Click on image for larger version. Look at Figure 1. If, for illustration purposes, you limit the wind direction to 10-degree increments, there are 19 possible wind directions from the extremes of a direct left crosswind around the compass to a right direct crosswind. Of those 19 possible directions, only one represents wind directly down the runway. It seems that not only is having the wind straight down the runway the abnormal situation, it is statistically unlikely.
Wind is a good thing.
Wind is an everyday thing. Okay, if you don't feel up to it, I guess discretion is the better part of valor, but perhaps you should grab an instructor and go out and polish your skills. I think two things are at fault here. Second, we have become lazy. Since we are not reflexively positioning the controls during all aircraft movements, it is abnormal when a wind other that one straight down the runway requires control deflection to keep everything straight on takeoff.