On the roller coaster, you’re allowed to scream the entire time. You’re not required to get off.

Fear and quitting are separate decisions, though they usually arrive together and pretend to be one. You can be frightened the entire way through something and still finish it. The feeling is not a vote, and treating every surge of panic as instruction to stop hands over far too much authority.

The next time something frightening is already underway, let the reaction happen without treating it as a decision point. Keep your hands where they are. Afterwards, notice that the fear and the finishing coexisted without much trouble, which is useful evidence for next time.