UMS. Let’s get at it

[Shannon]

It's not common, but not unheard of, for people to get themselves stuck in a perpetual feedback loop of afraid to succeed, and simultaneously afraid to fail.

I was afraid of failure for a while. Then I came across one of my favorite quotes:

No man ever became great, except through many and great mistakes. - William E. Gladstone

It's okay to fail, as long as you don't give up trying. The secret is, you can ONLY truly fail if you give up. Otherwise, all you have really done is learn one of the ways not to succeed, which narrows down your options and makes your next try more likely to succeed.

I'm curious why you are afraid of failure and success though, and embarassment as well.