Don’t eat or drink anything before bed except perhaps some water. When you go to sleep, try not to lie awake thinking about things, even if it’s something that’s been going on all day. There’s nothing you can do about it at the moment. Just lie there, relax all your muscles, and try to not have any crazy emotions going through your head. It might help to listen to some soothing music. Making a playlist of soothing, calm, peaceful music with no words or lyrics on your iPod or MP3 could help. Also, thinking “I will not have a bad dream.” usually helps, as dreams quite often base themselves on small things that happen in your day, tiny figments of things that are on your mind but hardly there, that you don’t notice or realize their on your mind, or you don’t think much about them, until you go to sleep. If you just watched a scary movie, or read a rather active chapter in a book, try thinking ” I will not dream about this.” Dreams don’t often tend to be about the big things on your mind, normally the small things. Check your mattress or pillow. Are they really old and need to be replaced? Check up on this. Of course it might just be that you have a wild imagination, and this is a side of you that likes to show itself in your dreams. Dreams can seem pretty real sometimes, sometimes scary. Don’t let your life revolve around them. Keep your daytime thoughts and dream thoughts separate. Don’t think about night time all through the day, don’t dread it. Seeing a therapist might help. (No, this does not mean that you are crazy!) They could help you sort out what’s going on in your head through out the day that makes you dread nighttime, and figure out what’s making you have these dreams. Hope this helps!