made a thalassophobia course? Like poolrooms with deep dark drops and dark water tunnels etc... could be cool for people who don't have it to know why we have it and what it's like.
i get the not being able to move something making you uncomfortable, like even if its just not being able to move my toes in my shoes makes me feel claustrophobic
The video with "The Coffin" is an obstacle course for sewer/underwater technicians. In order to get licensed, they have to complete the entire course, which includes lying on their back and pushing themselves through the 35ft long "coffin" which is pitch black and has 3 inches between the water and the cement ceiling. I think the people who do that for a living are a totally different breed (we do pay them very well, deservedly so).
The last one reminded me of a sewer which raises another question: why on earth would you want to put yourself in not only a tiny space, but a tiny space filled with *poop water* ?
I believe idubbz knows the answer
He works there
for a good time
I draw the line and holes in the ground but to also have water I’m deceased
@armagon calamity no it's a man made cave
This guy is such an underrated TH-camr. It’s refreshing to see someone not as intense as other react channels. Your chillness is quite calming honestly. Keep up the good work! Love the content you make ❤️
Exactly, his type of channel is rare nowadays
I agree! I love how calm he is I can watch his chanel to relax or fall alsleep
I agree 👍
This man here in da comments be spitting FACTS
Agreed. He doesn't even put this face :0 in his thumbnails, at least that I know of.
the guy with claustrophobia who went in hell hole totally conquered his claustrophobia. his channel became mostly caving adventures, some of which are way worse than hellhole. he loves it
What's his channel name?
@@lightningmariexo Found it. His TH-cam channel is called Brandon Gross
he has not claustrophobia at all, also it was his third time going into the hell hole
@@Boldarkthat’s what I thought I couldn’t even make it 5 m underground
Good for him!
When you were talking about the elevator and how there’s that “someone will get me out of here one way or another” feeling, and the feeling of being “stuck” as opposed to just being in a small space, that really put a finger on a weird feeling I’ve had for years. Moments where I’ve gotten stuck under my bed trying to reach for something or gotten locked in a small room or got stuck in a narrow space behind something I’ve always had that kind of instinctive claustrophobic feeling but I’ve always just been able to rationalise and tell myself that even if someone has to disassemble my bed or break down the door or destroy whatever I’m stuck behind, they can get me out of here, and I just stop panicking. It’s moments where there’s literally nothing anyone can do to get you unstuck that are so terrifying, like the idea of jamming yourself into a tiny crevice in a cave and having no way back or forward, and nothing anyone can do to get you out of that situation. That’s what hits the hardest for me.
The hellhole for me
There was actually a women who went missing in the 80s or early 90s that once found it was determined that she had squeezed behind her bookcase to plug in her tv and got stuck. Because her family's home was a horder house and very cluttered and messy, she apparently had been slowly dieing from constrictive suffocation and couldn't shout on account of the position of her lungs. After several weeks her sister had gone into her room to see if she could find a note or any clues as to what may have happened. She happened to look in just the right area and finally saw her sisters foot and realized where she'd been.
After she'd been found and taken from the home several news stations conducted several interviews and because the questions were all based around asking the family how they could have gone so long without noticing her in her own bedroom, there were many factors that contributed to the difficulty that lead to her passing. According to her parents they had unfortunately acquired a horrible rat infestation on account of all the piles of junk in the house. Anytime the daughter may have banged on furniture or rattled any nearby walls they simply blamed it on the rats. They also never seemed to notice the odor of decomp since the home was rife with its own odor that seemed to never let up. Just an awful situation for everyone and the story has always stuck with me. Your post made me think of it right away.
I’ll never understand why there are people on this planet being like: oh yeah let’s go down into a cave where nobody can save us when we get stuck or something else happens
Cliethrophobia is a name used for the fear of just being trapped, which I’d say most people are more aligned to compared to the more irrational fear of any enclosed spaces (claustrophobia). I’ve always thought “oh yeah I’m just claustrophobic” because the thought of being buried alive has been my worst nightmare for some time now. But I’ve really figured that I have the fear of just being trapped, because on the other hand I could easily do the enclosed elevator gig.
omg same
I feel like I have claustrophobia then. I can’t EVER be in an elevator. They creep me out cuz i feel like I’d die in there. I don’t want to be trapped and the enclosed space makes me nauseous and dizzy. 😭
im not claustrophobic in the slightest but you’re right about the not get stuck instinct. i’ll gladly chill in small spaces but the second i cant leave of my own accord i get nervous and uncomfortable
my claustrophobia is getting more worse over the years; right now i hate toilets in public places and if i need to go to the deeds i'm scared of beeing locked so its always open. even in my own house i dont close the door of my bathroom, no way! elevators for me are just boxes from pure nightmare hell i always hated them. always took the stairs. the part with the mirror, i totally understand. when i have panic attack and i cant escape i would also find this terrifying. and yeah, instinct is another i feel. i had nightmares were i got stuck in a small cave and couldnt get out.
facts.
Not many things make me feel as physically ill as cave exploring videos
Back in 2017, I was arrested because of an administrative error by the office of my former probation officer and had to ride in the back of a “transport van” for 4 days. The entire time I was in the back of this tin can on wheels, there were no windows, no fresh air, there were 8 of us (with 5 of us being pretty big dudes) in a cabin designed to hold 8 people max, and the entire time our hands were cuffed and shackled to our waists.
I challenge anyone to be put into that scenario without it turning into a literal nightmare at some point.
Omg that is a nightmare! I don’t think I would’ve handled that well at all.
yeah the US justice system honestly needs some work
Jesus that sounds like hell....
Holy fuck...
why 4 days?
I don't think I was born with this phobia, but I think it developed when my sister locked me in a Christmas ornament box accidentally while my mom was in the shower so it took a pretty long time to get me out
Bruh those ornammenr boxes are tiny asf
I don't have the phobia, but sometimes when I get somewhere really tight and I can't move, I get really uncomfortable and panicked. But that's just kind of a natural reaction, and I wouldn't consider
getting stuck somewhere one of my worst fears. However if I had to choose between the "cave" side of claustrophobia, and
the "elevator" side of it, I'm definitely way more freaked out from the cave videos.
@@deborahtheassistant71 trust me I know
@@moofey6900 for me it's not really the small space it's being locked or stuck in it when I have not chosen to be there. Like if I lock myself in a tiny room I will be fine, but if someone else locked me in a would lose it
Ha! Similar thing happened to me, it was one of those IKEA tubs, I was eight or so, and I folded myself in it and my younger brother locked it. I had a baaad panic attack until I was let out.
With the elevator one for me it's more about heights. I would just be imagining how high up i am...like the drop below me. That's what would freak me out.
if it makes you feel any better, no elevators are built to hang on their cables. There are extensive catching systems so it's pretty much impossible for an elevator to plummet. Unless you're in like a really really really sketchy one but almost no elevators like that actually exist or are in use anymore. It's far more dangerous to try to get out of a stuck elevator than to wait. (ie never try to get out if the elevator is in between floors, this is how the vast majority of elevator deaths happen)
@@Textilenerd123 thank you. This actually helps me a lot lol. I'm not claustrophobic but I just hate elevators for some reason like, I get uncomfortable being inside one and I don't know why. And the weird thing is that this 'fear' developed recently, I don't know what could have started it
Same I just try to remember that if by some miracle it does fall laying flat on the bottom is the safest thing to do
Claustrophobia and agoraphobia go hand in hand. Agoraphobia is a fear of open spaces, but also a fear of feeling like there is no escape or being trapped, whether it be literally or figuratively.
I'm fine with small spaces as long as I have freedom of movement, the caving is the only one that gets to me, it's not like an elevator or door that can be disassembled to rescue you if you get stuck, if rescue team just happens to knock the wrong rock loose or drill and dig wrong spot, you're absolutely screwed.
Literally the first clip has me hyperventilating
I literally cannot watch this LMAOOO gotta support tho 😮💨 😆
Found your channel about a week ago, and I was immediately hooked. Keep op the good content and I love this series ❤️
same lol he's so underrated
Same he's gonna blow up though at this rate
@@vito6614 Read my mind, he’s frustratingly underrated
“Up”🤓
I hope you feel better Greg! I don’t like feeling claustrophobic either so watching these videos make me feel uncomfortable!
One time my little brain thought it was a good idea to hide in the cushions of the couch and try to scare someone but my SISTER easily noticed me and she blocked me from getting out so I almost cried out of fear because I thought I was gonna die.
As someone who is claustrophobic even in car, and has had panic attacks riding in them. You explained the fear so well almost like you studied it! I felt very understood, ur videos are very cool to watch.
I'm fine with any tiny space. The only time a small space gets to me is if I can't 100% inflate my chest. In other words not being able to take complete breathes. Just rapid tiny ones with almost no air
Yay, another Gregbrodudeman video! I found your channel not too long ago and it quickly became a comfort thing despite the variety of.. uncomfortable stuff we see. Keep going man. ^^
Ok this guy just became my favorite youtuber (and I’ve been in TH-cam for like 15 years), love your content bro keep it up!
This is the only actual phobia I have. I can handle heights, I’m not afraid of any type of bugs, and I love swimming in the water but I can’t even handle looking at pictures of people in tight spaces. I had a full out panic attack from that buried alive movie, in fact I’m not sure if I can even watch this video all the way through. I might have to sit this one out
I have the opposite of claustrophobia. I think it's really comfy to be in tight spaces, i feel... Protected.
Yeah, same. I'm kinda like a cat in that way. I just like to comfortable.
Feel better soon Greg. The cave one was horrific. That poor guy did so well! Keep up the good work Greg. You're the best on TH-camr, glad more videos are reaching people
I think it`s just so cool that you with your YT-Channel created a place to relate to other phobias or to know that you are not the only one. Love your Videos, just calming and i appreciate your honest reactions
For me, it depends on how dark it is. The Utah clip didn't bother me at all because it's daytime. But the caves, no way.
it blows my mind how many ppl r willing to enter and stay in incredibly small and/or tight spaces. these are all my Worst nightmare scenarios LOL.. i see trying to push urself thru an unrealistically small opening in my dreams quite often. also yeah, not being able to escape plays a big part of it for me
As a child i would seek out small spaces to feel safe, I'd regularly read in empty cupboards or lie under beds. As an adult I am very deeply claustrophobic, to the point where too tight of a shirt can make me panic. I miss the days of feeling safe instead of crippling fear.
That duck tape covered guy is definitely some fetish bondage type stuff lol
I've had hundreds of sleep paralysis experiences and they are the most terrifying things.
Im glad to see someone that gets it, i'm similar to you in the way that im not claustrophobic to small spaces, but the moment my body is restrained my mind starts going crazy.
I was such a demented kid. I was so claustrophobic, but i would wrap myself in a blanket as tightly as possible and lay there as long as i could trying to calm myself down *in case* i was ever kidnapped and put in a trunk or tight place. It never worked, id just get so panicked id have to unroll myself lol
The tape one makes me want to die…. When I was a kid we’d roll each other up in those kid playroom rugs and I fucking HATED every second.
Gregdaddy, i am stuck in love with your channel, thats the only situation i can be stuck in and feel okay with that lol you have such a calming deminor you are one of my top comfort channels, i love watching your channel grow and will be here when you hit a milion subs for sure!
i’ve been sharing my wife with Greg….im watching her laugh rn and it’s pleasing knowing a handsome, strong and smarter man is enjoying her in a way i can’t make her feel..i understand
5:23 a kid in my city along with a police officer who attempted to rescue him died because he did something like this. It was a more powerful dam and he got stuck in the tunnel because it was clogged with brush. Look it up if you're curious, "Parkhill Dam Cambridge Ontario Mark Gage death"
Just watching the Hell Hole part of the video, made me switch into panic mode. I'm still shaking. NO THANKS.
I'm asthmatic af and already struggle with breathing normally on a good day. It dreads me to be stuck in crowded places (especially elevators) or being constricted in any way cos all I feel is that I'm running out of oxygen. I'm also very prone to cabin fever so I really hate being stuck in a small room for a long time.
I seriously love your channel and commentary, a real gem of a TH-camr, you are.
Thanks for this vid! Been waiting for it :) …..I hate it lol I lose my mind if I can’t get my legs from under a blanket.
Fuckin saaame
This is the first video of yours that genuinely made my skin crawl. Couldn't finish watching the video. Love your content and appreciate this because it gives a safe space to face my phobia.
You're right, I've always considered myself as not being claustrophobic but if I'm stuck somewhere that I would have no control of getting out AND knowing no one would be around, then I would start to panic.
The thing about these phobia videos is that you're covering videos and content that make people feel primal fears, but you've got a tone of voice that is super relaxing so it's like being read bedtime stories by your grandma, but the stories are all about Freddie Kruger.
the guy with the silver tape with only his nose out, made me SO ANXIOUS and my brain just went "what if they threw him in a body of water???"
"Holy smokes! It's Keegan-Michael Key!" 😭😂
i’ve been avoiding watching this one tbh, because although i’ve experienced a lot of my thalassophobia over the years with your content and looking up pictures myself, i haven’t looked into my claustrophobia. i have traumatic experiences with both, but the claustrophobia one feels… more traumatic. picture a 9 yr old trapped under a mattress while my friends climb all over me, unable to move, no one hears me scream (they’re loudly playing), and i can barely take breaths as they crush my chest and the only light in front of me letting air in keeps closing. that’s what i call trauma lol
but! i’m finally watching it because i know i can’t let this control me. the combination of my two worst fears, which would be cave diving, is already hard enough to watch, but i need to get through this because i love your vids, Greg! keep making more stuff, if you ever read this, been such a huge fan since your thalassophobia stuff started 😊
with that guy who had the panic attack, i think i would’ve started it right where he did. get through the cave to the open area, then go back to a smaller area and the adrenaline wears off. even that open area, even just watching it, i feel like i can’t breathe and i’d know i’d have to squeeze through to go back up the way i came in and i’d feel like i can’t do it, feel trapped, and spiral. i get him, and that Hellhole video has me all kinds of fucked up
My fear with the cave and *especially* the ice one is that whatever is above you will shift and just totally crush you. Also the point about the elevator being a good indicator is really interesting to me because, while i don't have claustrophobia at all (been caving, to an extent), i *am* terrified of being trapped somewhere and not able/allowed to leave. For instance, i was in the ER for a little over a day and was fine but had to wait for tests to come back before they'd discharge me and i was almost having a panic attack for the entire last like 10 hours. Prison or psychiatric hospitalization sounds like actual hell to me (irregardless of all the actual hellish stuff that happens in those places) I'd take a tight cave over that any day.
i just saw that u uploaded and you made my day love your content keep it up 👍
Out of all TH-camrs, ur the one I root for the most. U deserve 100k asap 🙌🏻
I thought I was over my claustrophobia until I watched this video. So many clips made me want to hyperventilate.
That water pipe one really was dangerous though because beavers often build in those culverts. Also branches get lodged in those all the time.
your videos are so comforting💗
The ice tunnel thing!
I used to do that as a child when we had really cold winters here in Sweden!
I could crawl under massive sleets of ice in crazy cave when the ocean near my childhood beach froze.
It was super epic!
As a child i could crawl so far because i was so small.
Another great vid. Looking forward to all the other stuff you got planned.
Also...
Cool shirt, Greg. Looks good 👍
Able bodied people confuse me often in the shit they do for fun the idea of purposely going through a tunnel barely big enough to fit in is nuts
I definitely think I have the fear of getting stuck but not true “claustrophobia” bc oh my gosh those cave videos FREAK ME OUT
You should do more liminal space videos! Maybe look at the pictures or the water parks or mall play grounds or stuff like that. There's still loads of good pictures to see.
The tape one is a perfect example of cleithrophobia vs claustrophobia. Cleithrophobia is the fear of being trapped instead of a fear of small spaces. I always thought I was claustrophobic until I discovered Cleithrophobia was a better term for how I feel
Also the elevator one
Oh hells no. The trolley one got to me. I nearly vomited.
i can't wait to see this channel grow big
keep it up
Holy shit!, way you’re so underrated. Your reacting video are so chill and not Over exaggerated i can’t stop watching them. my fav youtuber💪💪💪🔥🔥
i love it too
Came here having found thalassophobia content, as someone with that, stayed because of how much I enjoy your content. Thank you for doing what you do!
if you dissociate hard enough, you won't get scared
That last one reminded me of this time during the halloween season when I was a kid. I went to this church thing and they had built this massive dark maze in the main part of the church out of hundreds of taped together cardboard boxes. You had to crawl to get through it. It felt like I was in there for a long time. At some point I came upon a more open part of the maze where the ceiling was high enough to sit up. There was a group of older kids in there with a glowstick, talking about older kid stuff. They said something to me I can't remember. Now that I'm older I realize how much it took to set that whole thing up, how cool it was, and how well whoever came up with that, understands kids.
Cool story! Reminds me of when the D&D kids at my elementary school would build weapons and armor out of cardboard.
Nice video! The guy who did the hellhole cave is a TH-camr named Brandon gross! He's actually gone through the cave multiple times after that and led a group (tfil channel) through the cave as well! In this case it definitely helped his claustrophobia!
idk why but the "It's good to see you again" at the beginning rlly got me for some reason :')
The water tunnel one is the terrible. There could be a grate halfway through that allows water to pass through but not larger objects, and it's really hard to go against that current once you start.
But caves... caves talk to my primal instinct of "do not go there." I have seen too many stories about how people have died in caves and I know too much about them to comfortably go near one where I do not have a tour guide.
the tips at the end are extremely helpful lol , it all sounds like common sense kinda stuff but then there would be nothing for you to react to
I've been through that trench from the Utah trip, assuming that's St George. I got a little panicky when I stopped to think about how I literally couldn't turn around if I wanted to but kept my cool
Going through that canyon in Utah...better hope a flash flood doesn't come through, or you are toast. There is NOWHERE to go in there!
I love your “Over the Garden Wall” poster in the background 👏
Oh wow, i haven’t watched your videos for a while since the subnautica series ended and your videos' quality has improved so much!
I know I for sure cannot watch this one because I got heebie jeebies just from the thumbnail, but I'm leaving a comment bc I love your reaction content!! :D
I feel that dude with claustrophopia in the cave. Like I am not claustrophobic but I have a fear of heights but I also think those tree to tree climbing parks are super cool. Well once you are up, you are up there and can (in most cases) only push through to the end of the course you chose. Don't even know where my fear of heights came from. Used to climb trees as a kid nonstop and maybe because I wasn't exposed as often to heights my body/brain started to fear it? I am glad though that I am working through it slowly 💪🏻✨.
I see videos like these all the time and the only thought that ever comes to mind “how is this fun in anyway” 😂
i discovered your channel not long ago, and i wish i found you sooner. you're such a unique youtuber, and i love every one of your videos.
This was really hard to watch but I love your videos! Such an interesting topic
I have cleithrophobia. I’m not scared of tight spaces, but I’m afraid of being trapped in small spaces. I’m essentially afraid of being trapped in places with no way out. But spelunking is an immediate no. That’s a hard pass.
I love how chill you are
Idk if you'll see this but dude your channel is so awesome, i love tuning in to just chill and react to stuff with you.
About the elevator at 3:45 its intresting to me because i dont really have like cave claustrophobia but i have this exact fear and have not gone on an elevator in over a year
Another absolute banger Greg.
I hate cave diving/caving I feel so upset watching this, thank you for sharing I guess......
You are such a good content creator 👏 love your voice and attitude ♥️
Cave diving is the worst though because you have limited air/time before certain death
Slot canyons can get terrifying really quick...it's called a flash flood!
I’m from Kentucky! That guy in the coal mining one is crazy bro.
Also, I like the Over the Garden Wall poster you got on your wall
i’ve been binging all of your videos once i get off from work & you’ve easily become one of top 3 favs, keep it up greg & feel better 🤞🏼
When you go to have an MRI they ask you if you’re claustrophobic. I always say no, I don’t think I’m super claustrophobic, but I definitely have an anxiety disorder. So when I get brain scans I’ll have my eyes closed the entire time because I know if I open them my body will freak out, even though I know I’m safe. It can be freaky because you’re not allowed to move, so you can pretty much only move your eyes. Sometimes your arms will twitch. It’s kinda like a sleep paralysis thing. Super loud, scary noises and not being able to move.
Where did you get that Over the Garden Wall poster? It looks awesome!!
I love watching your videos and discovering new stuff, Greg. Have a great time you too.
The first one had me sweating. Never ever would I squeeze through a space as small as this.
That first video is like 30 seconds of a 30 minute video of mostly that type of cave crawling... I like caves and have somewhat gotten over my claustrophobia but that whole video gets me
I need a hug after watching that video. I'm morbidly terrified of even something so simple as EMR scanner where you are forced to go head first into a tube, unable to move your head, with wall right before your eyes (and if electricity would've dropped, you're getting stuck). That stuff is downright nighmares (that mirror room was cool though and elevators are decent, but I wouldn't want to be stuck in one). No way in hell I would try that thin wall attraction from Utah (not to mention the insane stuff like those rocky or artificial tunnels).
But again, I'm a guy that as kid (and possibly as adult) was panicing when someone would hold the edges of a blanket I would hide under while playing, so...
Oh, right - and for some reason just a thought about plane travel scares me due to it being a closed space that gets cut from outside world. Despite that I like travelling with trains (but then again, trains are not getting cut from outside world while travelling).
Bro you need more subs I love your content so much
Elevators def trigger my claustrophobia. I refuse to get on one unless I have to...and then I will wait for an empty or less full one. Also, my c-sections triggered it as well. I had a spinal, so basically paralyzed from the chest down with a sheet hanging up, and it touches your chin. Full blown panic attacks all 3 times!😊
I’ve been to that spot in Utah, there are some places where if I were a little bigger than I am I might have been stuck. Also sometimes rattlesnakes end up down there and you can’t see them until you’re right next to them. Having survived it, very fun :)
The last one (and the comment you made about it.) made me have a little lightbulb moment, I have severe thalassophobia and what If i made a thalassophobia course? Like poolrooms with deep dark drops and dark water tunnels etc... could be cool for people who don't have it to know why we have it and what it's like.
I have 2 things to say:
One, I loved this video and I enjoyed every second.
Two, I hope you feel better. I'm feeling sick as well
1:35 POV: you're the last pringle in the pringle jar
Naurrrrr this is all of my nightmares: the video. The water tunnel? The tiny ice passageways? NIGHTMARES
i get the not being able to move something making you uncomfortable, like even if its just not being able to move my toes in my shoes makes me feel claustrophobic
It is going to be EXTREMELY HARD to watch this however I want to see if I can watch the whole thing… will see