I don't know, but I started having them this year. Same ones, basically, and then go on all night when I get them. Very vivid imagery, scary, painful.
I shared one with my husband yesterday and was shocked at how easily he read it. He's not into that sort of thing, and I am, and yet he 'got it' before me.
He said it's about me having issues about my parents giving me up to torture. That was insightful, but at 58 I still don't know how to feel OK about that. I feel like I've totally let it go after years of therapy--and I do mean years and years--and yet here are these dreams.
I'm going to mention them to my p doc when I see him at the end of the month. Maybe he can help by adjusting my meds.