Sossigpoker
Well-Known Member
I've been riding at the riding centre since about May so didn't buy my horse not having ridden since my accident. I'm fine riding in the arena on the riding centre horses (although to start with i was so scared I cried, after a few months was jumping a course of about 2ft6) so I know I can do it. It is just the unknown and the thought of losing control that terrifies me.
But incidentally, I feel like every time I feel anxious and it makes my horse anxious yet nothing awful happens, this gives me confidence that I can do it, I can remain in control. That one time when he ran off out hacking , I stopped him, didn't even come close to falling off, and despite panicking nothing awful actually happened.
So it's a case of me sorting my head out in a way where I can think logically and not just assume and anticipate the worst.
But incidentally, I feel like every time I feel anxious and it makes my horse anxious yet nothing awful happens, this gives me confidence that I can do it, I can remain in control. That one time when he ran off out hacking , I stopped him, didn't even come close to falling off, and despite panicking nothing awful actually happened.
So it's a case of me sorting my head out in a way where I can think logically and not just assume and anticipate the worst.