Smothering / Strangling / Choking Dream Meaning

Dreaming that you are having difficulty breathing and are in danger of dying as a result may carry important messages for the dreamer. This type of a dream experience is...

You are feeling constricted in areas of communication. Since strangling involves cutting off the air supply at the neck, communication is the focus of the interpretation of any dream with...

See: Smothering 

Universal Landscape: An overwhelming or dangerous block to effective communication.Dreaming Lens: Were you choking in the dream? Was someone else? Were they choking on something they swallowed? Was the choking...

To dream that you are choking on an object, suggests that you may find it difficult to believe some advice, or accept what someone is telling you.If you are choking...

To dream about strangling someone, or being strangled yourself, means you have been hiding an important part of your personality - one that you need to express to be happy...

Choking can indicate spiritual conflict and restraint. Choking in a dream highlights that we need to learn wisdom – when to speak and when to remain silent.

This could be classified as a form of contrary obstacle dream, for if you dreamed of strangling yourself or being strangled, it suggests that you are standing in the way...

Strangling yourself can be symbolic of an unsuccessful attempt to take control or move into a position of power, 2 Sam. 17:23. If you are strangling someone else it can...

(See Extinguishing a fire)

To dream that you are trespassing, suggests that you are forcing your beliefs on others. It may also mean that you are being a bit smothering, and need to give...

Example: ‘When inside the house I dream of recur­rently, I am terrified of someone, a man who is trying to find and kill me’ (Barbara T). As a young woman...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Usually extinguishing suggests putting out a fire or a light, having the symbolism of smothering emotions or covering up deeper feelings.

Unfolding a napkin may comment that you are preparing to receive nourishment or something good.For a man, it may also comment that you may need to protect your genitals from...

lucky numbers: 02-16-18-35-40-41being showered upon: the kudos are going to their rightful owner. showering upon another: need to transfer the onus to its creator. taking a: cleanse yourself of negative...

The rebellious, choking out the flowers in one’s life; see “flowers”

Extinguishing a fire in a dream means putting off or quelling a riot, deterring a war or abolishing innovation.If one sees himself in a dream smothering an already dead fire,...

To hang yourself is destruction through guilt and fear; lack of verbalization, choking off energy in the throat chakra, holding too much stress and tension. Release negativity, forgive self and...

The inability to express yourself as freely or honestly as you might wish (see Choking).Being unsatisfied and unfulfilled by your present situation to the point where this slowly “kills” creativity...

As a play on words, an artichoke may mention that you are choking back your creativity, as in “Art 1 choke.” Artichokes open to reveal the heart and also reflect...

General symbol of connection and attachment, like the chain.If the rope is choking you the dream reveals fear of dealing with problems. Similarly, tying objects or people is a sign...

If you dreamed of choking and being given the Heimlich Maneuver by someone, avoid all unnecessary risks as you are likely to be in an accident-prone phase for a few...

People who experience nightmares may find themselves jolting awake in the middle of the night, often able to recall the terrifying dream that disrupted their sleep. Nightmares are common during...

(1) A labyrinth is a symbol of the unconscious. Is there a frightening monster guarding something valuable at the centre of the labyrinth? You must come to terms with the...

Any snake is symbolic of the kundalini power, or life force within.If a python is squeezing you, your spiritual trip is choking you; you are out of balance. Don’t be...

Dreaming about death is very common and it can be interpreted in many different ways. Death is usually a symbol of some type of closure or end. It implies an...

One’s wholeness; one’s essential self. Wedding, en­gagement ring: the state of the relationship, as in example below, where Mary is ‘choking’ on or ‘can’t swallow’ her rela­tionship. Example: ‘If I...

If you dream about drinking milk, true love is coming into your life. It may also imply your need to strengthen your ties and relationships with others.To dream that you...

lucky numbers: 03-06-12-19-32-40breaking a: security and peaceful outcome to adversity. briar, a: disagreements over extravagant self-indulgent habits. buying a: wish to soothe your travails with creature comforts. crawling through a...

Subconscious.Hidden or unknown.“Other worldly” or detached from reality.A desire to escape reality or take a break.The environment of your inner life at the time of the dream (for example, clear...

A hanging has two symbolic connotations.The first is that it is a death and so it relates to the sacrifice that comes along with great change and transformation.The person dying...

lucky numbers: 08-09-16-18-24-40cloth: production of comfort through thrift and creative enterprise. grinding grain: shame and sorrow of ego’s false beliefs in self. miller, being a: hard work awaits you. woman...

Some believe that the spider is symbolic of an unkind and sneaky individual. Are you the spider building a web, or are you being dragged into one? A spider’s web...

Often represents the mother figure in dreams and depending on the dream, this image can be caring or uncaring, or possessive and all devouring.If the bear is recognized as male,...

Example: For some considerable time I have been troubled by a nightmarish dream which is so realistic sometimes I think I am going to die. In my dream I have...

Smoke, embers and ashes are associated with fire in dreams but they also have their own associations.If clouds of black, choking smoke appear and there is no fire, what are...

(see Clothing, Crown, Gems, Metals, Stones, Rings)Meaning may sometimes be determined by where the jewelry is worn.For instance, necklaces lie near the throat, the center of communication. So, if a...

Because the body often represents the self, loss of body parts or injuries to your body in dreamland can symbolize the emotional pain of losing parts of yourself. A dream...

Example: 41 find my way to a door and knock.It is at the end of a cul de sac.An old woman of about 60 comes to the door. Although old,...

In waking life coffee is a stimulant, so do you need to inject more energy into your waking life? Coffee may also represent sociability, friendship, the giving and sharing of...

If you watch a murder, this refers to aspects of yourself that have been denied expression.If you are running from a murder in your dream, it depicts something you feel...

Universal Landscape: Change or transition; healing; death and rebirth.Dreaming Lens: What kind of snake is appearing in your dream? Is it poisonous, dangerous, or innocuous? What was your fear level...

(see Flood, Fountain, Ice, River, Rain, Snow)Changing tides: Among the Teutonic people, each tide carried different meanings that may apply to your dream.The tide occurring just before sunup is one...

For a man the penis represents more than simply his sexual appetite. It depicts the whole drive of life through his glandular system which develops the body type he has,...

1- Archetypes are basic pictures that each of us hold deep within our subconscious. They are in a sense ‘psychic’ blueprints. These blueprints while potentially perfect can become distorted by-...

The element offire in a dream represents might. Fire in a dream also means love.A product that is touched by fire in the process of its manufacturing or cooking in...

How to Remember a Dream Everyone of us can learn to remember dreams. This, of course, is a prerequisite to working with dream symbols. After you are reliably recalling dreams,...