Recurring nightmares hm?
For some reason i already beated most of mine years ago. :)
After some times i got control over it and actually learned to either break out of the dream or prevent bad things from happening.
I eventually ended up sort of knowing when i got a nightmare and learned how to prevent from even entering the nightmare.
It was really weird.
Everytime i knew i got a nightmare was when i was laying on bed, i couldn't control my body, but it would look like my whole room was lit up.
I could see my room like it was fully lit by a very bright lamp.
I would slowly fade out into a nightmare by having this feeling as if i fell into a pit, slowly i couldn't even 'hear' myself think.
But if i thought enough of fun/nice things, i would break out and wake myself, returning my normal vision (my room is pitch black at night).
And then the most interesting one of the recurring dreams was when i was walking down a beach with waves going paralleled with the beach instead of onto the beach.
And when passing some kind of child playground thing, a throwing knife would hit me.
And that is when i would wake up very scared mostly.