Wild Camping?

I am currently going through an episode of agoraphobia which started before the COVID19 outbreak and the virus has only made it worse BUT I am starting to do some exposure therapy techniques and slowly introduce the idea of leaving my house. 

I always loved camping as a child and would frequently set up camp and do bush crafting out in my mums garden. It was deffo a hyperfixation for me. I have recently rekindled that hyperfixation and I have a real want and need to get back into it.  

I would really love to go on a nice hike and do some wild camping as an end goal for my exposure therapy. 

But for the time being, I am going to start camping in the garden again, like I did as a child. Taking baby steps at first, going out there for an hour and if I feel like staying out there then I can, but if I want to come in, then that's fine too. But I have to make it the whole hour at least. Then gradually over time, increase the cut off time until overnights is possible, then bump it up to spending the weekend in my little campsite. 

My question is, does anyone else have a hyperfixation with camping? Wild camping experience? Do you think it would be cool if a wild camp / hike trip was organized so a small group of auties could get together and bond over the love of camping and being autistic haha. Because that would be something I would be interested in once I am out of this episode haha. 

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  • do it,,,,,,,  go for it

    i had a camping thing when i was 13/14 .  I remember running out of food and eating raw saugages because i couldnt get a fire going.......... dont do that !    i went too far i used a boat to move from island to island which was fine while the weather was good/dry  but once the bad weather arrived things went wrong very quickly. but that's how u learn.

    always carry a one meal emergency pack (packet of chocolate digestives) and waterproof matches and 6 cigarette lighters --- LMAO at memory of myself  !

    go for it u wont regret it  and will learn so much

  • Lol! Well I am vegetarian so I dont think I will have that issue haha. 

    Trust me I will be heavily stocked with back ups of back ups.  

  • Emmy is handling everything well

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