That was at the beginning of therapy, many years ago. I've read where the first dream(s) when starting therapy help with expressing your issues ;-) I did a lot of dream work in therapy and, eventually, it became that my husband or therapist in a dream were like talismans to let me know whatever scary thing I was dreaming about, it was okay to work on/talk about that, that I was "safe". So I started looking forward to dreams where my therapist or husband actually were in a dream or their presence was implied.

I think frostypaws is on to something about your nightmares; recurring dreams are usually about a theme that is ongoing and individual in your life. Who did not hear you in the past? If you can remember when the dreams first started, that could be helpful too because that means your psyche thinks it's safe to look at now and work with (the problem probably occurred even further back in your life than the dream, perhaps childhood). Are you in therapy? If you are, I bet the dream started sometime during therapy. Dreams try to help balance us, get us back on an even keel or tell us where our conscious mind is unbalanced. If you go around telling people you're "fine" (like I use to) all the time, even when you're not, something like that, over time, could really get your unconscious roiled up.