Year round country living without a permanent shelter

[Pearl]

I remember being 24, strong, skinny! I'm 55 now and still feel (almost) invincible!! I can trap, dress, eat bunnies and squirrels. Don't winter where you can't find food! There is GREAT advice here! I'm in Texas, 365 food access if living wild!! Don't die in Minnesota, you can achieve ALL you want to achieve, don't RUSH!! Figure out the " how to get your money" thing, go south for now, use your head!

 

[Dani]

So we are suppossed to now support people who don't work and just rely on the tax payer dollars? I can be supportative on getting a job where you don't have to work around anyone on a regular basis. I'm in a cold room that gets limited visitors. They are in and out. Sorry, I am not in support of a person milking the system. I know about trauma in ones life. You either sink or swim.

 

[Biggkidd]

Give the kid a chance to get herself straightened out. She says she's 24 and if someone screwed her up bad enough to get a check already it was probably when she was a kid and she just needs the chance to get right with herself and then the world. I've seen this crap up closer than I'd have liked and it ain't pretty! One of my daughters helped people who been through the wringer at her last job for the District attorneys office. She hired on as an office assistant while she was still in HS and the job turned in to a lot more. She would still work there part time but they lost funding and now she's in college

 

[Weedygarden]

Here is what I know about Minnesota winters: you can easily die due to the cold temperatures. I have spent some time in Minnesota, but have spent much more time in North and South Dakota. I understand wanting to be alone, but since winter is upon us, I would head south, way south, to Texas, New Mexico or Arizona.

I understand about families that are dysfunctional and abusive. I always think it is best to get away from toxic people. I'm thinking you are fairly young. I would also seek therapy for the PTSD. I know a man around 30 years old, who was in the service and had some big challenges with PTSD, but he did therapy, EMDR and more through the VA and has been discharged him from his therapy now.
There is help with PTSD. You can get therapy on a sliding scale and not have to spend a fortune on it.

There are many older people who live in vehicles, a nomadic lifestyle. I follow some of them on YouTube and see how they live. There are some people who live in their cars. Many older people are living a nomadic lifestyle due to how life has or has not worked out for them due to divorce, illness, and other challenges. Some people live in vans that they convert to living spaces. Some of these people make videos about their lives, struggles, adventures, and how they are making life work for them. You can make some good money on YouTube when you get a following and have people regularly watch your videos.

 

[Weedygarden]

 

[Neb]

Have you exhausted all services available?

A homeless shelter often has information to direct people to available resources.

Ben

 

[Aerindel]

Perhaps this channel could help you. I don't live like this, but recognize that I'm always one disaster away from it:

 

[Magus]

I lived in a station wagon a few weeks in winter, it's doable, but the city and woods are different critters! I knew several people with PTSD who opted out of humanity, I tried to myself. your best and pretty much only bet is a mobile home like a Winnebago with a pup carrier. that way if you have to move, you pull up stakes and bail. Go solar and shell out the big bucks for extra deep-cycle batteries.
the only problem you will have is when temperatures drop into the teens. I wrote a sort of book on this very thing. Have a look, it might inspire you.

 

[lonewolf]

wife had a friend who brought up her daughter off grid and in a shelter in the woods, but she lived in a mild climate and knows a lot about which wild plants are good/safe to eat.

 

[Caribou]

I've had experience backpacking, longest trip was a month. I haven't done any hunting or fishing, or have much knowledge on edible plants. Once I got a grouse with a sling shot but that is it. I'm sure I could learn more.

I am fairly skinny, and I often have trouble eating enough. I'm not sure if it's relevant but I'm also a woman. Most people tell me it's a terrible idea to be by yourself if you're a woman.

I know I don't have an ideal set of skills to survive. I don't feel like I have much of a choice. I don't feel safe where I am now, so I feel like I need to leave at some point.

I like Minnesota so I want to spend as much time as possible here, but I think if I do end up with nowhere to go in winter, I'll have to travel out of Minnesota while it's too cold.

Being female has little to do with it. Grizzleyette___Adams was a long standing, and well respected, member here, a female, and very accomplished in your area of interest. I suggest that you go search out her posts to gain information and inspiration.

I caution against jumping into your adventure all at once, especially in the winter. A small cabin can improve your survivability. A camper/truck or a yurt would help.

What firearms do you own and how is your marksmanship?

 

[Neb]

Being female has little to do with it. Grizzleyette___Adams was a long standing, and well respected, member here, a female, and very accomplished in your area of interest. I suggest that you go search out her posts to gain information and inspiration.

I caution against jumping into your adventure all at once, especially in the winter. A small cabin can improve your survivability. A camper/truck or a yurt would help.

What firearms do you own and how is your marksmanship?

I thought of Grizzleyette as well but didn't she start in her teens?

Ben

 

[Biggkidd]

Something tells me the OP has left .........................

 

[Pearl]

Something tells me the OP has left .........................

Nah, she'll be back!

 

[user 4593]

Thank you for all the great advice! It has been very helpful

 

[elkhound]

save as much money as you can and no matter what be a landowner. better to live in a tiny shed home than being homeless.

 

[Pearl]

Thank you for all the great advice! It has been very helpful

Stick with us, let us know how you are!!

 

[montanabill]

I hope you find your way. I have worked for companies that contracted with the government to help peope such as yourself stay out of phyc wards and mental hospitals. With lots of help and monitoring it is possible to lead a life and have a warm safe place to live.
There are many variables and many predators that try to prey on people such as yourself.... Do not let anyone "help" you out by getting control of your payment so they can provide housing or food for you.
you are not the only one of your age group that is in your situation, it seems to be a growing effect of society and accepted norms. We raised a boy from eight years old who had been trafficted and used in ritual satanic abuse and things no one needs to hear about. He is not in jail and has not hurt himself.....sometimes this is a goal. He will never be "normal" but he is his own person and calls the shots for his life now even tho they may not be the wisest decicions.
Looking from the inside out at the rest of the world is hard....but you are responsible for your life now. You have the internet so dig in and see what there is as far as opportunities for you and the life you want to live..
One thing I would investigate is "critical incident debriefing" it is where you talk to others that have had similar experiences. You are not the only one out there that has lived thru what you have lived thru.
Keep comunicating.

 

[Neb]

Youtube fed me this.



Ben

 

[Magus]

I like it.

 

[Caribou]

I thought of Grizzleyette as well but didn't she start in her teens?

Ben

Everybody starts sometime.

 

[Amish Heart]

You should watch the movie, "Land". Thinking about all that was said when watching it.

 

[Caribou]

Read, "40 Years in the Wilderness" by Dolly Faulkner. She had and raised her children in a remote, only accessible by plane, cabin. It discusses her problems and how she prevailed, alone.