I absolutely have a phobia and it is basically of camping. I used to love camping but about two summers ago my husband and I were camping alone and had some bears come sniffing around our tiny two person-backpacking tent. (It would have been a human and tent burrito). I have never been so scared in my life and was shaking uncontrollably.
A year later we went to somewhat local campsite and I kept him up all night long because I was absolutely terrified that I would hear a noise and a bear or raccoon or something would come while I was sleeping. I was so terrified, it was almost like I was terrified of having a panic attack again and of course of meeting up with any wildlife… He told me that I was unbearable to go camping with.
I used to love camping and I still like most of it, the hiking, the serenity, the friends the campfire, the camp food, the tents etc. But when it gets dark and everyone has fallen asleep and I am the only one awake terrified of something that is never going to happen I go insane.
It’s torture, and I thought to myself “Okay this is stupid I can get over this” So I bought a 400 dollar car camping tent and some friends and I went to check out camping spots in the mountains. Everything was fine and were weren’t even camping (just scouting spots)but on the way back from out hike it started getting dark and I started freaking out. That’s when I realized that I don’t know how to get over this. I don’t know how to beat it. My husband just told me he doesn’t want to go camping with me anymore and he thinks I should return my tent… This is depressing and I’m not sure what to do… what would you do?
(Whenever I go camping I carry several guns because I have my concealed carry permit and this hasn’t helped my fear at all)
A year later we went to somewhat local campsite and I kept him up all night long because I was absolutely terrified that I would hear a noise and a bear or raccoon or something would come while I was sleeping. I was so terrified, it was almost like I was terrified of having a panic attack again and of course of meeting up with any wildlife… He told me that I was unbearable to go camping with.
I used to love camping and I still like most of it, the hiking, the serenity, the friends the campfire, the camp food, the tents etc. But when it gets dark and everyone has fallen asleep and I am the only one awake terrified of something that is never going to happen I go insane.
It’s torture, and I thought to myself “Okay this is stupid I can get over this” So I bought a 400 dollar car camping tent and some friends and I went to check out camping spots in the mountains. Everything was fine and were weren’t even camping (just scouting spots)but on the way back from out hike it started getting dark and I started freaking out. That’s when I realized that I don’t know how to get over this. I don’t know how to beat it. My husband just told me he doesn’t want to go camping with me anymore and he thinks I should return my tent… This is depressing and I’m not sure what to do… what would you do?
(Whenever I go camping I carry several guns because I have my concealed carry permit and this hasn’t helped my fear at all)