Trauma

It's been almost 2 years now since that earthquake in Japan but I still have nightmares. I dreamt of tsunami, earthquake and death almost every night. I'm scared of tunnels, of mountain roads thinking I might be killed or be trapped in the case of earthquake.
Last Christmas was tougher for me because my dads village is by the sea. We live less than a 100 meters from the sea shore. I would stay awake listening out for a tsunami. It's always the same dream over and over. A big tsunami when we least expect it and someone in my family always die.
When I was home during my sleep I would be jolted awake by this imaginary earthquake. Then one night it happened and I nearly had a heart attack. It scared my little sister whom we were sharing a room together during that time. I was paralyzed with fear.
I started seeing a shrink a few months back. And the more I talked about it the more I dreamt about it. My shrink can't seem to help me either. The only person who seem to understand was my mum. It helped talking to her about it but after I left home it all started again.
I was too embarrassed to talk about it to anyone else, thinking I was the only one with these crazy dreams and fear. Then just a few weeks back I was just chatting to one of my closest friends whose still residing in Japan and he brought up the nightmares. He's going through the same thing, only difference is he is still in Japan where aftershocks are frequent. He would wake up panicking, had nightmares of tsunami and being trapped under a humongous wave.
Was a relieve to be able to talk to someone about it especially someone really close to me. I still have nightmares though. And I stop seeing my shrink because in the end we both decided she's not helping at all.
My husband is also going through the same thing except he doesn't have nightmares about the tsunami. Just waking up in the middle of the night thinking there was an earthquake.
I really cannot imagine how it is for those who were victims of the tsunami and actually lost loved ones.
I hope one day these nightmares will stop and that I can have a normal nights sleep.
My shrink suggested I go see someone more specialized in the area of trauma but I somehow decided to maybe revisit Tokyo; where it all started.