Night time foes

When you are a child; you have these night things that come out and like totally scare you to the point that you have to scream for your parents to come and save you from this thing. For me, now 21 and still having these nightime dreams. It's totally dumb. Maybe it's my way to handle my stress level. So today i have decided that i'm going back into consuling for this and see if that helps.
I want to be able to talk about anything and everything that is in my head and get it out so i can be whole person and not be so negivate all the time. I am mean that my family decribes me as this person that is always happy and careful when i was growing up but not now. I just wish that i could return and be myself for a change and not be this person that has to be a fake and not even real to me.