[darepublic]

I only experienced lucid dreaming as a child. And perhaps one or two times I would find my crush and give them a kiss. I dunno how I feel about lucid dreaming now. I tend to remember dreams and I like to interpret what my subconscious is trying to express through what happens. If I consciously just try to engineer some scene of maximum pleasure instead would something be lost

[soulofmischief]

Absolutely. Lucid dreaming is such a gift, and it would be a huge disservice to yourself to waste it purely on dopamine-seeking hedonistic scenarios. It's a chance to deeply explore the mind and test hypotheses.

As an example, one thing I like doing is telling my dream subjects that they're in a dream and studying their reactions.

[krackers]

>studying their reactions

Well what are their reactions?