To dream of being strangled – what does it mean? (Dream interpretation suffocation / strangulation)
Dream interpretation strangulation/suffocation
Suffocation in dreams is not a rare thing to dream about. There are several angles to it; these are reviewed below.
Dreams about suffocation can mean that you are simply too busy. Similar to dreams about drowning, dreams about suffocating can symbolize that your current (hectic) life style will quite simply be the death of you.
If you find this interpretation relevant to your situation, it is critical that you take your dream seriously – you simply cannot keep up anymore, and your brain and body needs you to slow down.
Dreams about being strangled as an image of something within yourself that is ”strangling” you/hinders you from thriving and developing. This interpretation is the most common – you can even dream that you are strangling yourself!
…a very clear indication that you in a some way – in what you say, think or do – limit yourself in a way that is “killing you” (that is to say mentally, because you lack vitality).
A 30-year-old woman for instance repeatedly dreamt that a very old woman was going to strangle her. At this point in her life, she was single and often stayed at home and isolated herself, and because of previous experiences, she did everything she could to avoid contact with men, who were actually interested in her.
It was clear from the dream that she, way too early in her life, had habits more suited for an old woman. In the same way, there may be things within you that are quite simply “strangling you” and which therefore prevent you from realizing your true potential; things you may be unaware of.
In addition to this, it may also be the case that your current life situation, how you see yourself, your social circle, or your job, is “killing you”. There are numerous things – within yourself and in your surroundings – that can “strangle” you and prevent you from unfolding and developing.
Finally, there are also cases which suggest that a dream about being strangled simply can occur because you are having difficulties breathing during your sleep – perhaps you have been uncomfortable, or you may have a physical disability that makes it difficult for you to breathe.
Also read: Why I no longer interpret dreams for free
Have you had a dream about strangulation or suffocation? Please share your experience in the comments below.
NB: Dream interpretation is not easy – especially because dreams are always 100% individual. For this reason the above scenarios might not be relevant to your suffocation dream.
Michael
I have a recurring dream where I can’t move speak breath. There’s a dark shadow over me and I wake up gasping for breath has anyone one else have this dream and do you have any idea why?
Just at 4am today I had never experienced my dream to be able to choke me and taking in the appearances of my sister and friend. I couldn’t move and felt a heavy pressure on my chest as if something was heavy was laying on my body it was really weird >_<. But the weird thing was that the dream looked just as my room would look. It was creepy how these things or demons can take in the forms of my love ones. my sister kept telling me that my friend was fake and how I shouldn’t talk to her no more and after that she told me she was coming and told me not to look back and that’s when my friend appeared from behind me and my sister told you won’t feel any pain no more and started to fade away and I saw her in a shadow form fading with a smirk on her face and left. Then after she left that’s when I started to feel that huge pressure on my chest and my friend/demon started to whisper to my ear that “I will die soon” & “ you won’t make it” while choking me to death giving me a side eye look I couldn’t breath or scream for help and everything was soo dark I could barely see my surroundings after. But as soon as I felt that I automatically thought of GOD AND I MEAN GOD to help me and save me from it and right after I heard whispers vanishing but I’m glad I got out of it and everything started to disappear I could move and breath again and didn’t felt that bad pressure on me no more I’m glad that I asked god for help and yeah i woke up from the dream luckily but the weirder part was that tryed waking my sister up and Luckily she was awake but hear me out she couldn’t sleep because she felt bad energy and uncomfortable but when I woke up and saw if she awake she told right after I woke up she heard like thaws whispers and couldn’t sleep because of that but they started to fade once I woke up WEIRD/CREEPY AF I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE IN MY SLEEP BUT HEY IM ALIVE THANKFULLY 😅 but I hope no one eve experiences this EVER!!
Repeatedly dreamt of being strangled and I can’t even move nor talk till I rebuke it and wake up with fear all over me😢😢
I dreamt I was someone else, but still female.
A man strangled me to death but I came back to life, he was being overly nice until he couldn’t take being nice anymore and flipped. Can’t remember anymore.
I am really scared I really don’t know if it was a dream or fact. I felt like my husband was strangling me. I woke up immediately and shout to him to stop hurting me. I was really afraid. He told me to sleep but I felt the second time that he was strangling me but when I asked him he keep telling me that I was dreaming. Please I need your advice.
I had a repeated dreams about invisible force trying to kill me. But last night is the worst. He is strangled me over and over. And that made me not to sleep right now. Im scared.. i dont know.. im always scared in my dreams..
I dreamed about Rihanna and i talking to the point we were acquaintances. She had a concert that day and i was in the stage at the back; when the song started she came toward me with the microphone telling me to sing, as i was singing she was strangling me till i finished singing, i thought it was to make myself sing louder but it was kinda weird.
I had a dream that I was crawling on my back on a dark wet pathway to go see my father at the end of the pathway but when I got there I had to climb short ladder and I peeked and couldn’t see my father and I had concluded that he had died and then I saw the black figure of a tall slim man with a big hat he was like a shadow and he ran towards me and I started crawling back and him following me trying to strangle me and then I couldn’t crawl any further because I was in bed and there was no more dark pathway but the shadow was still there trying to choke me and I started calling out for my sister because in the dream she was sleeping on the bed to my right and she wouldn’t wake up and then I was woken up by my roommate because I was yelling my sister’s name in my sleep.