I've been having nightmares young too. Thing is, they used to freak me out, but then I started using them for idea in stories (which would later be part of the video game mod I'm making now ). Most of my nightmares are pretty logical, usually involving gunfights instead of monsters under the bed. I was never scared of the dark, but rather the light that comes through the blinds at night . I wish I knew what lucid dreaming was then.