/out/, I come to you with a fairly pathetic problem.

I've been really getting into outdoors activities over the last year or so, and recently I am focusing on camping.

But I have a problem that is killing my enjoyment.

It's fucking scary at night.

This is my problem. I love going /out/, I love the environment, the calm, the gear, and the adventuring, but when night falls I can never get to sleep because I am
>a) pretty uncomfortable and
>b) totally on watch for shit all night.

Now I think the immediate response would be "buy a gun", but the issue is I live in fucking Australia and guns are thoroughly banned, and make people run and panic if they see someone carrying. The other option is "buy a dog", but I am currently a rental pleb and so can't keep that type of pet (I have to move semi-often as well for work, ruining the potential for both options.)

I understand I am being a pussy but I have just not spent enough time outdoors to get it through my head that shit is not going to go wrong. Australia is rife with monstrous creatures and seedy cunt people, all of whom will take it upon themselves to go after some cunt at night. Plus I am terrified of aliens, regardless of the virtual impossibility of anything like that occurring...

I'm a decent sized man, 6foot, weigh about 100kg, and can bench ~80kg, so I could defend myself reasonably well, but like, there comes a point where you can't do shit (sneak attack, multiple assailants, etc.), and that's the kind of thing I'm on watch for.

So /out/....how do I get over my bitch fears? I want to enjoy camping but I can't get a good nights sleep because I am always on watch.

Inb4 grow a dick.