Strangling is read symbolically as a voice cut off or a feeling held back by force. Dream books take it as a sense of being silenced, or of silencing something in yourself, never as a literal threat. Being strangled is linked to feeling unable to speak or breathe freely in a situation, while strangling someone points to strong anger or a wish to stop something. Breaking free is read as reclaiming your voice. The image is read calmly and symbolically. It can help to ask what you have been wanting to say but holding back.
Where in your waking life have you met something like this lately?
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