Nightmares and bad dreams full of angst and fear are usually caused by persistent desires and hopes that are perfectly logical and legitimate (they are natural and likely to happen). In any case, these dreams announce that you will soon succeed in achieving your goals. Dreaming of being distressed when in real life you are proceeding unlawfully in your affairs, indicates that you are taking serious risks and playing with fire, which will easily lead you to fail. Dreaming that youre in a state of anguish too often without having real causes in your everyday life, can mean that this has a pathological origin, so you should go to your doctor.