Hey there @Gypsea!
I feel your pain! When I was 15 I broke my ankle roller skating and after 2 surgeries and a long recovery, I swore I would never strap something to me feet again. And you know what...I didn't! It took me many years to overcome this fear. About 20 years later I decided to learn to ski and it was so much fun, but I really wish I would've done it earlier.
Fast forward to current day and I just recently took a nasty spill on my bike. Fortunately nothing broke. However, the idea of getting back on the bike, even after everything was healed up, was scary. I have avoided the path I fell on entirely! But I am back on my bike! What helped me was visualizing what went wrong and reminding myself of all the countless rides I have been on where everything went perfectly fine. I found this helped tremendously. Sounds like you have likely had many great rides over the years.
Hopefully, you continue to have a great recovery and then just go at your own pace, whatever that might look like post trauma. You are definitely not alone!
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