I used to have those a lot. Especially about miscarriages. I would have the great dream where I find out I'm pregnant and then all of a sudden I lose it. I would wake up crying and they happened all the time. I would have nightmares like being attacked also.

I went to a T and he called it hypervigilance. Basically being on the defensive all the time no matter what. Mine was directly attributable to a previous abusive relationship. I had those thoughts constantly though. I couldn't take the trash out because I was convinced a guy was in the dumpster waiting to attack me. I don't know if you are having thoughts like that also.

If so, or if you think there is a reason that you may be dealing with PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) I would go see a T. Dream interpretation is pretty easy to misinterpret and is different for everyone. But it is proven that this is your brain attempting to piece together all of these random thoughts or things in your subconscious throughout the day. So there must be something there creating these images in your dreams.

I think you have already answered you question about the woman seeing as you said you look up to her. The weird thing in mine was that they progressed. I would have these dreams where a guy would attack me. Then the next time I would fight back. And I kept fighting and fighting and eventually, after a couple years of these dreams I finally ended it - I killed him in my dream. I have never had that dream since. I would look at what you may be internally struggling with but aren't allowing yourself to process.