I've realized something in my Lucid Dreams of late, and that is this: My Dream Characters will do everything in their power to keep me from gaining lucidity. They routinely lie, and try and convince me of our reality.

Why? Why does your own mind want to keep you in the dark, and out of lucidity? Why do most people never lucid dream? I know this is a skill that almost anyone can work on, but why do we need to work on it at all? You don't need to work on breathing or eating, running or jumping. These things come instinctively. Why are our dreams different?

Is it possible that Lucid Dreaming is detrimental to our mental health, or stability? Does our mind need unconcious moments to work through problems and to process information uninterrupted?

Does anyone have any insight here? I've been thinking about it quite a lot lately.