Hi Everyone,

I haven't written on here in a while and I will try to make my story as short as possible. I'm having really bad nightmares, now almost every night, about an ex boyfriend of mine I left after a physically abusive relationship (you can read the story here: http://forums.psychcentral.com/depre...aid-court.html). I actually moved away and wasn't having nightmares anymore, but I recently moved back to the same town (I didn't have too much of a choice, job situation). Ever since I moved back, my nightmares are getting increasingly worse and happening more often, and I have also started grinding my teeth during them. I know this has also partly been because I recently saw my ex in town and snuck away before he could see me.

To make matters worse, this weekend I woke up from a nightmare to seeing a house fire about 100 yards away from my apartment. I called 911 and the fire department came, and no one was hurt luckily because it was a very large fire. Last night it took me a long time to get to sleep, and even when I finally slept it wasn't good sleep. Waking up to the fire seems to have made matters worse and I'm afraid to go to sleep because I don't want to have the nightmares. Has anyone else dealt with nightmares before, and if so, what has helped you? Thanks for any help.