Nudity’s Positive Contributions to Health and Well-being, Friendship, and Life in General

I love interacting with all types of nudists all over the world.  I particularly like “mentoring” and encouraging young people who are exploring the lifestyle and all it means.  That often includes helping them to “unlearn” the shame with which they were raised about their bodies and their natural functions.  But such interactions also provide me with constant reminders of the freedom, comfort, and positive contributions that nudism, fellow nudists, and living a naked life, indoors and out, makes to my life.

Health and Well-being:
After hating to wear clothes since I was about 12 years old, and then starting to live as a nudist when I moved away to college 36 years ago, I almost take for granted the positive role that nude time plays in taking care of me, including my own mental health.  After so many years of living nude, always naked at home, it has gotten so that I can’t fully relax until I can strip away the crap of the day along with the textiles, take a deep breath and let every cell in my body enjoy that breath and exposure to fresh air!  My daily haunting of a number of nudist websites and blogs allows me to talk with nudists all over the world which also contributes to my mental health and relaxation.  It is through being able to be “naked” emotionally as well as physically that helps me deal with stress, keep my sanity, and relax into a happy life!  But it also wakes me out of my naked revelry sometimes hearing from others.

I recently got a message from a buddy of mine.  We’ve had many conversations over the years about my nude lifestyle, and we’ve hung out naked a few times together.  He’s a very nice guy, true “genuine nudist” personality, though I don’t know that he’s actually and publicly adopted the lifestyle.  He’s also got a job with a fast-growing web-design firm that is growing faster than they are able to keep up.  His stress level sometimes pushes his limits, and we had not gotten much of a chance to talk for a while.  Through a quick online interchange a couple of months ago, he confessed his high stress level and that the stress was affecting his physical health as well with stress related digestive disorders, headaches, and other issues.  Just before that “quickie” conversation ended, I told him to make time to get naked and enjoy the summer!  Last week, I received one quick message from him that spoke volumes to me.  It said simply, “Thanks for helping me learn that I can find peace in getting naked outdoors regularly -- it's made a huge difference!”  At that point, I felt joyous for him, but also was powerfully reminded how important that time is to me as well.

Friendship:
I love making friends with nudists….true nudists who really “get” the elements of the lifestyle….body acceptance, the beauty of humanity, genuineness and being real, joyfulness and freedom.  When people have asked me what I like about the lifestyle, the first thing I say is that more than 99% of the real nudists I’ve met are down-to-earth, genuine, easy to get to know people….and are the type of people that I value for real friendship, not just acquaintances.  They usually agree, and some will chuckle that it’s hard to put up pretenses or be dishonest with your dick hanging out!  How true!! 

In today’s world, people’s lives are crazy, and we all have so many things pulling at our time and energy.  All relationships require work and nurturing, including those friendships that are forged in nudism and a shared life perspective.  But I’ve also noticed that even for those nudist friendships that may experience periods of inactivity, it takes very little to re-spark the fondness, trust and enjoyment that two people can find in each other.  I recently reconnected with a nudist friend that I met online years ago.  We hadn’t chatted for a couple of years, but one of us recently found an email from the other, so reached out to reconnect.  During that initial conversation, I shared my observation that I just shared above.  His response really struck a chord with me, “I think nudity brings and keeps people together - mostly because it keeps people honest.”  Again, one simple sentence did such a beautiful job of summing up my feelings, and the one of the primary reasons that I’m so committed to the nudist lifestyle!!

Life
One lament from all of my aging friends, nudist and textile alike, is that as we get older, time goes by so very quickly.  Years blur into each other, seasons fly by in what seems like a few breaths.  And more and more, simple occurrences in life bring on a sense of reflection and inquiry.  I see some friends wrestling with health issues, sadness and loss, growing burdens, and even a sense of hopelessness. For me, and I will only speak for myself, one of the constant themes in my reflections is the sense of happiness, joyfulness, and freedom in my life.  And I attribute so much of that to my nudist life.  I certainly have challenges, disappointments and sorrows like everyone else, but the pure elation that I feel when  the sun hits my bare ass, or the breeze tickles my testicles does so much for helping me maintain a positive attitude.  How can one NOT be moved to at least a smile and a sigh of satisfaction when those clothes come off after a day at work?  Philosophers, physicians, psychiatrists, friends and family all say that attitude makes all the difference in the world.  My nudity surely does influence my attitude toward the optimistic.  Being able to share that with others fuels that fire.  My husband and partner, a non-nudist, asks me often why I spend so much time on nudist websites and chatting. I tell him that besides the aesthetic beauty of the human body (okay, yeah, I love the pictures like everyone else does!), I enjoy chatting with other people.  Truly, all of my nudist friends…online and in person, nurture my soul, make my daily life joyful, and keep me honest and hopeful!  THANK YOU ALL!! 

Now reach out and share with another nudist, or convert a textile!!