Emotional Nightmares

So I woke up just recently out of a very intense dream. The details of the dream aren't too important but it did seem illuminate some emotional issues.

I'm not sure if this is true for all people but it seems that whatever emotion I don't seem to be getting or giving enough of in my waking life bubbles up in an intense dream a few times a year.

Usually for me those dreams often involve an intense love affair. I call those emotional nightmares not because of the dream, it's actually waking up alone and realizing it was all a dream that's the nightmare. These dreams only come up once in a while as if your brain needs to process the emotions every so often to make sure you still have the ability to feel.