Miller wrote: “To dream that you are suffocating, denotes that you will experience deep sorrow and mortification at the conduct of some one you love.”
The historical account
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Suffocating · Heading 1944; source lines 21485–21494 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
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. See Smoke.
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