Psychologists at Indiana State University have found that choking during sex is associated with depression, anxiety, feelings of loneliness, and feelings of sadness. The results of the relevant study were published in The Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
The test subjects were more than 4 thousand people who spoke about whether they were strangled during sex in the past 30 days and last year. The researchers also collected data on the volunteers’ mental state over the same time periods for further comparison.
As it turned out, 33% of women and 6% of men reported that they had been strangled more than five times. At the same time, suffocation was associated with all four of the above mental problems, with the exception of anxiety among men.
“Suffocation during sex is common among young people in the US. Therefore, it is important to establish the causes and consequences of such sexual practices,” the authors noted. Scientists also intend to find out what is the root cause of the unpleasant state of the respondents: suffocation or mental problems.
Source: Rosbalt
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