Wild Camping?

i do like woods a few years back i used to do something called larp that was fun enjoyable and relaxing 

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but back then my group only had about a dozen a week at most with all the running around we did we easily cover at least half a marathon cross country each time we did it but too many things started to change and that became history 

but now with the exception of shopping my outside world consists of sitting on the balcony and looking at the trees though i recently got some wild bird food and I'm going to start putting out for them to let my old fondness for nature come forward again  

LOL, well apart from being gay, autistic, a pacifict, vegan, uncordinated, confused and mute in most groups groups, could never cope with the noise of a gun, but yeah, courses give me structure so def the right path for me.

Emmy is handling everything well

accept the fear( anxiety )  which is always there ..... but do it anyway !

thats so the correct path u'll be in the Marines next 

Yeah Emmy i find it hard to navigate at times, but that doesn't matter cos I'm really glad to have it. It's been really validating for me, and helped me identify traits I didn't realise I have, and learn about them. Overall I'm so much more happy with myself these past few months.

I bought a book about Wild Camping, that inspired me a bit. I think the main thing is to practice with your kit at home, eg tent, sleeping bag, mat, etc. And like I said, you don't need to go more than 100m from your door to have an adventure and feel nature.

I saw there's a 2 day course on wild camping in the lakes for £125. But i'm going to try and do it without spending money. I've also signed up to train as a Mountain Leader. Not to be a Mountain Leader, but as motivation to get out and learn the skills. An autistic friend of mine did it and passed.

Thinking about getting into the outdoors more has made me really happy and I'm looking forward to small quiet adventures of being at peace in the dark. If i could camp in my garden i'd be out there!

I have 1 friend had I have only seen him once this year lol. I mainly just stick to my two rooms in the house, which is my bedroom and office. Both have been kitted out to be as outdoorsy as possible though haha. Lots of plants and even moss terrariums haha But I really do want to get back out to the woods. My rooms just arent cutting it any more haha. 

Thats how I feel currently about going outside, just the thought of it and even typing it out. Oooooph. Anxiety haha  

Cheers both for the messaging advice! And good to know it's being worked on.

you're welcome Emmy 

friends wise I have very few, take last year for instance I only saw 5 friends in total one of them once and 3 of them twice and my family live 250 miles away so until I'm off sick Leave I stick to my bedroom 95% of the time so i am alone most of the time as well

yeah i can handle the normal waters like showers and small pools and thunder storms but if the water can go over my head then no no no I'm even a little anxious just typing this and thinking about it (i had a few bad days with water when i was young)

i need to warn you there currently is a defect.

after about 3 messages each you cant see any more.

the work around. 

each person immediately deletes their old messages and refreshes their page

that way you can continue to PM someone

I used, to use it quite a bit, and it was quite good then. The developer are currently working to get this fixed ASAP.

Oooo! I have found out how you send private messages. Go to your profile and scroll down to your friends and under their profile picture it says "connect" click that and it should open a little command bit with "send private message" "unfollow" "unfriend". Just click the "send private message and it should take you to the page.

Yeah this site is a bit hard to navigate haha. All I said was I would love to talk with you about camping some more haha. I would loooove to go to The Lake District. It looks like such a lovely place to wild camp. 

Deffo will make that a goal to reach at some point, but for now I am just gonna stick to the south east so I am not too far from home. I hear Suffolk has some nice areas to wild camp?

Emmy, it looked like you added a message when you friend requested me, but i couldn't find out how to read it, and can't find how to message either!

I live near the Lake District, so done a few bivvy bag nights locally. I don't know the SE at all apart from london. Just going to the local river suits me, it doesn't have to be a big trip.

Thats a shame about your plans :( and yeah I am finding it beneficial. Its kinda like retracing your steps.  

what areas have you wild camped in? any places you would recommend that are south east england based? 

Yes, i was gonna wild camp this weekend coming with a friend, but lockdown ... .

and similarly, i've been thinking about what worked for me as a kid and exploring redeveloping those joys

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.  

Thank you ^_^ I am really proud of myself too. 

Totally get you, I am very much a recluse haha. I have no friend group, relationship, anything other than immediate family. Even then, I stick to my two rooms (office and bedroom) and am mostly alone all day. When my sleeping pattern is screwed, I dont see anyone at all because I am awake when everyones asleep. Haha Bliss. 

I'm not a fan of the sea either. The thought that we have only explored 5% of the worlds oceans is terrifying to me. I like baths, pools, showers and rain. But big open bodies of water with no idea what lies beneath... no thank yooooou! 

Thank you so much ^_^ I think its got something to do with my diagnosis. Its really foggy for me to remember a time when I wasn't masking and performing a personality/character. But I remember camping as a kid and I remember the quietness and how it made me feel relaxed. So now that I have my diagnosis, I kinda wonna try just doing some of the things I enjoyed as a kid while I figure out who I am, what my unmasked self looks like. I think it'll be really good for me. 

Maybe try wild camping with a friend first? Build up your confidence? I really want to do solo wild camping but that goal is so beyond the point I am at now haha I try not to think about it. 

Well hopefully by the time I am out of this episode, lockdown and covid would of calmed down a bit? 

Thats the dream ^_^ haha!  I much prefer winter camping to summer camping. So much more thrilling. 

And of course. Location is everything. No campsites as I really dont like large crowds of people. Theres got to be enough space so that if people want to spread out a bit then thats doable. I know I need my time alone even when I am with a small group and I am sure others will feel the same. 

It will also have to be not too far out travel wise for me as I will be quite fragile being outside and away from home. So if anything does go wrong and I have to go home, I'm not going to get on a train for 6 hours lol. 

So quite a lot of conditions will have to be put in place and I can't guarantee a time frame in when to do it because it all depends how I do with exposure therapy. 

But the idea is out there now so thats something ^_^ I am setting my intention.