Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Choking, suffocation, strangling, hyperventilating, and other depictions of difficulty in breathing.
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Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
365
No
2
33
EmmaWard55
Multiple panic attacks throughout the film.
Movie • 2018 Report
Yes
260
No
1
51
Maedon
A character has an allergy attack causing their throat to close. It starts small and gets really bad.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
223
No
4
1
Syno
People are drugged by a sleeping gas, which makes them cough. People choke each other as well.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
222
No
6
37
HannahBot
A scene features many people screaming in a confined space as they are slowly killed. This seems analogous with many fears of suffocation so I agree with the votes.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
201
No
2
17
cherry
people are choked on screen, once apparently fatally
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
197
No
4
0
karkat
Billy holds Eleven into the air by the neck in S3E6, which causes her to choke
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
175
No
7
10
hannahbelle
Past events described and a drowning
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
173
No
4
19
AveKatanas
In addition to the above comment, in E8 a character’s throat is slashed pretty graphically and they proceed to struggle to breathe.
EDIT: In season 2 there are MANY instances of chokeholds, throats being stepped on, and at one point suffocation by mind control. Also, a character drowns and is revived via mouth to mouth. If you are sensitive to choking, watch season 2 with a friend who can warn you when to look away.
EDIT: In season 2 there are MANY instances of chokeholds, throats being stepped on, and at one point suffocation by mind control. Also, a character drowns and is revived via mouth to mouth. If you are sensitive to choking, watch season 2 with a friend who can warn you when to look away.
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
173
No
10
0
kiloindiatango
S1
E1
There is agonal breathing around the 30 to 35-minute mark. Agonal breathing is a bodily response to imminent death that sounds like struggling to breath, which can trigger PTSD symptoms.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
168
No
4
10
marlee1164
Nate chokes Maddy out of anger and she gasps for air. In another episode Mckay chokes Cassie in a sexual context.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
164
No
3
3
HollyBobs
Rose is strangled by a demon towards the end of the film
TV Show • 2004 Report
Yes
159
No
4
3
illuminatemyskies
There are multiple scenes throughout the series that depicts patients struggling or failing to breathe.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
143
No
9
3
Nadine
Protagonists are frequently choked, mostly by demons.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
142
No
0
18
Littleolme
William Afton starts strangling Vanessa at one point.
Video Game • 2020 Report
Yes
139
No
0
11
EchoGarden1
Sunny is shown having trouble breathing from anxiety and fear during fights.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
138
No
6
0
Avagrace127
A main character almost drowns in one episode
Movie • 1996 Report
Yes
136
No
0
10
A character is choked by an attacker. They survive.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
135
No
2
17
Pantalones
A character is strangled with a phone cord
Video Game • 2017 Report
Yes
134
No
2
20
Redstoneboi
Monika may reveal to the player in the third playthrough that Sayori improperly hanged herself and suffocated from the rope, instead of snapping her neck quickly like it should have.
Video Game Report
Yes
133
No
20
17
RobinWing
In season 3, Ghostbur has a panic attack, during which he hyperventilates at some points and seems to struggle to breathe.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
127
No
38
1
madliv
S2E14 or 15 we see a child being submerged in a bathtub full of water several times. He doesn’t drown, but he struggles for air. S2E15 an FBI agent starts to foam at the mouth and collapses.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
127
No
0
0
LuckyFox
A character is briefly strangled by cables.
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
127
No
15
19
toytulini
in episode 3, A character is about to be hanged for piracy, but its interrupted, then the thing he is standing on is moved accidentally and he is hanged and struggling to breathe for pretty much the rest of that particular scene, but he gets the rope is cut before he dies from it. In the next episode he has a red mark on his neck around his throat/jawline from the incident. It goes away after that.
In a later episode, a flashback reveals that a character killed their own abusive father via strangling him with a rope.
In a later episode, a flashback reveals that a character killed their own abusive father via strangling him with a rope.
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
127
No
3
15
Jadespade
The main character panics sometimes and is seen struggling to breathe.
SPOILERS: Another character is seen struggling to breathe and speak after being injected with a fatal dosage of morphine.
SPOILERS: Another character is seen struggling to breathe and speak after being injected with a fatal dosage of morphine.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
124
No
0
7
jellybean
the major ones are:
season two episode 1: a character has a flashback to getting force-fed via feeding tube
season two episode 5: a character is briefly hung before being rescued
season two episode 9: a character is seen tied up to a tree with a rope around his neck
there are other times were a character with lung cancer struggles to breathe, but it is brief.
season two episode 1: a character has a flashback to getting force-fed via feeding tube
season two episode 5: a character is briefly hung before being rescued
season two episode 9: a character is seen tied up to a tree with a rope around his neck
there are other times were a character with lung cancer struggles to breathe, but it is brief.
Video Game • 2009 Report
Yes
122
No
1
29
achilleanalexander
If the player remains underwater for too long, has sand or gravel fall on them, or glitches in such a way that they are inside a solid block, they will start to suffocate.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
120
No
4
8
Airplane crash, people using breathing apparatuses with the insinuation of difficulty breathing
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
119
No
2
2
cassidy4
there’s a scene where a character is being strangled by another character and is struggling to breath in season 2 episode 4
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
119
No
0
13
stinkcheesegirl
adam has an anxiety attack, and he is shown struggling to breathe
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
118
No
4
8
creature chokes aj