I have an issue where when I do something I know I can't do, I kinda just collapse. Not physically, I mean mentally. My hands get all sweaty and I can't really breath and I feel like crying.

So basically, I'm scared.

Is there such thing as fear of failure?

Well, I googled it and apparently, the symptoms are:

1: Failing makes you worried about what others think of you ( ✅ )

2: Failing makes you worry about your future ( ✅ )

3: Failing makes you worry people won't like you ( ✅ )

4: Failing makes you worry about how smart you are ( ✅ )

5: Failing makes you worry about disappointing people ( ✅ )

6: You tend to tell people beforehand you don't plan to succeed to lower their expectations ( ✅ )

7: Once you fail at something, you struggle to think what you could have done to succeed ( ✅ )

8: You tend to get last minute stomach aches of headaches ( ❌ )

9: You tend to get distracted by things that leads to you not being fully prepped ( ✅ )

10: You tend to procrastinate and 'lose time' to do something to prepare yourself for a task ( ✅ )

So, with 9/10 symptoms, I'm pretty sure it's a 90% percent chance I have a fear of failure, or atychiphobia, I guess.

I can't be the only one right?