Would you rather feel a bit emabarrased about getting into IMC and surviving or stacking into a hillside somewhere?
this is something that has been drummed into me since day one of my training my instructor has ALWAYS told me the instant you get into IMC and cant see a way out climb to safety altitude and make the call to explain the situation!
there is nothing to be embarresed about and i do know what it is like because i have ended up IMC once (thankfully with the instructor) it's not nice and it is amazing how quickly you get disorianted but as i have always been taught if i do end up there again on my own (which i hope i wont because i really did not enjoy the experiance) there is only two things to do
1, climb
2, call
and it was mentioned about punishment
all in i would rather lose my licence and look stupid than become a CFIT statistic!