Suffocating
Suffocating — unable to draw breath — is a distressing image, and the dream often touches deep sorrow or mortification at someone you love, with a nudge to mind your health. The dream may ask where you feel you can't breathe in a situation, and whether something is pressing so heavily that part of you is signalling a need for air.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for suffocating, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream that you are suffocating, denotes that you will experience deep sorrow and mortification at the conduct of some one you love. You should be careful of your health after this dream.
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