I agree with your opinion and views, people are actually not afraid of trading, but they are afraid of the losses they receive because they have not mastered the knowledge of trading, due to their own carelessness it causes their own losses, therefore before starting trading it is better to learn first from other people. who are more senior and learn from leading scientists.
In the world of trading, everything requires a process and the process is not as easy as we imagine, there are advantages and disadvantages to each, when we start trading what we have to be strong is a consistent mentality, learn how to trade well in order to minimize the losses we receive, so it will be better. It is easy for us to trade because we are equipped with established knowledge before we start trading.
Learning trading is not easy and people are afraid because they have learned but due to market fluctuations there is still a chance to lose money and everyone cannot afford loss all the time due to the limited amount of money. I think if a person regularly loses his money then it is better to be scared to trade because your money will be saved and you will give time to learning more.
A person should learn well and then trade with little amount but still if his losses are more then giving some more time for searching work will be better and also share your ideas and ask experienced traders for suggestions then it is possible that a day will come when you will see yourself at a most successful position.
and indeed mental factors play a major role in success in trading. Even someone who already has knowledge sometimes still suffers losses due to not being able to control their emotions. and the rest is that practice is the final role to gain experience and correct any mistakes made when trading, so that with a process like that someone can become a pro trader, and of course there will be many sweet and bitter stories in it