‘I knew I was starting to have a seizure’: women describe lasting effects of being ‘choked’ during sex

<p>Three women tell of blacking out, feeling dazed and dizzy, and of ongoing memory issues and fatigue</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/18/sexually-active-young-people-uk-choking-strangulation-sex">UK survey shows ‘choking’ becoming normalised in sex</a></p></li><li><p><em>Warning: this article includes graphic content</em></p></li></ul><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/18/women-describe-lasting-effects-choked-strangled-sex">Continue reading...</a>