What causes someone to die in his/her own dream?

Individual interpret: Each persons dream should be interpretted by that person in the context of their own life. There isn't usually one answer to fit particular dream content. . Our dreams are part of the mind's repair that goes on when we are asleep.

No one ans: Dreams don't usually have a fixed meaning (as "dream books" suggest). Of importance are your recollections stimulated by the dream. Yet, sometimes dreams do have a metaphoric meaning. For example, in times great transition, one "dies to one's own self"--only to awaken. The key, though, is to see what comes first to mind about the experience.