About 3 years ago not long after my divorce as a result of the credit crunch my business collapsed,  I lost everything, (I had been quite wealthy!) not just money, worse than that I lost all my confidence…
50 years old and suddenly finding I had to start again from nothing, not easy when all your confidence has been swept away.
I’ve always been quite shy, in fact painfully shy, if I ever got changed in a changing room I’d go to great pains wrapping my towel round tightly and slipping off my wet costume and half drying myself before putting my under pants on my damp body whilst still wrapped up tightly in a wet towel, I wouldn’t even attempt it on a beach, most of the time I wouldn’t even use a urinal in a public toilet, instead I’d go into a cubicle and lock the door just for a wee, in fact I couldn’t think of anything worse than actually being seen or walking around naked in front of other people!!
I knew I had to some how get my confidence back and came up with a plan.
Maybe If I could confront my greatest fear and overcome that I could achieve anything !!

When I thought about it, It was easy, my greatest fear was being naked around other people, so after a quick search on the internet I found a club not far from me that happily accepted not just single men but you could just turn up and join, none of this interview stuff, 2 days later the sun was shining and I found myself arriving at the gates complete with towel… but no costume, (their website made it clear that you had to be naked to use the pool) as I drove in I almost started to shake !!
But I was determined to see it through, I remember quickly undressing in an empty changing room and with a towel wrapped round me I walked towards the pool, I noticed a few glances from the other people, they were all naked,  I was the only one who wasn’t !
I found a sun bed by the pool in the far corner and quickly removed my towel and instantly laid down on it on my front, It was a scorcher, after about 20 mins I could almost start to feel my back burning, Oh god I thought I can’t stay like this, at some point I need to cool off in the pool, either that or turn over !!
Before I could stop myself I jumped up and staring straight ahead walked to the pool and made my way down the steps… swimming naked was an amazing feeling and before long I felt completely relaxed, and even found myself having a conversation with several people, everyone seemed really nice and friendly… much more sociable than you’d have found in a clothed atmosphere

When I finally got out of the pool I noticed the glances had stopped, the only reason I’d drawn attention to myself before was because I was the odd one out by being wrapped up in a towel, a huge crowd didn’t gather round me pointing and laughing, nothing happened at all, by the end of my first afternoon I felt an amazing sense of exhilaration something I’d never really felt before , the following day as I made my way back again I was still a little nervous as this time I carried my towel casually over my shoulder to the pool but really excited, not only had I overcome my greatest fear but I had meet some lovely people, three years on I feel like a changed person, my life is going well I certainly have my confidence back and I’ve found a new passion, in just a few days I’m off on my 2nd naturist holiday and can’t wait to spend almost 2 weeks clothes free !!