Dunno if this helps anyone but I never have bad or good dreams. Only interesting ones. That means it's not about the content of the dream but how I react to it.
And if I awaken from a dream that has been unsettling or difficult, I imagine what I would do in the dream to change the outcome. And it's a dream, right? So the possibilities of what can be done are limitless. Turn back time, beat up the monster, grow wings and fly away as you're falling off the cliff, make everyone else be in their underwear too, whatEVER you want.