What does it mean when you dream of your cousin attacking you?

Answer 1

There are two basic principles of dream interpretation that should help: dreams communicate in symbols, and dreams are about the dreamer. So this dream is about your feelings if someone your cared about (assuming you care a lot about your cousin) is taken away. Such dreams can be a sort of rehearsal, practicing how you would feel or react in a difficult situation.

Answer 2

On the surface, this dream suggests a difficult relationship between the dreamer and the cousin. The 'attack' might be nothing more than a disagreement or argument, or it might represent a long-standing animosity. On a deeper level, the cousin is a symbol for something else in the dreamer's life related to the family. For example, the cousin might symbolize an inherited trait or disease the dreamer fears could cause harm.

Answer 3

Dreams such as this illustrate the dreamer's fear; they do not predict future events. If the dreamer is in a custody struggle, the dream might express emotions over that stressful situation. However, it might also be triggered by current events in the news - at the time this dream is posted, a high-profile missing child case is being played out in the media.

... At a deeper, more psychological level, the children in the dream might symbolize part of the dreamer's own personality that feels as if it is being lost or stolen. This might be one's childlike, vulnerable, innocent self. Or it might represent one's creative, adventuresome, curious self.