Question about autoerotic asphyxiation

A couple of actors/celebrities come to mind... and there was an episode of Six Feet Under that exposed the kink in detail. Whatever yanks your chain. But with autoerotic translating as do it to yourself, perhaps another term would have to be used for group asphyxiation activity?

-Derek

I've known people online who did this with a partner. One actively sought to be deprived of oxygen as s/he neared orgasm, and the other complied by careful strangulation, making every effort to leave no marks. This being real people and all, they played only with trusted partners, usually long-time marriages or other stable relationships. Of the very few couples I knew who did this, nobody shared any stories of injuries or close calls.

Knowing people do it in twos, I'd have no problem accepting a fictional concept in which it's done in a club or party setting, the participants observed by others for both their own arousal and the participant's safety. I can also buy into it going awry when someone insists the player is still all right, don't let go of the throat quite yet, and so on.

My understanding is that solo players do accidentally kill themselves on occasion, and that families or spouses, coroners, even some cops, cover it up as a courtesy to the family.

Maryn, who's known all kinds of people online