First up I have never been diagnosed with PTSD.

As a child I would have this reoccuring nightmare where there's a fire. It's huge destroying towns and everything in its path.

I'm frantically traveling trying to save objects/people/pets that I've cared about. I manage to save some only to lose them later.

Eventually I end up at my fathers place. There's this circle of grass, literally the only non burnt patch around he's standing there holding a gun and I realize it was him that started the fire. The fire has gone out and one of his dogs is there it's badly burnt but still alive. I'm screaming at him begging him to take it to a vet.

He aims the gun at me and usually that's when I wake up.

My father was abusive. Frequently threatening to kill me and tried to strangle me once so I understand that the dream in its essence is about my emotions and fear concerning him.

The nightmares pretty much stopped once I went NC with my father but have recently started again. I think maybe because I've been speaking about what happened more.

My question for you though is if perhaps this could be some sort of PTSD type thing?