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[QUOTE="Girlrider, post: 123053, member: 19703"]
Ouch!!  Sounds not fun.  I love down hills so I might be able to help you.  First you have to kind of get over the fear of going down a hill.  Second when you go down hills you shold ALWAYS be standing and putting 90% of your weight on the foot pegs and not the handle bars.  (Don't squeeze the bike too much with your legs, just enough to keep from sliding forward too much.)  Third your front brake is more valueable on a donwhill than you rear.  You learned the hard way by using too much rear and having the rear come around in a slide in front of you.  (This is bad!) You should go to a hill and practice riding down it, slowly, standing up, and using only your front brake to slow you down.  (trust me, don't use the rear at all).  Once you do that then when you get to this rock hill again you will want to be standing and using both brakes but mostly the front.  When you get to the rock then put more weight (All of your weight) on the rear and slowly roll over the drop off.  Then use your legs to absorb as you get over it.  Continue to use the front brake but be careful not to lock it up.  You should feel great and make it just fine.  Let me know.
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