GOOD life BAD dreams

Laura had a bad childhood her father will allways come back from work drunk and will always beat her mom until she was 14. Laura's mother decided to move to Brazil with her mother (laura grandmother). When they arrive they heard that her father got arrested for what he had done. Laura had bad dreams in the past and still has them about her only fear her dad. A few months later they found out he died in jail but, laura still has bad dreams about him does that mean she still can't forget the past? or is it that he still lives in her mind? or even both?