Whats causing my chronic nightmares?

Depends on the subject matter of the nightmares - they may be independent of boyfriend, girlfriend, goldfish, or the neighbor's dog that stole the sausage off your Egg McSamich. Go through some self analysis of the images in the dreams and the emotion you feel. Address these feelings and images in your mind before going to sleep and organize the response your mind should take and you will have a sound night's sleep. FAIR WARNING : Guilt causes more nightmares than any other human emotion. Maybe no cure.

The reasons lie in the subconscious mind. But you can learn to handle bad dreams. One simple way is to learn the art of lucid dreaming. A quick way is to use brainwave audio programmed for lucid dreaming. They have special beats to induce brainwave frequencies associated with dream states. The following article might help you.

No one has the answers to this but here are some guesses. Stressors in your life can cause nightmares, foods that you eat can cause this. Maybe you are subconsciously worried that your boyfriend will leave you, thus causing the nightmares when you are alone. You might consider talking with your family doctor about this to see if there is any physical cause for these.