That if I start, I will not know what to do, or that the direction I must take on a task is too unclear for me to feel comfortable starting...
That doesn't sound like a well examined state; go looking for why you fear "not knowing what to do", there's bound to be one or many things hiding behind that description.
That doesn't sound like a well examined state; go looking for why you fear "not knowing what to do", there's bound to be one or many things hiding behind that description.