Why do I keep having this dream?

In the dream I am in trouble with the police (or sometimes it's the FBI) but I haven't done anything wrong. Sometimes they are hunting for me but I slip away from them and flee. In the dream, I know I haven't broken the law but I am still scared. Sometimes I have been arrested or just taken into custody and I am terrified. The police talk tough to me like I'm a criminal and I am too scared to think straight or know what to do. I wake up feeling sure I will be arrested shortly and that I will be treated so roughly it will kill me. I have to talk myself back into sanity because, in my real life, I live quietly within the law, and I have no reason to fear the police. I don't even get parking tickets!

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spandexblue · 36-40, M

How long have you been having this particular dream sequence. If I it is a recent development that is one thing. If you have had dreams like this for a long time that is another thing. The difference is evolution.

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

I've dreamed it off and on for about a year. I thought it had stopped because I hadn't had it in a couple of months but I just woke up from it again. Seems to get worse when I am not well.

spandexblue · 36-40, M

There could be a trigger that started it. There could also be some internal issue that you either had a hard time dealing with or have been putting off dealing with. The fact that you remember it so vividly I think points to that.