I would wonder if you felt the same about driving? I’m betting that part of it is that you don’t know how to react in a bind. That’s practice and training more than anything.
Try this:
Go watch some kitchen safety how videos.
Go by some boxed Mac and cheese. Make it, it’s foolproof.
Notice that everything turned out ok. Try it again a few times.
Now go try something different that you might like.
You have to vulcanize it to make it usable. That also makes it not degrade in the environment.