Is it normal to have these dreams?
For several months now, I've been having nightmares almost every night. They are so vivid and violent. They always involve me doing normal everyday things when suddenly, I witness a stranger being beaten or murdered and I can't do anything about it. In my dream, I'm just so scared and shocked that I can't move. These aren't normal dreams where I forget after a day. I remember them in detail. It happens a lot and it's almost getting to the point where I'm afraid to sleep. To make things even worse, the only time I don't have these dreams is when I instead dream that I'm cheating on my husband with a man I work with. Always the same man. But in real life I have no feelings for him at all. It's not some hidden desire. My dream self enjoys it very much, but when I wake up I'm disgusted. So either I have dreams about people being injured or killed, or I dream about having an affair with a guy from work. Is this normal?