I'm just a little over 2 months from hitting a car that pulled onto the bike lane and just stopped. I didn't even have time to grab the brakes.
Right side ribs 4-10 broken. A hemothorax drained from a chest tube that was placed without benefit of anesthesia (the worst part of the ordeal).
I searched out this thread hoping to read of successful strategies to overcome the fear of riding again.
I took a corner too fast in 6/19, smashed my helmet and skid my face across the asphalt. After healing for 3 or 4 months, I was back on my bike again with little fear because I knew that the cause was on me. I had control not to repeat that mistake.
I now am painfully aware that I have no control over car drivers. I'm 62 and have been riding for over 30 years. I don't want to give it up but at the same time I shake inside at the thought sharing the road with cars.
P.S. I don't care for mountain biking.