Thread: Why don't I believe myself when I know it's an LD?

Perform one more check before taking the jump, then just do it. Nerves are hard to get over the first couple of times. You also could start from something lower. I prefer jumping and gliding off of a gentle hill, rather than a straight drop.

I dislike jumping off things in dreams. In non-lucids, it always wakes me up with a cold sweat, altered vision, and severe nausea. If I must fly from a cliff, I'll fly up, not fall-and-fly. It makes me feel safer.

I can't remember any lucids in which I didn't want to do something because 'maybe it isn't a dream.' I'm more likely to go off on a tangent than to think that.

This has happened to me once when I tried to fly out of my window. I got scared because I thought I wasn't in a dream at all and that if I jumped, I'd end up dead. The key is to stop for a second and observe your environment as much as possible and find the littlest aspect or dream sign that tells you "this is indeed a mere dream".