I’ve always had distressing vivid dreams since I was a kid, to the point where I was diagnosed with a sleep disorder (the diagnosis is just that: a sleep disorder)

My dreams always feel so real because they mix with my memories but add either a fantastical element to it or something disturbing and i remember waking up and genuinely being confused if it was a memory or a dream

It feels like the last 6 years i have been hit with things happening to me in my life over and over which are quite upsetting and these vivid dreams has started to turn into nightmares that have become extremely graphic in nature and i have developed a weird fear of falling asleep so I stay up for as long as humanly possible.

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and how to get over it because i miss having a nice sleep with nice if not confusing dreams