Have you ever started to ask a question but then backed out because you were afraid how other flutherers would respond?

There have been a few questions on my mind lately that I just haven’t found the courage to bring to the collective. For fear of being judged for asking the question, or of not being able to say what I mean, or that the question has already been asked, or that it will be misinterpreted.

I’m also a pretty shy person and as people get to know me better on fluther that protective shroud of anonymity starts to lift and it gets harder to speak up and say what’s on my mind.

Do you ever feel intimidated from asking a question?