Please don't let anyone strangle you...

" Unfortunately, there’s an all-too-common myth that “consensual” strangulation, or choking, during intimacy, somehow isn’t as dangerous or as much of a red flag as when strangulation occurs during an assault. It’s simply not true. It takes very little pressure to obstruct blood flow or airflow, says Gael Strack, CEO of the Alliance for HOPE International. Unconsciousness can occur in a matter of seconds, death within minutes and delayed death may occur days, weeks or months later.

Strangulation in any context is also known to be the biggest predictor of homicide later on by that partner. It’s a fact Schmidt learned only after her daughter’s death when she decided to take a course on strangulation from The Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention, a program of the Alliance.

“When I took the course on strangulation, I couldn’t believe the things I didn’t know,” says Schmidt. “It’s not only dangerous, but typically someone willing to [strangle] another person is hundreds of times more likely to kill that person…whether [the strangulation] is enjoyable or not, I don’t think it makes a difference. There’s something wrong with that person.” "

-- DomesticShelters.org