I am sorry to hear that you are having bad dreams. I suffered from nightmares for many years, and I can vividly remember many of them because they were so realistic and painful. My therapist recommended that I keep a journal on my bed side table and when I wake up in the middle of the night after having a bad dream, to write it down. Then I could bring my journal into our therapy sessions and we could discuss dreams that I was having and talk through them. This did help a bit because it allowed me to get out what I had just experienced and then relax enough to go back to sleep. The thing that eventually helped with alleviating my dreams were participating in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy. When I started EMDR my dreams became very vivid and horrible, but as I continued working through some of my traumatic experiences with the help of EMDR I was able to minimize the amount of dreams that I was having. Now I rarely have those icky dreams anymore, and it is such a relief. EMDR is something that you may want to look in to. I've heard mixed reviews, but it helped me a lot. I hope that you find something that works for you and helps to reduce these stressful dreams that you are having. Best Wishes, SunnyRae