/out/ - Outdoors

Monsters and demons are attracted to fear. So long as you remain calm, you have nothing to fear.

Find a popular camping spot and go there one night in a ghillie suit. Sneak around, listen to people fuck, move their gear, hang up some blair witch stickmen etc.

>the prey becomes the predator

Don't fear? I'm cold!! ! !!

>>458
>leave the weapons at home
lel, you don't live in an area with any of these things do you?

>>458
Yea, leaving the weapons at home is a bad idea. It's not only wildlife you have to worry about it's also homeless people too.

>>355
Here's some tips and tricks from a psychology student with depression and angst.
Your fear is natural and exposure to the woods (and dark) will slowly get it better. An example is just going in to the woods during the day and close your eyes. Challange yourself to do it for extended periods of time. See how well you can get to stuff like flashlights, changing batteries, taking meds, etc. without actually looking. Whenever you start to feel stressed the most effective way of controling your mind is by breathing slowly. Breathe in, think "one mississippi" breathe out, think "one mississippi" and go one like that.

Another great way to calm yourself is to try to stay in the now and focus on what you actually hear, see, and feel. Instead of a bunch of "what if"s so here's a mental game to help you do that:
Name three things you see, name three things you hear, name three things you feel. Then start over but do two of each, then one of each, then two, three and back again. Surprisingly effective especially with the combination of controlled breathing.

Paranoia is a mean beast to wreslte, when I get too paranoid I start to hallucinate. Bad times. However, if you're aware of your own paranoia it's easier to power through it and it will be maybe just a bit easier the next time around. I went from sleeping in a brightly lit room to strolling on in a 3km^2 graveyard/woods in pitch darkness within two years using this method.

>>458
>bats - fuck me - bats

Jesus fuck this. You shouldn't be afraid of skinwalkers/windigos/demons/boogeymen/ayys/other spoops so much as be afraid of these disease carrying devils. Coyotes, bobcats, cougars, bears (except grizzly) you can mostly scare off, or if they don't get the message, pop them (because if you are able, you should ALWAYS be carrying a weapon innawoods). Bats, on the other hand, don't get the gist and fly the fuck everywhere, and since most are pretty small, you have to be a pretty good shot on those fastass satanspawn.

Also, did I mention they carry lots of fun diseases, including almost-always-fatal rabies? Most rabies cases in the States are caused by - you guessed it - bats. You can barely notice when they bite you (and sometimes you can't even find a bite mark since their teeth are so small) or when they brush up against you, especially when you are sleeping, so most of these cases where the poor fucks found one of these mini-beelzebubs fucking around where they were sleeping, they didn't know to get 6 shots in their ass until they were already foaming at the mouth.

'Course, it doesn't mean they're heat-seeking missiles of screeching spite and hatred. Thankfully, they leave you the fuck alone, for the most part, and have a good handle on the bug population (at least where I'm at). The only times the would come in contact with you would be if they get confused or if they're fucked up/rabid. But god damn, I will never go innawoods without a sturdy tent, fuck those things.