I was deadheading when the guys up front went in to some really bad weather.
We had a real rollercoster ride back in the cabin and I hate to admit it, but that put me off for some time. I've flown aerobatics and done some glider towing and bushflying and genereally never been uneasy about abnormal attitudes, but this was just not right. This along with some other safety-threatening incidents in our airline has made me think and perhaps have made me a bit over cautious.
Nowadays, I do tense up a bit around more severe weather. Although I know logically that it is safe and statistically that nothing will happen, there is still an uneasy feeling there somewhere. I try to communicate this to whomever I'm flying with and I guess it sort of shows in my body language, but the worst guys are the ones who say "haha, you're frightened"... The colleagues who act supportively and reduce speed and try to accomodate my feeling of being uneasy are the ones I feel most comfortable and once they established that working relationship, there's generally no problem after that.
/LnS