Last time I went to meet a girl I liked (and that's not very often) I was pretty panicky when she called to tell me if I wanted to see her I had <20 mins to be down town. Normally I need a few days to mentally prepare for something like that and normally I talk myself out of it entirely. I figured what the hell and went for it, heart pounding, had the shakes as I went out the door and wasn't able to calm down much but had a big grin on my face the whole way there. It was a rush, like being on a roller coaster when I was a kid and roller coasters haven't thrilled me in the slightest for a very long time now. I'll have to try that again some time, going full steam ahead while I'm freaking out! It was a great chance to practice keeping my behavior in check while scared ****less, a state I've done everything in my power to avoid for as long as I can remember. I think I did pretty well. That kind of fear isn't something I want but I'm usually pretty afraid of how fear will affect the way people perceive me and I was surprisingly sociable not just for being so afraid but compared to my normal self entirely.
Heh, sometimes not so much, but sometimes you just have to go for it - however you feel, right? 