Struggling with Lucid Dreams and Nightmares

I can relate a lot but I try and sit and talk to myself and keep saying it was a dream I'm safe now

I dream journal. And then when it's full I usually burn them just because I don't particularly wanna keep nightmares around. Also I am a huge supporter of cannabis use for PTSD and all the bull that comes with it. I've also found that falling to sleep to rain sounds helps prevent at least some of them.

Try listening to music while you sleep. It helps me. You could consider counseling, it helps just to talk. Eases your mind to vocalize your thoughts. You may have something causing the dreams.

I used to have this problem, but it went away after my quality of life improved. I hope you recover from it too.

for a lot of people, lucid dreaming is a skill that they choose to work on because it can have a lot of mental health benefits. They question reality by choice, meaning that they ask themselves throughout the day if they might be dreaming, and think of ways that they know they're definitely not in a dream. It's called a reality check and it helps to have lucid dreams because if you consistently practice it during your waking life, you could end up doing it in a dream as well. Everyone naturally assumes that they're awake all the time, which is why asking yourself if what you're doing right now is real can help you become lucid in a dream(if you see lucid dreaming as a positive thing that you'd like to try.)

I was wondering if there was a term for it. That explains so much. I tend to have lucid dreams and wake up feeling tired throughout the day. No amount of coffee helps.