Thread: The Right Way of Facing Confrontation

I have been thinking about the way I face Dream Characters confrontation in my lucid dreams.

In most of my lucid dreams, DCs will come out and tell me I have trespassed. They always look menacing and for some reason, I know I won't get out of it without a fight (I mean, don't I at least get a trial?) They come running closer and being a peaceful person, I fly away (and I'm not super great at it, I never fly like superman, I have to use my limbs and sort of swim up, which is slow and ineffective. I will awkwardly be fluttering my arms and legs, my feet still in arm's reach of them. But they never grab me. And none of them knows how to fly. So I end up escaping, even if in a very pathetic way. )

I have tried to deal with this in two different ways (being nice and looking away):

Spoiler for Examples:

Example 1. There was a dream about my family and I needing to get to a point to be rescued. When we entered the field, I was alone and lucid. I was just amazed by how vivid the field was and the sea beyond it. I saw the person coming for rescue. It was someone on a motorcycle. As he approached, I realized he had bad intentions (why? He had a helmet, I couldn't see his face). I told myself, no. I just started spinning around myself, grabbing at the scenery, calling out "Do you want to come explore the dream with me? You may be my friend and follow me!" But as I looked up, he was racing towards me. I just looked straight at him repeating to myself that he was a friend. But he ran over me and the dream ended.

Example 2. There was a giant crocodile coming at me. I just looked away and the lucid dream continued. Interesting things happened.

Example 3. Last night, I had a lucid dream that a panther appeared before me, menacing looking. For a second, I was excited to see it. It looked nice. Then, I was scared and started miserably flying away. The panther was menacing again.

I realize that I could improve my control and this wouldn't be an issue. Also, looking away, and never looking back is the most effective strategy for me, but since this type of confrontation is recurring, I wonder if there is something that I must deal with. Whether dreams are messages from the gods or our subconscious, or whether they come from a deterministic cause and effect mechanism, it seems that I should at least consider facing these situations.

In real life, I can't just look away from confrontation, so why is it an acceptable way of dealing with DCs? I'd like to hear what you all think.