- Concentration, Depression, Dizzy Spells, Headache, Loss of Memory, Suicide, Traumatic Brain Injury

Welcome to The Bare Therapy Blog!

Nude Therapy
Nude Therapy

The story you are about to read is true.  Names have been changed to protect the innocent (and some of the guilty).  I have suffered from depression for over 42 years.  I didn’t know this until a few months ago, when I was diagnosed with moderate to severe depression, with suicidal ideations.  This blog is a record of my journey that will describe my history with depression, what I have experienced,  and what I am experiencing in my quest to get help.

I don’t like wearing clothes.  Summer is my favorite season because I can get away with … Read the rest

- Recovery, Relaxing, Social Nudity, Stress Free, Therapy

A Glorious Day

Rock Haven Lodge Welcome SignWhat a glorious day today has been.  I spent the day at my happy place, Rock Haven Lodge.  After enduring a long, cold, winter, Rock Haven Lodge opened for visitors on Friday, April 13th.  It was a beautiful day, but unfortunately, I had to work that day so I was hoping for good weather over the week-end.  It was not in the cards, it rained all week-end.  The following week-end wasn’t much better, and I had things I needed to get done so I was praying that the week-end of the 28th would be nice.

The weather looked decent … Read the rest

- Recovery, Relaxing, Social Nudity, Stress Free, Therapy

A Long Winter

Long Winter SnowmenIt’s been a long winter. I hate cold weather with a passion. As you well know, I love to be nude, and that is nearly impossible during cold weather. Even in my house I have to stay dressed, or else my ridiculously high electric bill will be even higher. During the winter I tend to avoid going out of the house unless it is absolutely necessary. I leave the house to go to work, and to go to the store to buy necessities. Thank God for Amazon. If I can buy it on Amazon, and don’t have to leave the … Read the rest

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Rock Haven Lodge – The Best Therapy

Subsequent Visits

I need to be nakedAfter my first visit, I knew that this was going to be the best therapy for me.  I decided that I was going to visit Rock Haven as often as I was able.  Every week-end I would check the weather, and if it was sunny, and no chance of rain, I would spend either Saturday or Sunday there.  After just one day there, I was addicted.  I knew that this was going to be the best thing to keep my depression in check.

The following week-end I went on Sunday.  It was a beautiful day, and not nearly

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- Recovery, Relaxing, Social Nudity, Stress Free, Therapy

My First Visit To Rock Haven Lodge

Taking the Plunge

Rock Haven Welcome Sign
Welcome Sign to Rock Haven Lodge                 © Rock Haven Lodge

I made up my mind that I was going to visit Rock Haven Lodge, the local nudist park, at least once.  I watched the weather each week-end.  If I was only going to go one time, then I wanted to make the experience as perfect as possible.  The week-end of August 21-22 looked perfect.  Hot and sunny.  I decided that I would visit on Sunday, Aug 21.

I read everything I can on their website, because I didn’t want to break any rules they may have, … Read the rest

- Depression, Recovery, Social Nudity, Therapy

My Bucket List

Image Bucket List
Bucket List

What is a Bucket List?

No one knows for certain how the name “Bucket List” came to be.  The most popular belief is that it refers to when a person dies, or “Kicks the Bucket”.  A bucket list is a list of things a person wants to do, or accomplish, before they die.  They place these items in the “Bucket” as goals.  My bucket list is fairly short.  Before I ever heard the term Bucket List, I had already accomplished a lot of my goals.  I went skydiving (which, ironically led to my Traumatic Brain Injury and depression), … Read the rest

- Depression, Recovery

A Friend Becomes A LifeSaver

LifeSaver
LifeSaver

I Remember a Friend

About a week after I got out I was feeling depressed and helpless.  Then I remembered that I had a friend, LTG Keith Huber, who may be able to help.  He is a retired Army Lieutenant General.  He is now the Senior Military Advisor to the veterans at a local University.  As soon as he accepted that position, he went to work, with the help of Charlie Daniels and The Journey Home Project, to create the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center.  This center provides veterans with all of the … Read the rest

- Concentration, Depression, Loss of Memory, Traumatic Brain Injury

Frustrated!

Moment of Frustration
Moment of Frustration

I Don’t Know What To Do

After I left the psychiatric ward I felt incredibly free.  I also felt incredibly frustrated.  I was angry for what they did to me.  I was even angrier knowing that my fellow veterans, my brothers and sisters, were at their mercy.  They weren’t getting the kind of care that they deserved.  I was frustrated because I want to fix the problem, but I don’t have the means to bring about that change.  Who am I?  Nobody.  Nobody is going to listen to me.  I turned to a lesson that I learned … Read the rest

- Concentration, Depression, Migraine, Traumatic Brain Injury

Discharge or Escape?

Escape from the Asylum
Escape from the Asylum

Out of the Abyss

They got us up at 6 AM, I got my tray, cleaned up, returned my tray, and then went up to the Nurse’s Station.  I informed Nurse Ratched that I was checking out, and asked what I needed to do.  She told me she would inform my psychiatrist as she needed a discharge order from her.  Next I got in line for medication.  I told the nurse there was an order for something for my migraine.  She looked and told me that there was no order for me, but she could give … Read the rest

- Concentration, Depression, Migraine, Traumatic Brain Injury, Uncategorized

Incompetence Continues, and Paranoia Sets In

Paranoia Anxiety Depression
Paranoia Anxiety Depression

Group Therapy

After my wife left, I attended 3 required group therapy sessions.  I don’t consider them group therapy, but as disseminating information to a group of people.  The sessions were, conflict avoidance, how to tell if you’re making good decisions, and one so memorable I can’t remember what it was about.  I just know it didn’t have anything to do with my problems.  My idea of a group therapy session is you sit down with a group of patients.  You talk about their problems, and lead the group in how to solve these problems.  You refer … Read the rest

- Concentration, Depression, Headache, Migraine, Traumatic Brain Injury

My Crisis Begins

What Does A Migraine Feel Like?
What Does A Migraine Feel Like?

Migraine Alert!

After lunch it was back to the dayroom to sit.  I tried to sleep, but I couldn’t.  Around 4 PM I was getting a headache, so I went to the Nurse’s Station and asked Nurse Ratched (not her real name), if they had any Extra Strength Excedrin, as I had a headache.  A little bit of background here.  I get headaches every day, without exception.  This has been going on ever since I received my TBI in 1975.  I have been prescribed several medications for them, and they would work for a … Read the rest