‘I knew I was starting to have a seizure’: women describe lasting effects of being ‘choked’ during sex
Three women tell of blacking out, feeling dazed and dizzy, and of ongoing memory issues and fatigueUK survey shows ‘choking’ becoming normalised in sexWarning: this article includes graphic contentWhen Sophie* woke up on the floor after having a seizure, it took a while before she could comprehend that it had been caused by a man strangling her during sex.“I blacked out, my legs were kicking, I broke a glass,” she says. At 19, it was the first and only time anything like that had happened to her. “When I came to, I couldn’t work out who he was, where I was, what was going on. And it was utterly terrifying.” Continue reading...
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Three women tell of blacking out, feeling dazed and dizzy, and of ongoing memory issues and fatigue
Warning: this article includes graphic content
When Sophie* woke up on the floor after having a seizure, it took a while before she could comprehend that it had been caused by a man strangling her during sex.
“I blacked out, my legs were kicking, I broke a glass,” she says. At 19, it was the first and only time anything like that had happened to her. “When I came to, I couldn’t work out who he was, where I was, what was going on. And it was utterly terrifying.”
Continue reading...
