I'm not sure that it can be said you are superstitious with confidence. There are many other factors, such as confronting your deepest fears, as you said. I also feel uncomfortable thinking about getting cancer or being mugged, but I don't believe that writing or thinking it has any influence over whether or not it will happen--that is not what is uncomfortable, it is the notion of it.
As for the preference of tearing to burning, I simply don't think it wise to start a fire in my apartment.
EDIT: I also think that the method of presenting the test generates the unpleasant feeling; you are surprised by the second instruction. It catches you off guard, without preparation. Given a few minutes to read the whole set of instructions would feel very different, and as it is the process that is supposed to be the test, I think it's rendered invalid if the process can be repeated under different conditions with varied results.
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