Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
by Pamela Ball
1- To dream of strangling someone is an attempt to stifle the emotions.
To dream of being strangled is to be aware of our difficulty in speaking out about our emotions.
2- Strangulation suggests a violent act of suppression. Emotionally, our more violent aggressive side may not allow us to act appropriately in certain situations.
3- Spiritually, wisdom arises out of learning how to hold back inappropriate speech, not strangle it.
The Complete Guide to Interpreting Your Dreams
by Stearn Robinson - Tom Corbett
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 of your own desires due to over- cautiousness created by repressed fear; you would be wise to get psychological help.
To dream of strangling someone else is a warning to listen to your intuition regarding someone you feel for but don’t quite trust
A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
by Tony Crisp
Holding back feelings; trying to kill emotions or sexuality. Most of our feelings create sounds such as laughter or crying, a sigh, words of anger or love, cries of pain.
The attack on the neck is therefore usually an attempt to stifle these.
See also danger; third example in door under house, buildings.
