![]() ![]() He could feel severely constrained, panicky, or weighed down by heavy expectations. It’s possible the dream is symbolic of something else – he could be suffocating in the personal sense of being under too much pressure and stress. He says as far as he knows he doesn’t have sleep apnea or sleep-related breathing issues, but his dream sure says otherwise. That’s about as many unsuccessful breathing attempts in a row you can tolerate before panic sets in. Plus, he tries four times to breathe through the straw.…I felt my heart pounding and hurting because of lack of oxygen.Then I start to suck in all the air to try and suffocate myself. I close one side of, while the other I put in my mouth.With that in mind, look back at the main details of the dream: When the dreamer closes off one end of the straw and tries to breathe through it, he’s acting out symbolism, and the most likely candidate for the meaning of the symbolism relates to breathing. The dream-story has a script you follow subconsciously. You, as the dreamer, are a participant in the story and act out the symbolism. A straw can symbolize an airway, and in the dream the straw is closed. ![]() That sure looks to me like a dream about an obstructed airway. ![]() I woke up after the fourth time in a panic and my heart was pounding as though I was suffocating in my sleep, too. I did that a total of four times and felt my heart pounding and hurting because of a lack of oxygen. I close one side of it with my hand, while the other I put in my mouth. Out of nowhere I pull a straw out from my pocket. Had a dream last night that I’m standing alone in a small room. I’m going to recount the dream in first-person and in the words of the dreamer so you get the full impact. Next, another example that I think is sleep apnea, but the dreamer only knows for sure that he’s never been diagnosed with it so there’s no saying for sure. It has many ways of telling a story about sleep apnea and other issues related to breathing. The dreaming mind is a clever storyteller. Think about it: every cell in your body is hollering for more oxygen, or CO2 is building up in the bloodstream and the clock is ticking before serious harm happens. Sleep apnea can manifest in dreams as anything that blocks the airway such as strangulation or choking while trying to swallow something large or sharp, or indirectly in scenes such as trying to breathe while in outer space or underwater, and even more indirectly in heavy symbolism such as a clogged pipe or broken elevator. Now, how do you tell the story about an obstructed airway? One way is to stick your husband upside down in the chimney.”Ī house in a dream can symbolize the body - it’s the place where your mind lives. “Imagine you are the dreaming mind and you want to create imagery that symbolically represents an airway. “Does he have sleep apnea?” I asked in return. She said the dream is so common, they refer to it in shorthand as “the chimney dream.” Here’s what to look for, beginning with my all-time favorite example.Ī woman who attended a lecture I gave at Canyon Ranch Spa in Tucson asked me why her husband has recurring dreams about being stuck upside down in a chimney. If your airway is obstructed from a condition such as sleep apnea, your dreaming mind will translate it into symbolic imagery. Your body has a monitoring system that reports to your mind and makes your dreams part of the process. The type of input runs the gamut from memories, thoughts, and emotions to physical sensations and bodily messages. It takes input received while dreaming and translates it into symbolic imagery.
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