Curiosity notices doors. Fear only notices locks.

The same room contains both, and which one you see depends on what you are scanning for. Fear is not stupid, and locks are genuinely there. The trouble is that it stops looking once it has found one, so the door three feet further along never gets counted.

Take something you have decided is closed to you and list the obstacles honestly, because they are real. Then force yourself to write three openings next to them: a person who might know, a smaller version of the thing, a way in that is slower. You are not arguing with the fear, only finishing the search.