I have had terrible nightmares since I was a kid. Recently, they've been getting worse and more frequent.....almost every night now. In them I get murdered by someone I love. There's a different dream for almost everyone I care about and in each one, they murder me in a different way. I usually wake up sweating, crying, or screaming......sometimes with pulled muscles and bruises from hitting stuff like the wall. Why on earth am I having these dreams and how can I make them stop? It's to the point now where I'm scared to go to sleep. When I start to drift off, I jolt awake with my heart racing.