I'm always solo and off trail. Guns not an option. My entire setup is stealth super low profile, smokeless fire and so on. I have a knife and I carry a staff with attachable spear tip which make me feel safe. I know the sounds of all the animals even screaming owls I am used to it. There are no large predators here and it isn't the sounds of animals that scare me it's just me and my imagination which works against me. My mind invents things where there are no things so I go to bed early. I should not have to go to bed early out of fear of my own imagination. I should be able to sit in the dark and be at peace with my surroundings and relax and enjoy it. I have got better at managing it but it is still there. Even if I let my night vision adapt and I creep around knowing that I am at that point the scary creepy thing in the woods at minimum there is a persistent feeling of discomfort. Does it ever truly go away? Is being alone at night days away from a dirt road just too unnatural?
>>2852274Have you considered not being a faggot?
>>2852383Faggots have higher testosterone and a lower sense of fear than others.
>>2852463I never knew that.>>2852274Have you considered being a faggot?
What you're describing is how you've turned yourself into the perfect stealth tracker, the perfect night hunter, all you need is a nice big knife or machete and you'd be set. You shouldn't be afraid, everything else should fear you. You should go kill some hikers to feel better about yourself.
>>2852383>>2852463>>2852490kek
man has wrestled with that feeling forever and will forever his own mind is what makes him man
>>2852274i started out feeling a little bit this way but i don't anymore. i've come to enjoy how quiet it can be at night and how nice the stars are. i think you just get used to it.
