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Strangulation / Lack Of Air / Trouble Breathing Dream Meaning

The dreamer is standing in her own way, either consciously or unconsciously keeping herself from attaining her own dreams due to fear, which can manifest as extreme caution. Look to other symbols in the dream to judge how the dreamer can release herself from that fear. Astrological parallel: Saturn. Tarot parallel: The Devil [1]

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What does Strangulation / lack of air / trouble breathing mean in a dream?


The dreamer is standing in her own way, either consciously or unconsciously keeping herself from attaining her own dreams due to fear, which can manifest as extreme caution. Look to...

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If you’re out of breath in your dream, or having trouble breathing, it means you’re suffering from a guilty conscience about something you’ve done in the past.If you’re breathing slowly...

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Breathing or sustenance.Survival (physical, emotional, mental, or otherwise).Life energy.Lightness or airiness.Fluid motion, flexibility, or adaptability.Seeing only air where you expected something else could represent nothingness, emptiness, lack, or surprise somewhere...

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Breathing indicates the presence of life, so in your dream the condition or speed of your breathing may depict your pace of life.If you are holding your breath, this suggests...

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(Strangulation) Suffocating in a dream means that one has taken upon himself a responsibility greater than what he can handle, or that he is intimidated into accepting a heavy responsibility,...

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(Asthma) Experiencing breathing difficulties in a dream means boredom, annoyance, weariness or disgust.

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Breathing or flowing.Life, or being alive.Survival.A cycle.Ebb and flow.An activity or process that happens automatically or subconsciously.See Breathing, Rib, Chest, Surviving

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Many people have problems breathing during sleep, even if they do not have full-blown apnea, and this can be reflected in one’s dream life.If not an apnea symptom, holding one’s...

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A person breathing fire out of their mouth symbolizes a verbal attack, Ps. 57:4

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Lack of protection of heart center, picking up too much stress and tension from those around you. Labored breathing results from an emotional overload. Relaxation, meditation are indicated to build...

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If you dream of getting in trouble, you’re having trouble making an important decision. You need to speak to someone more experienced about it.

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Something is denying you the air to breathe; something has got you by the throat. “Spit out whatever is sticking in your throat,” which means look at what is bothering...

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The ribs or ribcage might represent: Breathing or something you associate with it (life, cycles, or ebb-and-flow).Vulnerability or protection.An enclosure or something that maintains your integrity (physical, emotional, or mental).A...

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Coughing a lot can represent: A feeling or fear of having trouble expressing yourself or speaking up for yourself.Something that’s bothering you or that you refuse to accept (as in...

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To dream of seeing an adder strike, and a friend, who is dead but seems to be lying down and breathing, rises partly to a sitting position when the adder...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: Strangulation suggests a violent act of suppression. Emotionally, our more violent, aggressive side may not allow us to act appropriately in certain situations. In dreams this...

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Universal Landscape: Diminished life force. Panic.Dreaming Lens: Were you breathless or gasping? Was someone else having difficulty breathing? What was the cause of the breathlessness? Was it connected to anxiety...

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lucky numbers: 03-05-11-41-40-47being a: to overcome lack of love, you must give it. ashamed of: you wil have trouble raising al of your children. having a: dissatisfaction that another’s way...

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lucky numbers: 01-05-07-10-18-26angle bars made from: accord among friends, distress among enemies. bars: discovery of lost abilities in new projects. black: your great physical strength is misused. buying: a slow...

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To dream that you or someone else is doing cartwheel, represents the need to regain balance in your life. You need to learn to handle obstacles and stress with more...

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Obviously, there is not much difference between this and ABUSE, except that the nature of the trouble is more clearly defined.It is a sign of approaching trouble in business, but...

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A warning to avoid an involvement with inferiors which could cause you serious embarrassment, especially if the height affected your breathing.

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Authority, self-affirmation, ambition, and seeking power; but also a lack of self-awareness and / or a weak ego. It may also be a sign of a lack of order or...

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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...

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A field of cabbage seen in a dream is a portent of the acquisition of property that will give you trouble. To eat cabbage m a dream predicts trouble with...

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To use a thimble in your dream means that you take care of others, instead of thinking of yourself and your own needs.A dream of losing a thimble foretells trouble,...

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No matter who faints in the dream, it predicts serious problems for family and bad news about absent friends. For a young woman to dream of fainting is a warning...

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In this nightmare with a happy ending, a child may dream that they are drowning and unable to reach the surface to breathe. Then, incredibly, just as they realize they...

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A factory in your dreams is likely to refer to conformity with society, a typical reaction to a life that lacks individuality, productivity and work. In some cases, it can...

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(Empty, Forlorn, Wretched) A deserted and empty place in a dream signifies poverty or lack of food or sustenance for one’s household.An empty place in a dream also could signify...

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See Tree. Being grounded and rooted. Ancestors. Possibly a symbol for a lack of decision and a lack of ego-identity.

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Vision: Somebody insulting you: you are needlessly afraid of something; you lack self-worth. Insulting another person: find out if you have been too timid in an important matter. You might...

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A feeling or fear of overwhelming circumstances, helplessness, hopelessness, or loss of control, or of an important need being denied.The idea of “too much,” “going overboard” or “getting in over...

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Lack of orientation and lack of focus. Here, something needs to be explained more clearly and made conscious. Insecurity and deception. There is something you don’t understand or which confuses...

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This suggestive omen depends, for its correct interpretation, upon the circumstances of the dream.If you remain outside the building, you should take every chance of helping those in trouble, when...

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These nuts in a dream predict a troublesome trip, or perhaps it should be designated as trouble-shooting travel; in any case, the trouble concerning which you will travel will be...

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Any sort of officer, whether of the law or of one of the armed services, indicates trouble. You will have a brush with the law, or experience trouble through some...

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Any type of fin in your dream signifies a factor in your life that is a motivational or directional force.GillIn dreams, gills may suggest highly developed spirituality; the intake of...

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A dream of difficulty, the result depending upon what happens.If someone Insults you and you do not resent it, beware of trouble ahead. There may be a change of residence...

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1. Extreme passion, carried away.2. Expression of extreme anger (breathing fire).3. Good fortune, great riches.4. An ex­tremely annoying, destructive individual.5. Symbol of evil.

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The deeply unconscious psychobiological life processes which transformed us from a tadpole/sperm into an air- breathing frog/adult.The enormous information such sym­bols hold if we explore them gives them their power.

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If one’s uvula is swollen to the extent of blocking his mouth, or impeding his breathing in a dream, it means covetousness.Iove to hoard money, frugality, miserliness, or the nearing...

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Dreams of Lamaze symbolize that you are breathing your way through the birth of a new project or creation; finding grace as you move through the final pushes of this...

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To dream of any trouble with your Ears is a bad sign—it shows trouble from some unexpected source.

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Something you perceive as “something good gone bad.” Neglect or lack of use.Lack of hygiene (physical, emotional, mental, etc.).Opportunism or using whatever resources you have.A parasitic relationship.Abundance or thriving.See Virus,...

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To dream that you are sighing over any trouble or sad event, denotes that you will have unexpected sadness, but some redeeming brightness in your season of trouble.To hear the...

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1. Overcome by life, unable to fight back.2. One needs to learn how to navigate one’s life better.3. In “over one’s head.” 4. If breathing underwater, one has returned—temporarily and...

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A disappointment is in front of you—work hard or you will have to face trouble.The bigger the Packet that comes to you, the greater the trouble.It is a good sign...

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Dreams of resuscitation represent that you are breathing new life into an old relationship or project that you thought was dead. This might denote an unhealthy attachment, an unwillingness to...

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To dream of your own heart, signifies trouble in love. To see the heart of another, denotes that, as they seem to you, their charaéters really are. Bleeding hearts foretell...

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1. An overabundance of feminine energy, a lack of balance between parts of self.2. A lack of balance in life; use caution regarding excessive attention to certain urges or desires...

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To dream you wade in mire and stubble,Foretelleth surely toil and trouble, Yet perseverance will not fail O'er toil and trouble to prevail. 

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Dreams of a cloud symbolize a block in a relationship or business venture. This setback is temporary, keep breathing, and find your sense of well being. Consider the feeling tone....

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A plasterer in a dream represents a hypocrite and a trouble maker or an agitator. His presence in a dream also could mean the smoothing of one’s affairs, or dispelling...

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A defense mechanism, or an overactive defense mechanism.Vigilance.A desire or tendency to distance yourself in real life from some person, situation, or experience.See Protecting, Protected, Being, Inflammation, Breathing, Itch, Indigestion,...

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First determine if you had a real breathing problem while you slept—a cold, for example. Were you feeling constricted? Were you bothered by unspoken and ambiguous thoughts that took your...

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To come in contact with venom in your dream, represents pent-up anger in yourself, or hostility you are experiencing from others. Your feelings of hate are beginning to show through.The...

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Repressed aggression, often due to a lack of boundaries.A lack of self-protection and a weak immune system. Are you afraid of confrontation.7 Or are you making your points too aggressively7...

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To receive orders from a stranger suggests problems with integration; while, if they come from someone you know, it denotes a lack of security and lack of understanding. When you...

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lucky numbers: 32-35-39-40-49-52children, your: a symbol of who you would have wished to be. husband: your abilities need to be extended from yourself alone. sweetheart: the qualities she possesses, you...

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Lack of security, passage of time; lack of emotion or nourishment.See desert. Idioms: built on sand; sands of time are running out; bury one’s head in the sand.

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(1) Clouds in dreams may symbolize different moods, bright or dark, optimism or depression.(2) Threatening storm-clouds may be warning you of impending psychic disturbance. Is there some frustrated, neglected part...

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Example: ‘I was down in a low bit of a village, trying to get to a road high up on a hill where the sun was shining and was walking...

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The idea of self or expressing yourself.Vulnerability (as the throat is critical for breathing, circulation, and eating).Throat problems can represent a feeling or fear of: being unable or hindered in...

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(see also Foot / Feet, sections (l)-(4))(1) Having strong legs may symbolize being strongly supported, confident.(2) Weak, unsteady legs may suggest a lack of grounding or firm foundation, a lack...

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If you dream of seeing people idling about this denotes that you are not using your time and energies to accomplish your best work.A woman who is idle in her...

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Some believe that dreaming about baldness is a warning about poor health. However, baldness symbolizes a lack of something, just like those who are bald lack hair. Hair represents feelings...

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