Why being scared mate? There's nothing to fear when you have good knowledge and understanding of how Bitcoin works. You just have to be smart and carful type, not the fearful one. Your fear exposes you to more risk and I don't see how fear can motivate someone.
I know some of my mates who are into cryptocurrency that phobia to lose but even with the fear to lose they still go ahead to trade. If beginners allows their fear to motivate them to learn first their won't be drastic lose in trading.
I won't call that fear, but thier ability to recognize that trading is risky and they should be aware of all potential risk involved before going into trading. I don't think newbies should allow fear or rather FOMO to be a motivation to them, I don't see how it motivates any one. But if you ask questions and do research properly, with enough knowledge theres nothing to be scared of when dealing with Bitcoin or cryptocurrency.