Camping with PTSD
I love camping but I have been diagnosed with PTSD. I am not a Military Veteran. Mine comes from a childhood illness. I am on medication, but I do have severe panick attacks and I get really nervous w...
Forum Discussion
Water-Bug wrote:
I don't have PTSD, but since medications seem to be an issue to you, I would advise you to do research before you choose a campsite and be sure that emergency services are close by and readily available. Also be sure that you have at least an extra weeks supply of meds along on the trip. Stuff happens and you don't need the extra frustration of not having enough meds along to handle an unexpected delay.
There a few Military Camps where you may wake up to machine gun fire or tank firing which isn't all that loud the way the ranges are constructed. I hear a mortar or zzzzzzng or full auto I wake up instantly wiht my boots on and headed for the door.
