Coming from a gym/sport climbing background I became used to falling on lead early on. I've taken many short falls up to about 20ft and am usually okay. I once caught my leg in the rope, flipped upside down, cut my leg right open, landed on my belayer and got dropped on my head on some rocks. I bandaged my leg and red-pointed route. I was a lot more careful with my leg/rope after that incident. I've taken a few trad falls and have glanced off a ledge or two, I have fallen backwards down slabs have pedulumed into corners. I have always been just a bit bruised or scraped and stopped for a couple days... I guess I accept falling as part of pushing my physical limits in climbing. I've never fallen in the alpine then again I've never lead near my limit in tricky, badly protected alpine terrain.....