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Suffocating

Suffocating symbol
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๐Ÿ’กPossible meaning

This is a powerful symbol of a loss of freedom in yourself. This is a bad omen suggesting that you are losing your strength and the life that flows within you. This life within you is being smothered by the pressures, judgment, and criticism of yourself and others around you.

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Bad omen

Take immediate action to stop choking out the life within you. Release yourself from harsh judgment, pressures, and toxic criticism of yourself and others. Otherwise, the light within you will die out. Please note, sometimes choking dreams may be physical and indicate that you may be experiencing sleep apnea. So it is advised to seek a consultation from your doctor or physician.

โค๏ธ Feelings

This dream of suffocating may evoke feelings of fear, panic, and helplessness. It could symbolize a sense of being overwhelmed or trapped in a situation, struggling to breathe or find a way out. The dream may reflect suppressed emotions or a need for more freedom and space in waking life. It could also signify a fear of losing control or being smothered by responsibilities or relationships. Overall, this dream may leave one feeling anxious and desperate for relief.

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30 Oct 2024

dream-about-vomiting-suffocating
Suffocating
Toilet
Vomiting

Dream

I had a dream I was trying to make myself vomit in the toilet but I kept having thick substance come up and felt like I was suffocating

23 Oct 2024

dream-about-fire-and-rescue-3
Sex
Fire
Injured
Suffocating
Hospital
Smoke

Dream

I was masturbating in my room and heard a beeping noise. I go into the kitchen and the whole room was filled with smoke. It glitched and I was back in my room hearing the beeping go back out and the room is filled with smoke I realized thereโ€™s a fire. I open the back door that leads to the hall. Iโ€™m in a double top floor. My dog runs out Iโ€™m trying to get her to come back but she wonโ€™t come I hear her crying and she runs back inside. I grabbed the house phone calling 911 but the phone starts to melt in my hand while up to my ear I drop it run to the porch for air bc itโ€™s suffocating. I go back in to get my dog and thereโ€™s a man in my door way saying Iโ€™m here to help. I wake up in the hospital with burns and plastic melted on my cheek.

3 Oct 2024

dream-about-suffocating-friendship-betrayal
Addiction
Pregnant
Best Friend
Suffocating
Bus
Computer

Dream

I had a few different dreams that kind of all tied together. I haven't been dreaming because of this pregnancy, but finally starting too as i leave 1st trimester. In my dream last night, the person that was the opposing force shifted between 3 different people, 1 is my best friend who I Am having underlying issues with in the waking world due to her addictions, and the other 2 are people who I've only met a few times but are the sweetest women. At the beginning of the dream i was on a bus going on a steep off roading adventure to the point where the bus was almost directly tipped with the back in the air as it climbed down a mountain. At some points it was almost going over the side of steep embankments. Once we got where we were going, the opposing person, who initially started off as 1 of the kind women and i were making friends. Im not sure how but i said something that this person got upset by and she eventually shifted into the other kind woman, and then into my best friend. we were infront of a computer and she posted a bunch of awful things about me in a public group but blurred out my name to garber sympathy towards herself and hatred towards me. I wanted to defend myself but remember thinking to let it go. She had other people rallying that i was a horrible mom and didnt deserve my children and called me disgusting. I have had a similar experience in the waking world with a woman named georgia and i still hold sadness around that sisterhood wound. I remember in my dream, feeling like i was suffocating and waking up hyperventilating

12 Sep 2024

dream-about-uncomfortable-situations-and-assault
Aquarium
Rape
Beach
Camping
Dirty toilet
Suffocating

Dream

I was at someone elseโ€™s house. They had a lot of animals and I couldnโ€™t breathe. The house was dirty and I was very uncomfortable. I kept having to use the bathroom. I found it really annoying because I just wanted to get out of there. I was in the car with my husband and kids on our way to go camping. We drove up a very steep hill at the top of a mountain. The place we were going to stay at looked like a rock with walls and a low ceiling like we had to crawl in. Plus we had to share it with other people. I immediately said โ€œNo we are not staying hereโ€ and got back in the car. We found somewhere else to stay by the beach but it looked like a school full of aquariums. When I laid down this black man came in and took my clothes off and forced himself in me from behind. I couldnโ€™t get away from him and it felt like it took so long for him to let me go. We when finally finished I got up, I was crying and so angry and disgusted. I could feel his semen going down my legs. I started throwing things at him and yelling at him. I gathered my stuff and picked up my baby. I walked out of the room and this woman that looked like a counselor asked me what happened. I didnโ€™t want to tell her because I was so ashamed. She said I was being rude to other guests for no reason. So I told her what happened and she said she believed me and they would hold a court hearing. I felt better telling her what had happened

8 Aug 2024

dream-of-sister-and-wooden-rosary-in-mexico
Father
Sister
Sleep paralysis
Suffocating

Dream

A short dream from a few days ago, while i was in mexico still to visit for my fathers abrupt passing. While sleeping in a room with my sister beside me. I slowly started to drift into a dream facing the wall on the outer edge of the bed. The dream i slipped into was natural and normal i can't even remember it. But out of nowhere it felt like my dream had switched channels and the whole first dream left on a whim and a new one started. It was my sister and I , in the same bed we went to bed in just hours before. She was sitting up against some pillows and i was right next to her. We were in the same setting/room we fell asleep in. I remember looking around and trying to describe the feeling in this room. Once this dream abrubtly overtook the first one, i just immediately looked to describe what this felt like. I looked at my sister and she was holding a wooden rosary necklace i had bought for her about a week ago in real life. She had it loosely wrapped around her hands and said "It feels suffocating" and i knew it was exactly the same feeling i was trying to find about the feeling in this room. The word i had been looking for to describe the energy almost. So i told her "yes, exactly like thatยก" i agreed and the dream ended. I woke up in sleep paralysis for a short minute before i was able to snap out of it. A small lingering shivering feeling as i did.

6 Aug 2024

dream-about-pressure-chest-suffocation
Crowd
Escape
Suffocating
Village

Dream

In the dream I immediately felt like I couldn't breathe because of how much pressure was on my chest. Turns out that I was lying on the floor and there were people standing their full weight on top of me. Like a crowd of people and me lying on the floor. The people seemed to notice o was there, but didn't care that their full body weight was suffocating and hurting me. They almost seemed amused that I was trying to pry their feet from my chest and that I was desperately trying to break free. Eventually with the strength I had, I started to shout, and that gained the attention of a skinny old man. He grabbed my hair, and started to shave the top of it, but leaving just enough for a pony tail in the middle of my scalp so "I wouldn't run away". I was unsure on what that meant. Afterwards I was put into a chamber, which seemed to be my newfound bedroom. And several days afterwards I was taken from the room to be put on the floor so people could walk over me while I feel like I'm dying. And when I feel like I'm about to pass out from too much pressure on my chest and stomach, the old man takes me by my ponytail and throws me back into my room. I find a small cubby in my closet and it seems to lead into a small overview of a large domain underneath. With carousels and many decor, resembling the House on the Rock. Very detailed doll carousel, and the village you walk through located in the building. I carefully try to find an exit to this viewing space, when I hear a girl's voice, and seem to feel like it's not safe to be where I currently am, so I pull back into my room and shut the cubby door. I ponder if it's worth it to try and hide it escape from these people, since there will probably be gruelling punishments if I get caught. Eventually I decide against it, and I awake.

5 Jun 2024

dream-about-pennywise-clown-and-suffocating-movement
Guy
Suffocating
School
Clown
Stairs
Field

Dream

I had a dream last night and it started as me and some guy sitting in the grass with a floating following bar on us and then it transitioned to my landing at the bottom of the stairs in my house, I looked up and I saw pennywise the clown and I told my mom and she told him to go away and he did.. for the moment, we somehow teleported to the top of the stairs and he was at the bottom, I told my mom again and she said to just ignore him but I couldnโ€™t, I was tired of that malicious stare and the murderous intent, when he turned his back for a second I jumped clean to the bottom of the stairs but we were in like slow motion and I didnโ€™t do anything to him, the dream transformed into me and some โ€œfriendsโ€ at school but no one I knew, for some reason I got angry and felt like hurting someone and I looked at the one dude and I started shaking and punching him but it was like I was underwater bc I would get the full swing or shake in, this also happened again when I was outside in a field, I got the idea that this kid was the clown and I started attacking him and I was trying to punch him but again it felt like I was underwater, I was suffocated and my movement was sloppy and slow then I woke up.

29 Mar 2024

dream-about-evil-mannequins-attacking-me
Nightmare
Mother
Suffocating
Moving
Screaming
Car

Dream

This nightmare I had when I was about two years old. Its one of my earliest memories. In this nightmare, im in the car with my dad and heโ€™s driving me somewhere. He parks the car, gets out and gets me out the car. Iโ€™m starting to feel nervous because my dad is grabbing my wrist instead of my hand. We start walking to a clothing department like building similar to macyโ€™s. As we get closer, I look in the windows and thereโ€™s nothing but unclothed mannequins. Iโ€™m starting to panic and Iโ€™m calling out for him but he ignores me. I start trying to get away from his grip but I domt get any loose. Heโ€™s dragging me into the store at this point and when the store of the doors slide open, all of the mannequins move and face me. I felt that these mannequins were evil and my dad couldnโ€™t see it. He drags me to the middle of the store and gives my hand to one of the mannequins. The mannequin holding my wrist was tougher than my dadโ€™s and started to squeeze my arm and it hurt. Iโ€™m now crying as my dad is walking away ignoring my cries and my calling out to him. He steps out the door and the mannequins huddled around me as I was screaming and suffocated me. Everything went black and I woke up scared and crying for my mom.

15 Mar 2024

dream-about-running-from-a-bus-and-evil
Dead
Mother
Running away
Suffocating
Moving
Car

Dream

The dream started on a bus, with me trying to get to find a seat. The bus was dark and really uncomfortable, kind of like riding the Greyhound. I saw all these open seats, but people had stuff in them, so I just kept trying to move to the back. In the back it looked like there was plenty of seats. When I got to the middle of the bus, there was someone standing in the middle of the aisle. I tried to move past them, and they just looked at me saying, no. I said, okay, jeez. I looked at the man to my right, who had something in his seat. I said, would you mind if I sat here? He started cussing me out and saying a lot of really mean things. I said, wow, okay, sorry, didn't mean to do that. I then at the same time realized that my butt was all up in this couple's space that was right behind me. I turned around and apologized to them but they were staring at me deep into my soul with this terrible stare. I said, I thought this was supposed to be the South. But everyone here is so freaking mean. As people began to respond yelling at me, I quickly got off the bus and into the town. When I got off the bus, I was exposed to this really huge city. It felt like a futuristic city. Everything was on rail cars and pretty and technologically advanced. But something was off. There was a rail car coming straight for me and it looked like it was going to hit me. I quickly got out of the way. I said that was weird. But it felt like it was coming straight for me, like it wanted to destroy me. The next thing I saw was a car coming straight for me. It was an Uber, but it didn't have a driver. It drove straight to me, and I moved out the way. Then it stopped and opened its doors to me. It wanted me to get in. It looked nice on the inside, but I just knew something was wrong. I could not get into that car. I ran away in the opposite direction. I ran into this building. I really just wanted to get away from this really weird city. Where was I going to go? I couldn't even get back on the bus with all those people, all those mean people. How was I going to get out of this town? As I was walking in this mall, I thought maybe I could just stay here for a while. At least it's safe here. Then holes started to appear everywhere, all around. In all of these holes, there was something different. One had a mirror. One had another train. One had a different train. They were all portals into something that was trying to take me to something bad. I didn't know what was going on. I didn't understand it, but I just wanted to run. I wanted to run to safety, to get away from all these holes, all these things trying to take me away. A hole started to form right underneath my feet. I jumped and just started running forward and forward and slipped into this little hole. A hole that led downstairs to a basement. I started to creep down to this room that was right there. I looked inside and I saw these four or five people. Another person behind me slipped in. They asked, is it safe here? I said, I'm not sure. We opened the door together and walked into the room. Inside there was this man just laughing, having a good time and watching TV. I said, is it safe in here? He said, safe for now. He said they're all going to be really upset when they find out what happens to them. I said, what are you talking about? He then turned on the TV to this ad. It was an ad that showed this man getting his face cut off. His face then got sewed together and elongated like the trunk of an elephant. The extra skin from his face got shrunk and put on the very edge of the trunk-like skin. He basically had turned into his own face elephant. Someone tried to lighten the mood by saying that's going to be hard to drink out of. But I was horrified, terrified, and scared. I started to slowly back out of the room, thinking about everything, thinking about how I was stuck in this world, in this city, and there was no way out. These holes would eventually reach the basement, or I'd be stuck in the basement forever, trying to hide away from all the things that are coming after me. I started to walk upstairs, to go back to the top, just thinking about everything. I grew sad. When I got to the top of the stairs, I saw a woman, so I paused. She was going through it. The holes had appeared for her, her own holes. She was trying to run from them, until one popped up right in front of her, and she ran straight into it. It was a hole with a mirror, in an all-white bathroom. She said, no, no, no, I'm stronger than this. And the moment she said that, a rubber pink phone appeared, and she took the phone, whacked it against the mirror, and started whacking the whole bathroom, destroying it. She said, and that's it, I don't even know why I'm over here running away. I am that bitch. As she was saying these things, a belt started to grow around her, full of tools, fun, bright-colored tools that were yellow, and green, and red. She looked like she was a superhero. She started going around, destroying every hole, going outside, until she finally made it outside. She was amazing, and that's when it hit me. That's the way out, to have confidence in myself, to know who I am, and to not be afraid of who I am. The more confident I became, the better I felt about destroying these things. Tools started to form for me. I was able to destroy every single hole that came my way. After I had destroyed all the holes, I passed this bathroom, in it it looked like there was a dead baby in it. I walked into the room, and I saw this woman, so sad, her baby was on the floor. The baby was a royal blue color, like it was such and suffocated. I went over to her and the baby, and I picked up the baby. She started to say something, saying, there's nothing you can do, but I started to rock the baby, and tell the baby how beautiful it is, and the baby started to find its color again, a natural color. The mother said, how did you do that? I reminded her that she's a great mother, that she's doing her best, that she's trying her best. I handed her back the baby, and I could feel that her confidence was growing, even if I couldn't see it. I left the bathroom, and the dream ended.

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