What’s the point?
What is the intention behind what you are doing?
If you intend to suffer and inflict harm, you can do whatever you want. Our mind sees this as the safer route.
Suppose you intend to experience expanding happiness and uplift the world around you to the best of your ability. In that case, your job is to be relentlessly curious about what your choices create long-term. You might be surprised to see that what your mind sees as risky, challenging, and scary are the things that fulfill your intention.
What if your happiness and our happiness depended on your willingness to do the thing that required more friction? Would you do it?