@jenniferhunter Thank you for sharing your experience. I cannot imagine how scary to break an ankle falling like that. Definitely one of my fears! I think you are are correct about my current fear coming from recent injuries. I was riding a green horse last year, one of my own. I am very careful and slow, and I had been riding this horse for about 2 years, 4-5 days a week. She was started late in life, but I kept her because she is so calm and level headed for the most part. We were not doing anything crazy, just a jog in the round pen. I must have missed something because I just remember being in the air and she was bucking. She's never bucked before, even when she was started. It wasn't a spook either. I was on the ground quickly and landed on my shoulder tearing my AC joint. This injury shook all my confidence, and I still cannot ride the horse. I had to work all summer to regain my strength and be brave enough to ride again on different horses. I had someone ride my horse for me regularly all summer and she never had any more issues, so I still don't know what happened for sure that day. My suspicion was that it could have been caused by pinching from a recent chiropractic visit that didn't get to the actual problem and created soreness. But I will never know.
I was just getting brave enough to face my fears and start over when I broke my ankle in France this summer. Now I can't walk and I don't know where to begin on healing the mental part from these injuries.