I'm curious to know if anyone has experienced something similar!

I started having lucid dreams involving this DC about 10 months ago. Over a period of 10 days I had 4 dreams involving him in the main narrative. By the third dream, I realised we were married. I had feelings of disgust and repulsion regarding him once it was revealed we were in fact married (I am not, and have never been, married irl).

From then on, although I remain 'married' to him in the dream world and he continually appears in my dreams (lucid or not), I always try to avoid him as he causes feelings of dread whenever I see him, or he tries to manipulate or control my course of action in the dream world. This is especially frustrating in lucid dreams.

I feel as if there's some sort of back-story between us in my own dream 'world' that I don't know. Nowadays appears in person very infrequently, and only like a spirit or shadow with a fuzzy outline, but I can always feel his prescence even if I can't see him.

I have been lucid dreaming for 7 years now, and a recurring DC has never been a phenomenon I've experienced until now. Especially one who it is implied I have an intimate relationship with. I've tried to just outline the situation and not detail the exact dreams I've met him in, but I may write up the series of dreams in my Dream Journal on here, if anyone's interested.

How should I deal with this DC? Have you ever had recurring DCs of any kind? Have you ever had a spouse or family exclusive to the dream world?

Thank you!