Victims who have been strangled by their intimate partner are at a dramatically higher risk of homicide, in some cases increases of 600% or more have been documented. Strangulation may leave no visible injuries, making it an especially insidious form of abuse. Get out! Get away while you can, it never gets better, only worse. Don’t wait until it’s too late. The scariest thing one will experience is leaving a violently abusive partner, but I can assure you there is freedom and beauty on the other