That's not risk aversion, risk aversion is picking the safe way/minimizing risk. What you're doing is actually increasing risk because you're too afraid to handle things. There's no upside to that.
My point is that risk is often perceived to be greater than it actually is. So taking action in spite of the risk has two benefits - the real risk is exposed and often less than what we imagined and progress is made from taking action. True, this can lead to a stressful experience and perhaps recklessness.