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You live in desperation of that which you fear, and end up commonly causing it to happen by your desperate actions. There's actual studies on this, finding it works this way more than not.

Commonly, overeating is out of a fear that the food won't be there tomorrow.
Yet, if you overeat, you do run out of food sooner, and more is spent on obtaining more food, with a higher risk of some day going without from not being able to replenish it.
Our evolution about times of plenty versus times of scarcity is not exactly anywhere near perfected.
The evolutionary mistake happens over... Anything you can lack tomorrow that you have today.

Another common blunder...
Sometimes one group does a hate crime of another, over being different.
When fear is high enough in an individual, they will conform to the attacking group (If you can't beat them, join them.). They then try to convert others after them, because they wish to save them from becoming hate crime victims.
Like the other blunder, this doesn't fix the problem, and only adds to it. It strengthens the hate crime committers instead of actually stopping it from reoccurring. But, it's a common blunder.
This can happen about anything, not just major things like religion, extroversion versus introversion, tall versus short, etc. but sub-cultures (goth, emo, skater, punk, prep, jock, hipster, geek, etc.) do it, too. When it's done more locally, like in a sub-culture war, it's usually called bullying, though it's also factually a hate crime for being different.

Yet another...
When you expect a group to be a certain way, it causes only people guilty of it, or who want that image (such as when it's positive instead of negative) to like to hang around you, reinforcing your expectation.
Why?
Because, if its negative in their mind, it bothers people who aren't like that, and drives them away.
But, if they view it positively, they will hang around you if they want that image, or if they don't mind it.
So, when you're living in fear of another group, eventually only those guilty of it, or of supporting it hang out with you, reinforcing the fear.

Another...
Being afraid that others will not correctly appreciate/treat you can cause living in fight, or flight mode, keeping people who would appreciate you/treat you well at bay as they don't like false accusations.
If it doesn't keep them at bay, your expectations cause YOU to be guilty, because you are not open to the possibility that the relationship will be worthwhile.
And, sometimes, those in fear of this choose to be in abusive relationships, because they want relationships more than safety.

So, even if your fear is based off something real, you should try to keep it down enough that it doesn't self-sabotage.

In the case of trying to do well with other people... Keep trying, and stay open to the possibility it could go well, and to the possibility it could go horrifically wrong.

And... You shouldn't join someone you are afraid is unbeatable, as you are only strengthening them. If it's a serious case, run away, don't become guilty of supporting it. The more you strengthen the abuser, the more people s/he/they will abuse in turn. Stop supporting it, or you could end up with horrific things happening, such as holocausts.