I took a bike ride today and trying to "rehabilitate" myself to get back to what I used to do - go for a three hour ride. Instead I went for almost two hours. Previously, I was taking just one hour rides instead of three hours because of my anxiety; with a fear of getting a flat tire or anything else that could go wrong. I am taking "baby steps" to go further each time I go out on a ride. So far it's working rather well.

At one point of the ride this afternoon, I went further by going down a steep hill that I have not done in a good while. I made it down alright and was happy about it, but I felt like I had a panic attack. I felt so weird that, when I stopped at a traffic light at the bottom of that steep hill, I got looking at a couple in a car at the next lane from me. I wanted to tell them that I was feeling like having a panic attack. That didn't happen.

Anyways, I made it safely and nothing bad happened on my ride. So I was very grateful for that.