I've been sewing for years and I'm pretty much scared of any piece of new equipment I get. I think it's more I'm afraid I'm going to do something drastically wrong right off the bat and wreck something. I let a new embroidery machine sit for 3 months once before I got brave enough to take it out of the box and set it up. My girlfriend took hers out of the box when she got it, then put it right back in. I think it's a pretty normal reaction. My mid arm setup sat for a while before I finally put a practice quilt sandwich on it and let 'er rip. That got me over my anxiety.