Have you ever asked this question: Why do people have nightmares? Why do you sometimes end up waking up in the middle of the night, with your heart beating so fast that you can hardly catch up with your breath? It's actually amazing to know that nightmares don't come at random.
They do have causes.
It could be a reflection of your experiences.
Something may have happened in the past that caused you so much trauma and emotional stress.
Along the way, this memory may temporarily be gone, only to come back as a form of nightmare.
The problem with this is that unless you are able to settle your past issues, your nightmares will go on.
You are under so much stress.
When a person is very much stressed, he or she activates the different biochemical responses of his or her body.
The pulse rate will go up, the breathing becomes a lot faster, emotions become tensed, and muscles start to stiffen.
These are the usual physiological changes that happen when you have nightmares.
You are so engrossed with your own passion.
If there's something that you are passionate about, there's a huge chance that it will come up in your dreams.
For instance, if you wanted to become a writer so badly, you may dream of yourself releasing a book--or failing to make it big in the market (and this is your nightmare).
They are there to serve as warnings.
You don't know how much information you can actually get out of dreams or, in this case, nightmares.
They could tell you of how much you view yourself or life, in general.
If your nightmare involves being abused by other people, it could be because, in real life, you are so insecure of yourself.
Rather than merely seeing them as nightmares, use them to tell you something about life, about yourself.