mrS0ul
Meatball in Residence
I completely relate to this post. I started down that road in my mid to late 30's. I was hiking the Appalachian Trail well over 10 years ago I had a similar experience. I was receiving schwag and [not so] sexy mexy in supply drops from my peeps and I found it zapped my enthusiasm and energy so I threw it in the woods somewhere along the southern border of Virginia and vowed never again would I touch anything but kind or else go without.
...then along came this long haired scraggly bearded freak from New Jersey, just ditty bopping with a purpose headed to Maine. Full steam. We stayed at a well known super chill hostel near Dragon's Tooth and McAfees Knob. That evening he shared some of his stash with me. I believe it was the GWS. I torqued down on it and within 15 minutes I had to go outside and lay in the grass [early spring]. Panic, anxiety, dick in the dirt. Bad.
I realized I was 1.) Slightly to moderately dehydrated and 2.) I had major muscle tension and the toke of the shark amplified the symptoms. I crushed a couple of nalgenes of water as I started to stretch [some folks call it Yoga, I call it stretching]
Like magic I slowly started to feel great [the shark/water/stretching] and I did that for nearly a half hour. I am not saying this is the magic bullet, just what works for me.
I have recommended this to others who get a panic attacks/ anxiety while burning and it works every time whether psychosomatic or true results.
....anyhoo he was connecting up the trail [an order coming in from a student at Jerry Falwells Liberty University lol] and he would be glad to order me some as well and leave it at a predetermined spot some 20 miles up the trail. I forked over the dough and and he was off like a shot. [he finished the trail start to finish in around 90 days].
When I got to the drop spot on the trail near one of the AT shelters I found my stash of Fire and by properly hydrating and stretching I was golden.
Still works today.
...then along came this long haired scraggly bearded freak from New Jersey, just ditty bopping with a purpose headed to Maine. Full steam. We stayed at a well known super chill hostel near Dragon's Tooth and McAfees Knob. That evening he shared some of his stash with me. I believe it was the GWS. I torqued down on it and within 15 minutes I had to go outside and lay in the grass [early spring]. Panic, anxiety, dick in the dirt. Bad.
I realized I was 1.) Slightly to moderately dehydrated and 2.) I had major muscle tension and the toke of the shark amplified the symptoms. I crushed a couple of nalgenes of water as I started to stretch [some folks call it Yoga, I call it stretching]
Like magic I slowly started to feel great [the shark/water/stretching] and I did that for nearly a half hour. I am not saying this is the magic bullet, just what works for me.
I have recommended this to others who get a panic attacks/ anxiety while burning and it works every time whether psychosomatic or true results.
....anyhoo he was connecting up the trail [an order coming in from a student at Jerry Falwells Liberty University lol] and he would be glad to order me some as well and leave it at a predetermined spot some 20 miles up the trail. I forked over the dough and and he was off like a shot. [he finished the trail start to finish in around 90 days].
When I got to the drop spot on the trail near one of the AT shelters I found my stash of Fire and by properly hydrating and stretching I was golden.
Still works today.
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