When you search "dream catcher" in google you get these results: http://ift.tt/2AQhLM8
If your results are similar to mine you'll see that they are mostly in circular shape/pattern. Sam's (Norman Reedus) dream catcher is in the shape of a typical kite.
I don't think this is by accident. Knowing Kojima this is very deliberate. When you look at a kite you'll find that it is an object tethered to the earth by a string. Without that string the kite will simply drift away. I'm certain there is a clear symbolical meaning to this.
When you look up what a dream catcher is on Wikipedia you get this result: *An Ojibwe legend recounted by American ethnographer Frances Densmore says the dreamcatcher originates with Spider Woman, known as Asibikaashi; she took care of the children and the people on the land. As the Ojibwe Nation spread to the corners of North America it became difficult for Asibikaashi to reach all the children. So the mothers and grandmothers would weave magical webs for the children, using willow hoops and sinew, or cordage made from plants:
Even infants were provided with protective charms. Examples of these are the "spiderwebs" hung on the hoop of a cradle board. These articles consisted of wooden hoops about 3½ inches in diameter filled with an imitation of a spider's web made of fine yarn, usually dyed red. In old times this netting was made of nettle fiber. Two spider webs were usually hung on the hoop, and it was said that they "caught any harm that might be in the air as a spider's web catches and holds whatever comes in contact with it."*
So what we have is a symbolic item that can protect children from harm (some say from evil spirits) in the shape of a kite which could mean that whatever it is should not be lost or taken away.
In my paltry attempt to gather my thoughts my conclusion is that Norman's dream catcher is a symbol that shows us how he's trying to protect something that is valuable to him as well as not trying to lose it or lose himself.
Based off of the first trailer I think this has to do with the baby he cries over.
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