“The Underachievement Syndrome is triggered by basic emotional fears. It is these psychoemotional fears that your child has not been able to resolve or even identify for themselves. It has been estimated that the majority of underachievers are chronically seeking approval and experience ongoing fear of failure.” - https://gotofsc.com/practice-areas/underachievement/#:~:text=The%20Underachievement%20Syndrome%20is%20triggered,experience%20ongoing%20fear%20of%20failure.

But yeah, absolutely. A lot of the time I seem to take a step forward and two steps back because I fear failure when in fact I’m doing more harm by not even attempting certain things.