For as long as I can remember, I've had incredibly vivid dreams and nightmares. They happen nightly, and I can remember them in great detail. As a result, I often wake up feeling exhausted regardless of how long I've slept. I recently had a terrible nightmare that I was being stalked by a random guy I met in a bookstore who kept telling me he wanted to rape and kill me. I was so scared when I woke up that I couldn't go back to sleep. I'm really sick of all of these dreams...I just want peaceful sleep.

Does anyone else go through something similar? If so, have you figured out any ways to lessen the severity of these dreams? I've tried listening to calming music before/while I'm sleeping (like binaural beats) but it hasn't worked.