Information sheets for young people
Photo of five front covers of the Information Sheets for young people, starting with 'Sexual strangulation - AKA 'choking': What we know'.

It can be hard to sort through the storm of content online and offline to work out what you think and feel about sexual strangulation. 

What’s fact and what’s opinion? What is real and what is fake? Who’s credible and who’s a pretender? And then, once you’ve found who to believe, how do you work out what you like and want in your life?

We’ve put together some information sheets to help you think this through. Based on the best available research and reviewed by medical, violence prevention and youth services experts as well as victim-survivors, these downloadable information sheets are designed to inform and to help you think through the key issues.

Photograph of a young East Asian woman looking at her phone in bed. She has long dark hair and light brown skin and looks serious.

Breathless Info Sheet 1:

What we know

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Photograph of a young White woman with pale skin and blonde hair looking shell-shocked.

Breathless Info Sheet 2:

Why has sexual strangulation become so common?

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Breathless Info Sheet 3:

Why do young people engage in sexual strangulation?

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Photograph of a young East Asian couple looking at the woman's phone. They sit at a bus stop, both wearing backpacks, and have light skin and brown hair.

Breathless Info Sheet 4:

Avoiding strangulation during sex

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Photograph of a young East Asian woman with pale skin and dark hair looking at her laptop in bed.

Breathless Info Sheet 5:

What turns you on and why?

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