Being buried alive is one of the most frightening dream images, and it is read symbolically as feeling trapped under responsibilities or emotions that press in from all sides. Dream books link it to a need for air, space and voice. Calling out unheard points to feeling ignored, while digging your way out is read as the strength to free yourself. Watching someone else buried is read as worry that a person or a part of you is being smothered. It is an image of pressure, never a forecast. It can help to ask what in your days leaves you no room to breathe.
When this appeared in your dream, what were you feeling?
My Cosmic Code has a private dream journal. Write a dream down and the app picks out the symbols in it, shows what dream books say about them and, over time, which words recur across your entries. The journal is stored on your device only.