"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
As Frank Herbert wrote in Dune, fear is the mind killer—when we’re afraid, we’re neurologically unable to work at our creative best.
— 📖 Designing Games in a how to be creative﹖ context