A little nervous

Hey everyone,
Nudism is something that I've been interested in for a while, but other than walking around my house and sleeping nude, I've always been a little nervous about it. I've joined up here to get a little more comfortable with my body and being without clothes. Any words of advice? I'm guessing...take your clothes off would be the first. :)

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try a resort or a beach. Once you get up enough nerves to just go and visit you will feel very comfortable and you will never want to leave. I am a plus size woman and was very shy about showing my body, but we went to a nude beach and with in 10 minutes of arriving I was nude, loved just soaking up the warm sun. and no onereally cared that I had some extra curves. And since then we have visited a lot of different resorts and every year look forward to going to Florida to spend our vacation at the nude resortsBest of Luck

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Thanks!
I'd like to visit a resort at some point.

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There may be a resort or beach near you. It would be the next best move for you.

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... Any words of advice? I'm guessing...take your clothes off would be the first. :)I have been lucky to find a guy on here that lives about 30 minutes away from me. I have chatted with him on the site, and he invited me over for a visit in his home. After chatting a while, he invited to to undress, along with him, if I was comfortable doing that. We were having such a great conversation, that I went ahead and joined him. I was amazed at how surprisingly comfortable it was. All the social walls come down when the clothes come off. You are equals with each other. It was quite amazing. We chatted for another 45 minutes, just sitting there naked on adjoining sofas.
I explained to him about my apprehensions and my many body image issues. He taught me that I must go at my own pace. Do not dive in headfirst if I am not ready. Not everyone is the same and not everyone has the same comfort level with regard to getting nude with others. So I was to not feel pressure by other nudists to just go to the nude beach or attend a nude event. What he said made a lot of sense. I have met, now, with four different nudists in my area for one-on-one chats like this (well, one was visiting my city for a work convention). I am feeling more comfortable in being naked around others.
While there is a local men's nudists meet and greet this weekend, I am not ready for it yet. My next steps will be meeting with more than one other person for a chat. I hope to meet in a group of three men, then four, for nude chats. At that point I will probably be ready for a small group, like a naked lunch. We will see.
But my advice, based on my own recent experience (all of this has happened in the last 6 weeks or so), is to take it at your own pace, and be sure that you are comfortable every step of the way. Maybe find a friend that is close to your home, on here, and see if you can get to know them and have a meet up like I did. I am quickly growing a very close, platonic friendship with these men that I consider my nudist mentors... and it has been a great experience.

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I was able to get a little nude time in at the gym, and in the sauna. I was nervous since it's not an all nude situation. Baby steps, right?

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