I have avoidant personality disorder, and I totally understand teh fears and anxieties you feel. It is difficult to move on if you keep rehashing all of the fears that sound like valid reasons not to do it. I am facing my avoidance right now and it is scary to take the first step with all of teh "what-ifs" going through you head. Try to ask yourself "What if I follow a few baby steps first to get a comfortable introduction to acting?" Another question could be "what if I like it?"

My counsellor told me that the only way to face the fear is to do it.....in small steps.Each time we face it a little bit and feel comfortable, we can take a nother baby step toward beating that fear. I am in teh same boat with career and men. Total fear of rejection so I take a job that I have done many times before in low income because that is what I did well in. But, due to my fear of failure, I keep doing the same job over and over with no advancement or challenges to prove myself. I am terrified I will screw up. By keeping myself controlled by my fear, I have not moved forward in 30 years. With men, I don't date at all and use excuses like work and famil to avoid dating. I am very lonely but afraid to trust men again.

We ahve to take baby steps. I am in the process of wanting to try taking the first step but it is very scarry so I know where you are coming from. We have to be a bit of a bully on ourselves sometiems and push ourselves into just little steps. I ahve been impulsive in the past and jumped into something without proper preparation and I drowned myself in mistakes and failures. Baby steps, hun. You can do it.