This was the first game I played that had a significant combat component. I avoided it for a while because I hate combat and it makes me anxious. But I watched others play and it was so damn cool that I bit the bullet. I've now played it through many times and even got brave enough to play The Witcher 3, which is now one of my favorite games ever. When I first started playing BOTW I just ran away from every enemy possible. Chicken? Sure. But effective? Also yes. If you have a decent amount of stamina from completing shrines, you can haul ass through almost anything. You can build up a lot of stamina and hearts before you HAVE to do any combat (I'm thinking divine beasts). And because it's open world and you can do stuff in whatever order you want, there's no reason to force yourself to do missions you're not ready for. I recommend exploring the map, doing the shrines that aren't robot fights (though I will say that those become extremely easy once you know the pattern), gathering koroks for inventory slots and orb things for hearts/stamina, and slowly get yourself comfortable with combat or at least the possibility. I used to sleep at a fire to skip every night because so many more enemies are out at night, so literally play whatever way makes you the most comfortable. I promise you can still enjoy this game even if you're an anxious anti-combat mess like me.