Okay well, My lucid dreams would usually be long and in them I would always get chased by some Dream characters I can't see but can hear or some visible dream character with a weapon that wants to hurt me, or just my dream body hurting itself somehow by getting paralised.

Last lucid dream was a pony with a knife attacking me.

So I'm wondering, how would I build my Confidence/Strenght/Courage before I attempt to lucid, so that when I get lucid I would not run away all the time(I am never fully lucid to have control over myself but I do things that I would do IRL and there is never time to do anything before I get attacked). Like either just take the hit of the DC and ask him why? Or maybe take out some weapon out of nowhere and hold it back(I don't intend to kill Dream characters) so I can ask it why it's attacking me?

Basically I want to find out why my dream's are focused on attacking me but I can't because I always get scared for my life and run (Even thoo I know it's a dream, it's just too scary).

So what could I do in waking life to make myself fight back in dreams? If I can do anything?