Reoccuring dream after father passed away.

My father passed away when I was 3, he died on a Friday. Shortly after that I started having reoccuring dreams for years after that only on Friday's. I always woke up at the same part of the dream. They stopped coming when I was around 11-12. It used to really bother me, and I still wonder about them. Why did I have them, why did they stop.

The Dream:
I was a princess in the late 1800's, same age as when my father died, about 3 yrs old. I was captured by pirates, for what reason idk. I might explain that we were sailing in a pink sea, but this water was dangerous. If you were in the water for more than 1 minute you died. Everything was great until they changed on me. At the beginning they were nice, they fed me and got me everything I ever needed. Then they changed, and started trying to kill me. Throwing me in the water, trying to shoot or stab me. I did everything to stay alive, we fight and go rounds for a while until I am in the water for about 75 seconds and I wake up.

I would wake up drenched in sweat, heart pounding and having a panic attack. But one day they decided to leave me. I don't know what they meant, or if I should know.


Does anyone else have reoccuring dreams like this?