be careful as adding consciousness to a dream means CPU cycles so you wake Up more tired, its cool for kids and teens but grown adults shouldnt explore this to avoid bad rest

Over time, with accumulated experience, all dreams are lucid from the start. Because of that they are very calm and pleasant; the dreamer is no longer reactive to what happens in the dream because they know nothing is at stake.

That’s a caution to getting addicted to it, but not never doing it. I’ve had powerful experiences in lucid dreaming that I wouldn’t trade for a little more rest. I was already in a retreat where I was basically resting all the time.

I met someone once who claimed that he lucid dreams almost every night by default and it is exhausting. He smokes weed at night to avoid dreaming entirely. I didn’t dig in super deep, but it sounded pretty intense!

IMO they would benefit from skipping the weed and instead continue to practice lucid dreaming. Over time they will develop their skill and will learn to simply contemplate the dream without reacting to it. It is a calming experience.