Thanks for the encouragement (and the reply. I was starting to feel like one hand clapping here!)

I've been reading the, "Afterlife Knowledge Guidebook" by Bruce Moen and have just come to the section on love. I have decided to protect myself with a shield of love when projecting or dreaming. Anything touching it, more than likely a manifestation of fear, will be transformed if they contact it. A non-violent, positive way to defend one's self!

So that's my brilliant (at least I think so) solution for now -
- DreamBliss