How do Aspies feel in natural environments?
I have somewhat mixed feelings. I recognize that I feel better in nature, but at the same time my special interests are almost all technological in nature. It creates quite the conflict.
Also going against nature is that usually when you're in nature there's other people there, it's rare to be alone in nature since well not always a good idea where I live to go out into the wilderness alone just for safety reasons. At least not for longer than a few hours, depending on weather and where you're going. And because it's nature, there's usually also less ability to get away from those other people if it gets too much. I mean the open spaces of nature where I live tend to make it difficult without walking quite a while. I'm also quite allergic to, well, life. Plant and animal life specifically, of which nature seems to have plenty. So even though I find much of nature relaxing there's also hindrances I don't encounter as much in the city - or have better ways of dealing with.
The city on the other hand is noisy and has way too many people for me, sometimes the pollution gets too much on hot busy days as well. But on the other hand I have my own little section of it where I live that I can make exactly like I want it to be to be my haven. It's also where almost everything that relates to my special interests is. In addition I enjoy having the wide variety to choose from for things like food and entertainment. I guess it's yet another one of those 'see value in both worlds but belong to neither' situations.
