Andy
The biggest fear is fear of the unknown so the less unknown there is the less fear!
We had a guy who posted a while back that he was scared of stalling especially practicing stalls on his own!
It emerged that his real fear was getting into a situation where he went beyond recovery at incipient and ended up in a full stall / wing drop / spin / spiral dive !
That is why it is important to confront those fears!
Feel the fear and do it ! Is a well known phrase!
Do go up with a good aerobatic instructor and throw the aircraft around to your hearts content!
I stress the words hearts content as a lot if fear is negative thought!
If you approach the exercise thinking " I am going to enjoy this! I don't care what happens ! If I get killed no more worries ; ) you will relax!
Just tell yourself the aerobatic exercise will be fun fun fun !
Fear is natural it's our attitude of what if which causes the problems!
I had to land a Citation in 80 kt winds a few days ago !
I had awful wing drops and speed fluctuations from 170 Kts to 120 kts
Was I fearful ? Yes of course
What if the jet gets slammed into the. Ground when I reduce speed?
All manner of thoughts
You throw them away ! Make a plan think a way out and get on with it
Don't worry ! FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT
Pace