Dreaming of.....

Lately I have had very bad dreams. I guess that the appropriate word would be nightmares. I am not sure that I want to go into detail as to their content but they involved the extreme sickness and death of people close to me. I actually woke up crying one night. These dreams have haunted me all week. I know that they weren't real, but they seemed so real I can't shake them. I feel like they have stolen somthing from me. I don't know what it is, but I feel myself fighting to reclaim it. I know I will win the battle; I just wish I could stop dreaming for while.