Irrational fear of C++

I have an irrational fear of C++. More than once have I swayed away from useful libraries because all they offered was a C++ API. I have perused several books on C++, but they have done nothing but strengthened the feeling that C++ is too complex to reasonably handle. What to do?

I would hope you at least know C, which is reasonable given its intended use.

I only know a subset of C++ -- I'm barely familiar with the standard API (I am a Qt faggot), and I don't know how magical automagic pointers work.  I plan to learn C++ properly some day, but right now I just need it to get a particular job done.