Injure your attacker so he can't attack you anymore.
Fight Back. Learn How to Defend yourself and fight for your life.
A defensive mindset helps prepare you to accept that violence exists.
A defensive mindset also prepares you to be ready and willing to injure your attacker.
Targeted Defense Technique: Ear Pull. Remember more than one technique (strike/stomp/rupture/crush/tear/break/etc.) will be needed to incapacitate your attacker.
Self defense isn't pretty. Be ready to injure your attacker. Get "ugly."
Attack back. Injure your attacker.
An eye poke could buy you time... an eye gouge will stop him in his tracks.
Defend your life with violence of your own. Let him worry about HIS life.
Give yourself permission to do harm to your attacker. Give yourself permission to do whatever it takes to save yourself. Before you are attacked.
Fight for Your Life. Become the attacker. Become the predator. Injure your attacker.
Give yourself permission to injure your attacker. Break, dislocate, rupture, crush, gouge, stomp, strike...
Self Defense and Sympathy do not mix. Don't be squeamish about injuring your attacker. Give yourself permission to use violence against your attacker.
Targeted Defense Technique. Remember, unless you are unusually lucky, one technique alone will not stop your attacker. Continue to strike, stomp, gouge, rupture, crush, tear, break, dislocate... until your attacker is no longer a threat.
Beware Bad Advice... if you can reach their face, gouge out an eye or two. If there is absolutely nothing else you can do but scratch your attacker, by all means do it. Hopefully it'll give you an opportunity to be able to get into a position to injure your attacker.
Fight Violence with Violence of your own.
Targeted Self Defense: Eye Gouge