Over the course of March in Sacramento, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 15 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 31 seconds, and weekly increase of 17 minutes, 35 seconds.
Strangulation is an ultimate form of power and control where the batterer can demonstrate control over the victimâs next breath: it may have devastating psychological effects or a potentially fatal outcome.
A single near-death experience of strangulation or threat of it may cause so much fear that the victim may get trapped in a pattern of control by the abuser and made vulnerable to further abuse. Victims frequently downplay what has happened to them. âOh, he just choked me. Iâm OK now.â But they are not.