Or they cease when you break the psychic bond with her, using cleansing or cutting rituals. A repetition of a past traumatic event in current lifetime. This type of nightmare is so deeply etched in the psyche that it can require heavy use of behavioral dreamwork techniques to modify the content and emotional intensity. A depiction of a past or probable life. A request for new information may provide additional dreams to shed light on the events surrounding this nightmarish experience.
Treatment involves the sort of behavior modification techniques used for traumatic nightmares.
A depiction of the future. Confirmation occurs either when the dream comes true or when you change your life so it won't come true. Methods that determine meaning plus techniques that modify behavior comprise the full tool set to resolve a nightmare, recurring or not. But selecting the appropriate tool depends on what is actually stimulating the nightmare to occur. So, don't rely on that first hammer you bought, when what you really need is a crowbar or a monkey wrench.