Change Sex with Maligan Mirror

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My friend and I are not sure if we are playing these card correctly, especially together. Here is the situation:

I am level 4 with both the Malign Mirror and Change Sex curse cards on me. We agree that this leaves me with a power of 1 regardless of boosts (I had the huge rock with +3 and long stick with +1). At this point I cant fight any monster. No monster can go below 1, I'm not a warrior so what can be done. The way the cards read is they do not leave until after "combat" for Change Sex" and "fight" for Malign Mirror.
What is the difference between "Fight" and "Combat" and when do these things happen. If I run from the monster, is that still "Fight" and/or "Combat"?