How to get out of negative thinking

I have just woken from a semi lucid dream....once i realised i was dreaming i said with confidence 'i am going to fly' then jumped forwards and landed on my stomach....but later i wanted to steal and drive a nice and fast car and so i did and went very fast.
For the past year now everytime i try and fly i have a suspician than it wont work so ofcourse it wont.....because i know theres a chance that flying wont work leaves me negative about the situation whoch causes failure....not sure how to get out of this one o.o

try to ride off the high you get when you realize your dreaming and jump into the air sooner than later.. worked for me.

Perhaps you can first do other stuff until you feel more at home in "the dreamworld". You could ask random dream characters if they can fly and when you find one who can fly, ask her if she can teach you. Jumping from a high place works for me. Machines are also useful, maybe you can get a car to drive really fast and go off a ramp? Those are some ideas but the general point is to be creative and find different approaches than simply jumping forwards and hoping to fly through sheer will power.

Dream control tip

Spoiler for Justification by Zoth:

"Making use of Justification

Basically, the way justification works is that there's always a reason. If there isn't, then make up an excuse. If you're trying to invoke an object like the keys for the Ferrari standing right in front of you, convince yourself instead that the owner probably didn't lock the car. If he did, he must have dropped the keys nearby so look around! If you still can't find them, then check your pockets: maybe the car was lent to you and they're right there. This also works for finding someone. If you're in the city trying to find a celebrity you love, then enter somewhere and expect it to be there...after all, that celebrity is just visiting town today, big coincidence huh? What about that dragon you want to fight so badly? Well, maybe you are in some kind of video game reality so it makes total sense for one to show up."

That is from this article by Zoth: Dream Control

The BIG Transformation guide
And that tutorial about shapeshifting/transformation contains lots of clever, simple, creative ways to do things that seem extremely difficult if you'd do it through sheer willpower (just standing there and hoping for it to happen) and maybe it will inspire you to find creative and easy ways to fly.

You could drink a flying potion or put on wings. Try to trick your mind :P


Good luck, fellow adventurer :P


Also, a personal tip and I don't know if this'll work for others. When you are ready to sleep, count down from 100, counting on the in-breath and thinking "flying" on each out breath. I started doing this ~1 week ago and I went from getting lucid 1-3 times a week to once a day on average. (one night i didnt get lucid and another night twice) by saying "lucid dreaming" on the out breath.

oh and be certain you ARE dreaming before you go jumping off cliffs crazy