Hello all, I've seen a few posts where people mentioned their horses or riding. I used to ride, but it's been many years. I really want to go back to it, even though I'm older and have some trepidation for obvious reasons. I don't want to go flying over jumps anymore, maybe just a quiet ride around the ring a few times once in a while. Any thoughts or caveats?
Do it. In my 21 years of dealing with this, I have learned that often the things I was afraid of were things that did not affect me as I believed they would just because it did to someone else. The first few years I stayed away from everything, I was afraid, and bit by bit I got most of my life back, some modifications or limits, and some things no changes were needed at all. Often it happens that the things that affected others won't affect you or in the same way. I was giving up things that I did not have to. Have a back-up plan just in case, because that in itself will help build bravery.