Is it normal to have these kinds of dreams?

For as long as I can remember I have been having dreams of death.

When I was 3 years old, I had dreams of killing people from movies and being killed by a blood thirsty dog, now its even worse. Now I am having dreams of not only death but a torturious death. I had a dreams like being tied to a chair then being tortured and killed, being brought back to life, and being killed again. Last night I had a dream that we were fighting in a war, I got caught, had evferybone broken in my body then had my head caught off.

Is that normal?
Sorry, I would have put more detail into it, but I had put detail then my computer shut down on me so I just put the basics.

I asked the same question on chat and didn't get a reply ...

Anyway, I've also experienced murderous and lurid dreams. Every dream I can actually remember were the event of some tragedy, murder, or brutal mutilation. Most of them involving demonic or rabid dogs, which is odd, because I'm not, nor have I ever been, afraid of dogs. Carnivals and bathrooms are a recurring setting for some reason... I'll share some dreams if it helps any, of what I can remember anyway.

And, if it's any consolation, the online dream analyses claim murder is not always a negative occurrence in dreams. Often, it can mean the ending of a relationship or the dreamer's wish to change an aspect of themselves.

i am not a pro but i think the dream are rather normal i have those kind of dreams from time to time does it happen all the time or is it every now and then ?

I think anything we dream is "normal". Our dreams help us process stuff either internally or externally; people with traumatic shock re-experience the accident in dreams, etc.

I think most dreams, like memories, are "shocking"/meaningful to us or we wouldn't remember them. And if we're dealing with illness or pain, mental difficulties, etc. then they're going to more shocking than pleasant. Think how you actually feel walking around day-to-day and the inner stuff that's going on? Don't you sometimes feel like you're being embarrassed "to death" and then brought back to life by having to keep going/functioning? No one chops off your "head" by telling you or implying they think you are stupid/are not "using our head"?

Dreams are symbols but they're your symbols so only you can figure out what you're trying to tell yourself or help yourself with. I use to have very detailed and difficult dreams when I was in therapy, many a night. You might want to start writing them down when you wake and doing date/day of the week, etc. and seeing if you can match them up with your waking life. I use to have certain dreams the night I had therapy :-) and fewer dreams other nights or we'd be working on a subject or my T would say she was going on vacation, etc. and there would be certain sorts of dreams as I processed it. Made dreaming "fun" even when the dreams were bad because it was like a puzzle.

Now that I'm no longer in therapy, I don't remember very many dreams because there's no "need". Whatever dreams do for me (everyone dreams multiple times a night) it's all internal, I don't have much inside that needs to get my attention by being "loud" so I remember and look at it to see what's going on with me.