doing "stabilization-stuff" indeed implies subconsciously expecting instability
Wow, I somehow like this thought and I have never thought about it that way! But it definitely sounds reasonable to me. If you want to change something just by looking at it you indeed need to expect the object's instability... That's probably why some people choose to fly to places instead of just making them appear in front of their eyes or by turning around! Maybe they cling to the laws of reality a little and rather choose to get somewhere logically - and hence don't quite see the instability of everything in the dream realm and the countless ways of changing things. Or maybe they just prefer flying hahaha!