I'm not claustrophobic. I can be in small places without freaking out. (I probably have cleithrophobia, though, which is the fear of being trapped. You can have a cleithrophobia attack in a wide open place if you can't move, can't get out.)
My apprehensions disappeared once I was out on the road. It felt rather natural. I realized that at any given second I need only a fraction more space than what my body takes up.
Some van dwellers complain about not being able to stand. I figure there's unlimited room all around me. Need to stretch? Having trouble pulling a sweater over my head? Tired of looking at the walls? Step outside. Because I'm not living in a van, I'm living out of one. The van is where I keep my stuff and where I sleep. Even when weather drives me inside, I know it's just temporary.
Perhaps "enough room" is more a state of mind than a physical dimension.
How do you feel when you're stuck in the van because of inclement weather? I mean, like for long periods of time.
ReplyDeleteI feel like going someplace with better weather, and so I do. That's one reason I'm in a van instead of a tiny cabin.
DeleteVery well said!! Living OUT of them, not IN them.....
ReplyDeleteJust be sure not to drive into tomorrow's Northeast blizzard.
ReplyDeleteNo chance of that. The weather is perfect in Yuma.
DeleteAs long as I have my computer in my van it is as big as the wide world.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy all the posts here. I have noticed that most people who are happy living in a van are single. My husband and I lived full time on the road for 30 years, some in vans when we were younger. Recently we took our trip down Calif to Algadones for the usual reasons and it was not easy..two in a van. We couldn't find anything after the 3rd day, so stopped looking. We had no privacy, say for the 'loo'..and I kept dropping the privacy blankets on my head getting out of bed. It was comfortable sleeping and driving but finding stuff NOOOooo.
ReplyDeleteBut I get it that it works with just one. Carry on :)
Oz