Though if you try to use the "The company would be better served by me not doing this" excuse, you sound like a major douche, if someone else says it that is different.

This sounds like a reasonable method to resolving 'activity based anxiety'. The approach of consciously reducing your anxiety, and working to understand the mechanics/physics of what scares you, and then gradually working your way into doing the activity, and maintaining a fairly regular level of participation in…