I will admit, I have a bizarre fascination with big seas. I suppose I feel like I have something to prove, or maybe it's just suppressed juvenile aggression writ large, but I want to experience it. Maybe. I think.
I'm thinking you are likely to be ready for it to end as soon as it really gets going, but then you simply have to keep going till it's over.
I'd prefer endless days of boring at sea than being in the midst of a really good blow.
What's the old saying about never meeting an atheist in a fox hole? It applies to sailors as well...