I guess the best example I can think of is Chris McCandless

Then there’s the North Pond Hermit of Maine but I suppose people would not classify him as free of mental illness.

Just wondering how many people are out there living in caves, walking around, hiking trails, hopping trains, or living in National Forests full time who really aren’t mentally ill and just choose that lifestyle. What do you think?

  • vermyndax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    There was a man here in north Alabama like this. He even sometimes pretended to be mentally ill, but he wasn’t - and he was actually very wealthy.