It's been close to two months since my accident on the bike. Started riding to work again this week, but some days I find myself a little more leary. Part of me thinks I have to work through it, and the other part is I have nothing to prove to anyone. Starting to think I'm having some psychological effect as I get fast flashes of what happened before the bike went down and I ended up on the ground. Also think its natural to not want to ever feel that again, and not wanting to ride is a way to avoid it. Sucks when things we truly enjoy can be impacted so quickly by the actions of others. I will ride through this, but will not rush it..

 

Never had it bad enough to turn back but it's there sometimes & not just when I ride. If I catch myself feeling it before a ride I don't go - but it's seldom. If it ever starts to creep in while riding, I just try to shut it off, re-focus, occupy my mind with doing my job as an alert, responsible rider & enjoy the rest of the ride. Usually works out OK. I usually look at it as a wake-up call that I'm getting complacent. Could be a guardian angel kinda thing.

 

Answer: No! As soon as I get on my bike and take off, I am feeling "it", the cares of the world are gone. and there are very few things in the world can compare. SJ Ron

 

That's your gut trying to tell you something.

Listen to it....