What does it mean when you dreamed someone shot your daughter?

Answer 1

This could be an exaggerated expression of natural parental concern for your child's safety and welfare. Recent news reports of kidnappings, particularly of girls, might easily heighten your anxiety and trigger such a dream. Alternatively, the dream might express feeling of loosing control of your daughter, particularly if you feel that some other person or authority (such as a school or peer group) is having too much influence over your child.

Answer 2

This dream could have very different interpretations depending on your actual circumstances. Please keep in mind that the image of being shot in a dream is more likely to represent a verbal attack than a physical attack. The dream does not predict any actual future event, but illustrates your present feelings.

> One possible meaning is that your mind is using the image of your daughter to represent something in your own life: your pride or reputation, your more gentle feminine aspect, or perhaps your artistic, creative or forgiving self. In this case, the dream expresses your feeling of being attacked.

> A second possible meaning is that your mind is substituting your daughter's image for your own. In this case, the attack is directed against you and you are the one being shot down physically or verbally.

Answer 3

The child in the dream is a symbol for some part of yourself that you are trying to get rid of. The implication is that you are making a bad mistake; your mind is trying to tell you that this aspect of yourself is valuable, and that you should recognize and protect it as precious.

Answer 4

Everything that appears and happens in a dream is symbolic. In this dream, both your daughter and the killing are metaphors for something other than what they appear to be. Your daughter could represent some part of yourself. That might be your innocent, vulnerable self. Or she could symbolize something that is precious to you that you have worked hard to develop, such as an important project at work. Taking that example, the "killing" could symbolize the possibility that your project might be canceled. Another example might be the threat of foreclosure (killing) on your home (something precious to you.)

Answer 5

The dreamer's subconscious may be saying that the daughter is not able to have her own life because too much of her time / energy / attention is directed toward or used up by the parent.