thank you all sooo much for your responses. i love how supportive this forum is compared to my tattoo (and occasional nasty porn link) forum. it has its place, but this is where i'll come when i need a hug. *blush*

i may have conveyed the wrong impression about the timing of my accident. it happened in september, and after i healed, i commuted for a month or so before it got cold. i had some anxiety before my early-season recreational rides in the last month (45 min or so on a weekend morning, weather permitting)... but working up to commuting again has been fear-ridden-- because of rush-hour traffic.

the biggest thing i notice is my hyper-awareness of cars when i'm in the same traffic situation as when i was in that stupid accident. (i was going north, and a car facing south turned left in front of me. i braked to avoid running into the moron and flipped over my bike.) so now, when i see cars waiting to turn left across the lane i'm in, i'm never really confident that they'll wait. and i now unconsciously view cars passing me on my left as 'body armour'-- as long as there's vehicles beside me, i know i won't get run over by another schmuck!!

that being said, i did bike to work this morning. i think posting my fears yesterday helped excorcise my demons. thanks again for your replies, i really appreciate the support.