[naughty noo noo]

How often do normal people have nightmares?

[Perna]

The majority of everyone's dreams are anxiety dreams and nightmares are just extreme ones of those. The more emotional difficulties you have in waking life, probably the more nightmares you are going to have.

Dreams try to "balance" our unconscious a bit. I still remember when I had bizarre dreams night after night and realized that they were allowing me to "function" by day; it's much better to have a nightmare at night than while we're trying to function during the day with others around us? :-) Problems have to be worked on, one cannot "stuff" them/feelings for real, the stuffing will come out the sides of our psyche, and one of those sides is in dreams.

[naughty noo noo]

I usually have nightmares about 4 times a week. Sometimes more than one a night :/ wot does this mean? That I have emotional stuff going on?

[Woundedheart1]

I seem to have a stream of unusual dreams and at least one nightmare each might. Also usually under lots of stress or emotional distress! Dreams pattern is being trapped somewhere or in a situation that's very unpleasant and I can't get free.