erotic asphyxiation
Sign in to saveAlso known as breath control play, asphyxiophilia, autoerotic asphyxia, hypoxyphilia, breath play
intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal
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It sits within the topics BDSM terminology, Paraphilias and Respiration.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cause of death
- Subclass of
- sexual masochism disorder
- Image
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- Commons category
- Breath play
- different from
- Suicide
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Encyclopedic overview
A woman choking a man for erotic purposes Erotic asphyxiation (variously called asphyxiophilia, hypoxyphilia or breath control play) is the intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for the purposes of sexual arousal. With a partner (or alone), the act often involves strangulation. The term autoerotic asphyxiation is used when the act is done by a person to themself. Colloquially, a person engaging in the activity is sometimes called a gasper. Erotic asphyxiation can lead to accidental death due to asphyxia.
In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, and internationally it may be diagnosed as a paraphilic disorder, because it involves significant risk of injury or death.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “erotic asphyxiation” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.