Have you ever tried to spend time alone?
Deeply alone.
To step into, as David Whyte says: "contemplative intimacy" with yourself such that we start to "live in our bodies as a question rather than a statement."
That question you begin to embody invites you to escape from the life you're living now, to seek out diversion, and to avoid what really troubles you - your fear.
You can choose to give into the question and divert your attention to the other things.
You also get to choose to pick your feet up and step towards your fear.
Turn your fear into your purpose; use it to do your work.
