What is the science behind a sleeper/chokehold?

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What happens physiologically to make someone unconscious during this kind of hold? How do you know you’re not suffocating someone or causing serious damage?

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I have never understood how that works. If someone is pressing your arteries doesn’t it hurt? Why aren’t they wriggling or shouting in pain. They just slump down.

Why doesn’t hanging do that? It seems like hanging from a rope takes forever to lose consciousness but a chokehold takes a few seconds.

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