I've been having a discussion with my friend who is married and has lucid sex dreams about other women regularly. It's bringing up some really interesting topics about morals in dreams and how they can affect you in real life. Here's the last message I sent him:

"Well, I think we differ there. I think a lot about my dreams during the day, and I definitely don't think of them as their own isolated part of my life.

A lot of times when I'm worried about something or someone, I'll have a dream about it. It's a connection with my subconscious mind that I otherwise would not have.

They say acting out confrontations in your dreams can make you more confident about them in real life and help you succeed. Conquering fears in your dreams can help you get over fears in your reality, whether you're consciously thinking about it or not. Dreams and waking life thoughts are indeed very connected. This is why I believe that cheating and doing immoral things in your dreams can affect your life. Whether its for the better or worse (acting out urges so you don't have to in real life vs making you think its okay and making you more likely to do them) is what I still haven't decided."

I hate to compare it to the violent video games debate, but what do you think? Can the actions you take in dreams change who you are in reality?