Hostage – To dream of a hostage, of being held hostage, or of watching a hostage situation, is a scary dream symbol that indicates your feelings about the capacity of humans to do harm to each other. This is not a subject we like to dwell on in our waking lives, and it is certainly not one we enjoy haunting our dreams. You have a deep fear of someone in your life, and you believe that this person would be willing to harm you or someone near you in order to get something he or she wants. If you dream that you are the one holding a hostage, this is your subconscious telling you the same uncomfortable fact about yourself. You should also look at the factors that are pushing you to become a hostage taker or that are pushing the other person to exert control over another person in this way, in hopes of diffusing the emotional situation in waking life.