I've never not rolled with someone because I was scared of them; it's just a fear I have that's borne of having never been an athlete at all and not starting training until I was 33. I was the kid who always got picked on and beat up and that scared kid is still in there. I was always intimidated by the jocks and I still am to some degree. I work past it by never turning down an opponent -- I just keep myself safe first. I still sometimes find myself schooling some beast that just started training and then being scared of the next guy anyway. I school him and go on to the next one. At the end of the night I find I've repped what I came in planning to rep, I've learned something new from the more senior guys, and I had a good time. I did some tapping and I got tapped. I know the next night I'll feel the same way but I come in and do it all over again. I'm working through it. 
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