I was browsing Reddit and I stumbled onto this topic. One of the responses really stood out. I posted it below. I am curios what do you guys think of it?

I 'studied and practiced' lucid dreaming for about seven years, the first five very actively.
I got pretty 'good', 'choosing' the setting and themes. I'd wake up in the morning and tell my friends about all the cool things I did.
I felt as if I was 'taking control of my subconscious', and just steps away from unlocking my hidden potential.
Unfortunately it's almost entirely BS.
You don't 'control your dreams', you dream that you are controlling your dreams. I found this out by making a journal entry before bed, and not reading it until I had already talked to someone about the dream I had 'controlled' the night before.
In my dream I was perfectly sure that I had intended to create a beautiful picnic scene with rainbow-flaming birds dancing in the sky and a sweet ethereal music suffusing the very air. I was so proud of the details, and how I had gotten it just right from my imprinting session before bed.
That afternoon I checked my diary: I had planned a deep sea fishing trip to catch a kraken.
Nothing like the actual dream I had, though I was completely convinced that it matched every detail I had prepared.
Why it is 'almost' BS: You can get a lot of positive self-imagery out of it, even if it isn't technically you controlling your unconscious.
It's a form of confabulation, though the brain damage is just sleeping.