this is probably a good place to rant this out. i usually workout solo as my work forces me to adjust my gym timings and personally i prefer to train solo. Anyways, i have this inexplicable fear of big weights. every session seems to be 50% psychological war for me. thoughts like getting pinned on the bench press, breaking my back during DL, snapping my wrists and arms off during seated shoulder presses are very common, although the possibility of it happening is quite small. (but possible). i spend probably half a minute with db's already in position for lift off trying to eliminate the fear for every heavy set that i do, lol.

So whenever i have a gym buddy to train with i always make sure to stretch my weights a tad bit heavier than i would have been able to lift. but if its solo its usually fear holding me back from taking up the new db's..

anyone have this problem and if yes, how do you cope with it?