That background scenery is amazing. The building behind you looks like stacked legos.
Dealing with fear seems like it only has 2 options like you've already mentioned, avoid it or face it.
Avoiding it of course never solves the issue. Just makes it an endless internal battle.
I would assume there's also a level of maturity that goes with how well or not you deal with fear.
I agree. That background is insane. The architect of that building is the same one that designed that hotel in Singapore.
Avoid/Compensation is only temporary. Facing it has to deal with accepting it as it is instead of trying to change it. You have to develop an intuition/intelligence for knowing when to change circumstances and when to accept them.