I’ve been thinking about someone’s dreams about being killed, and I have a notion as to what might have been causing them.
Dreams are the subconscious mind’s way of working through problems and emotions that may or may not involve the concious mind during waking hours. In this most recent case, I think dreams about being killed are the mind’s way of preparing for a big change. In essence, the mind is killing off a previous version of one’s life, preparing the way for something new.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a burial dream mixed in, too, to symbolize the jettisoning of old memories and painful emotions associated with major life changes. The old life is boxed up and put away, in the ground, or behind a wall, never to pester the conscious, or conscience, again.