How often do you get spooked hiking in the middle of nowhere?
How well do you keep a sound mind when by yourself? Especially when spending the night in the woods?
How do you keep paranoia at bay?

>>2821867 (OP)
I'm not sure I've ever felt paranoid in the woods. But I'm sure if you literally just keep doing it your paranoia would get better. If it doesn't then maybe camping isn't for you.

>>2821869
It depends, sometimes I’m in a frame of mind of just being another thing in the woods. Definitely helps not living in a country with bears or wolves. If that were the case I would build a stand in the trees every night. Sometimes I realise Its no different then at daytime but I tend to be superstitious based on my life experiences and the more I think about it the worse it gets. But if I don’t think about it at all it’s fine.

>>2821873
I do live in a country with both bear and wolves. You are legitimately the scariest thing in the wilderness. Again, this feeling of unease will pass with time I reckon.

>>2821887
Yeah but you guys are allowed to carry akimbo double barrelled automatic dragons breath shotgun with unregulated vents cut along the sides so the flames whip out like a blowtorch with an added drummag. I doubt I’d be scared either.
Bro I’ve got a pocket knife and a crippling fear of gay men and aliens.

Never. I am the most dangerous creature everywhere I go. I would love to have a chance to actually use my CQC on something.

>>2821867 (OP)
Only at night when it's super silent, I can't see, and clearly something is near me that wasn't making a sound earlier. Like, not another hiker or camper, but something that could be stalking me. I won't lie, those situations are rare but I go outdoors with a gun and just shoot in the direction of whatever made the noise, let God sort it out.

I'm not afraid of death, so I fear nothing out there.

>>2822064
I have that attitude without a gun. You are a coward.

>>2821867 (OP)
I feel the least paranoid and fearful when alone in the middle of nowhere.

>>2822093
You are a retard.

>>2821867 (OP)
I woke up to a horse looking through the front of my tent. Never been the same after that

>>2821867 (OP)
being alone is cozy

>>2821888
>Bro I’ve got a pocket knife and a crippling fear of gay men and aliens.
Nobody will remove your banana organs if you sleep in the woods, anon. I wouldn't worry about it.

>>2821867 (OP)
https://youtu.be/ixULek--Gsw?si=bZ8hr5HPKzpRkEVD&t=781
people are the scariest thing, and by that i mean city people

>>2821867 (OP)
It's very easy, breathe normally and maintain awareness of your surroundings. I remember one time I found myself in the middle of some extremely dense and dark woodland, looking for my left wireless earphone, while also in the process of finding my lost tent (which was full of my stuff).

You just stop, take a deep breath, and figure things out. 5 minutes later I was back in said tent with said left earphone back in my ear.

>>2822265
>stop take a deep breath breath and figure things out

Genuinely the best piece of advice I’ve heard all year :)

>>2822261
>tfw no cryptid gf pouncing on you on the trail
even if it just happened to me once I'd be happy

>>2822283
Big tiddied mommy skinwalker

>>2822284
>badly shopped it so it's THICCCCC
I hate niggers and spics so much it's unreal

>>2822092
>I'm not afraid of death, so I fear nothing out there
this

obsessive self-preservation is a flaw of the young. You're going to die. Get used to the idea. If it helps any, you'll never know it happened.

>>2822341
>>2822092
shit bait

>>2822349
you are going to die. You can live in constant fear or you can live unafraid. 4chan usually chooses fear.

>>2822124
did it speak to you though?

>>2821867 (OP)
being scared at night or in the woods is natural, you can't see properly and predators could be lurking out of sight. it is instinct to keep you safe.
i feel totally safe in the outdoors though, because there's no niggers. if sleeping in a public campsite i keep my axe and knife to hand and i always feel safe.
only time i feel unsafe is hiking in the middle of nowhere at night, i feel perfectly fine untill I see eye-shine in the distance and can't tell if it's a sheep, cow, deer ... or something else.
if I am with a group sometimes i will go and sleep by myself because they snore, if i do the above, i never feel unsafe even alone at night.

>>2822124
It was just horsing around, anon :)

>>2822393
>i feel totally safe in the outdoors though, because there's no niggers.
based!

>>2821867 (OP)
I spend alot of time in woods some people have found spooky. But honestly I've felt the opposite. I feel more comfortable in them than I do in places where other people are around. Even at night I consider them a pleasant and relaxing place to be.

>>2822393
Agree. I've lived in some "bad neighborhoods" when I was in high school and that will keep you WAY more focused on constant aggressive survival lol
>>2822525
Same. Awesome pic man, are you east coast? Looks like a misty hollow from a book.
My friend used to say, "if it's a human I have a gun or a knife, if it's a ghost, then I can't hurt it anyway so fuck it"

>>2821867 (OP)
you feel scared because you're missing a very important loadout that would scare any living entity.

>>2822525
Yeah, I mean technically I'd say more Gulf Coast than anything.

>>2822613
Meant for
>>2822596

>>2822613
Beautiful goldenrods in the Gulf of America lol

>>2821867 (OP)
I'm only afraid of ayylmaos.

>>2821867 (OP)
what do I do if I'm not paranoid of demons or animals but other people in the woods and keep seeing shapes and hoping it's not people and getting scared? seeing people where there shouldn't be (deep woods off trail) is scarier than demons

>>2822093
CQC doesn't imply the use of a gun (you're likely thinking of CCW).
You are insecure and fixated on guns.

>>2821867 (OP)
One time i was walking throught narrow valley with tall cliffs and there was a water stream along the way with strong current and the sound of it was echoing between the walls I couldn't hear anything but water and there i stated to constantly check my surrounding because if anything sneaked behind me i would not hear it at all.
I got so paranoid i even started to hear whispers in water echoes but im not sure.

>>2822350
nah it's shit bait because being mauled to death by a wild animal is usually brutal as shit.
t. we used to post bear attack footage on this website because you were mentally competent enough to make the internet a safe space for sensitive retards

>>2822861
>because
before*

I was in wilderness and I had been hiking for ~ 6 hours by this point and had only encounter a dog with a satellite collar who was lost and had licked my poop that I dropped beside the creek so I didn't want to touch him but he was following us and this guy comes up out of nowhere behind me and spooked the living hell out of me when he passed me on the trail (it was a narrow section with like stepping stones over mud). He takes the poopy nose dog off and promises to reunite it with its owner - he said he was like a forest service volunteer or something. Didn't see another soul on the trail.

>>2822093
>i think i am dangerous everywhere i go just because
Youre not dangerous at all. I can tell.

>>2822876
with what the average poster looks like on this board the only thing he's scaring is a newborn kitten

i call it not being a pussy ass bitch

>>2821867 (OP)
Spooked: often. It's normal. A mouse sounds like a bear rustling through leaves. Often I think I hear something and then I point the flashlight into the woods and there's nothing. just check and see until you feel at ease

>>2824193
>Often I think I hear something and then I point the flashlight into the woods and there's nothing

That's a ghost anon. They're known to roam the woods