I'd love to get your feedback on this.

I seem to have a morbid fear of failure, but have heard this can mask a fear of success, since we learn by failures and then succeed as we learn. I must admit I often get the feeling, as I begin to succeed at challenging but personally meaningful things, like I am climbing a huge fireman's ladder and suddenly "look down at my feet". Then it's all over; I sink into all sorts of anxious and pessimistic moods and progress grinds to a halt. The pattern is definitely there, I don't usually think about it much.

So what do you think about fear of failure vs fear of success? Maybe my self-concept has some ragged edges that don't encompass "success" as I would define it deep down, I just don't know.