Bad dream that lingers...

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Had a really bad/weird dream this morning... it's etched in my memory, which doesn't happen to me often, I usually don't remember much of my dreams if anything at all.
First off, let me say, in reality;  I have a money-hungry, crazy ex-wife.  And I was just recently fired from my healthcare job of 8yrs.

So, in my dream I went back to the hospital to collect my employee file (which I was actually considering doing in my real life, as of yesterday).  I kept having to go to different places in the hospital, constantly walking back and forth up this steep hill, I had to take breaks because it was giving me quite the workout with my legs.  I would run into people from time to time that I knew and speak to them briefly.  I saw a patient that I'd scanned before (I'm an MRI Tech. in real life).  She was relaying to me how her life had been going.  I noticed that my keys were being pulled toward her.  I told her, "Hey!  Are you magnetic, or what?"  So, I start showing everyone else in the waiting room how she can attract metallic objects.  And she was cool with that, we were putting on a show (in real life, I was known throughout the hospital for my unorthodox way of dealing with patients --- I treated everyone like long-lost friends).  Later, I go out to my car, and there's a cop car blocking me in.  I ask the officer what's the problem.  She (who is actually a nurse that I knew in real life from the hospital) that I had sent my ex-wife a check for $50 and it bounced.  I told the officer that's impossible because my bank covers anything if my account is insufficient and they would charge me after the fact.  She was still berating me, but agreed to give me access back to my car.  For some reason one of her associates is in my car and about to pull out in reverse, but instead floors it forward, wrecking my rent-a-car (probably a rent-a-car because in real life, I almost landed a travel assignment in which the company provides you with a rent-a-car... that's my guess anyway).  So I'm ticked but not displaying that... I remained calm.  While this is happening, me and everyone else out there (there was alot of people milling about) notice an old man attacking an old lady, and her husband is trying to help her.  The old man who had been trying to sexually assault her then pulls out a knife, and everyone scatters.  He begins going after people (mind you, he's in a wheelchair too), he then sets his sights on me and charges me.  My legs are still like rubber after walking up and down that hill all day, so I can't run.  I stand my ground and begin struggling with him to get the knife away and I'm yelling for someone to help me out --- no one does (In real life, not too long ago, a large and scary lookin' patient became threatening to one of my colleagues and I came over and diffused the situation without it getting physical, my colleague was scared to death and everyone else scattered, no one offered to help --- obviously, she was very grateful for my actions).  Anyway, I disarm him and that was that.  I'm talking to the officer about how they're going to replace my car, and she tells me they aren't going to do anything at all,  and very nonchalantly at that.  That was pretty much it.
The dream really freaked me out, it's been about an hour since I woke up and it still lingers, I even feel like crap now because of it. 
Recently, I've been entertaining the notion of "creative visualization"... basically, that we humans are capable of creating our own realities --- I do consciously astral project about once a month, by the way.
My life has been pretty rough since I lost my job --- alot of negativity in my life.  I try to stay positive, but I'm not very good at it.  I guess I'm hoping these dreams aren't going to carry over into my real-life;  the negativity that has been so prevalent in my dreams.  Now that I think about it, most all of my dreams that I remember are always negative, ever since I can remember it's always been that way.
Any thoughts anyone?