diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/garrote.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/garrote.dm
index 32ad45ba87c..1d1570344a2 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/garrote.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/garrote.dm
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@
 	U.swap_hand()
 
 	if(G && istype(G))
-		if(improvised) // Improvised garrotes start you off with a passive grab, but keep you stunned like an agressive grab.
-			M.Stun(2 SECONDS)
+		if(improvised) // Improvised garrotes start you off with a passive grab, but will lock you in place. A quick stun to drop items but not to make it unescapable
+			M.Stun(1 SECONDS)
+			M.Immobilize(2 SECONDS)
 		else
 			G.state = GRAB_NECK
 			G.hud.icon_state = "kill"
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@
 		return
 
 	if(G.state < GRAB_NECK) // Only possible with improvised garrotes, essentially this will stun people as if they were aggressively grabbed. Allows for resisting out if you're quick, but not running away.
-		strangling.Stun(6 SECONDS)
+		strangling.Immobilize(3 SECONDS)
 
 	if(improvised)
 		strangling.Stuttering(6 SECONDS)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/_species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/_species.dm
index 1ce648e41bf..33f874ff10b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/_species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/_species.dm
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
 			target.Stun(0.5 SECONDS)
 	else
 		var/obj/item/active_hand = target.get_active_hand()
-		if(target.IsSlowed() && active_hand && !IS_HORIZONTAL(user) && !HAS_TRAIT(active_hand, TRAIT_WIELDED))
+		if(target.IsSlowed() && active_hand && !IS_HORIZONTAL(user) && !HAS_TRAIT(active_hand, TRAIT_WIELDED) && !istype(active_hand, /obj/item/grab))
 			target.drop_item()
 			add_attack_logs(user, target, "Disarmed object out of hand", ATKLOG_ALL)
 		else
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
index 3a1dfe23296..050d4eb4fab 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
@@ -778,6 +778,8 @@
 */////////////////////
 /mob/living/proc/resist_grab()
 	var/resisting = 0
+	if(HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_IMMOBILIZED))
+		return TRUE //You can't move, so you can't resist
 	for(var/X in grabbed_by)
 		var/obj/item/grab/G = X
 		resisting++
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob_movement.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob_movement.dm
index 84f98dc5701..7b23d1f7b69 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob_movement.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob_movement.dm
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@
 	if(mob.grabbed_by.len)
 		if(mob.incapacitated(FALSE, TRUE)) // Can't break out of grabs if you're incapacitated
 			return TRUE
+		if(HAS_TRAIT(mob, TRAIT_IMMOBILIZED))
+			return TRUE //You can't move, so you can't break it by trying to move.
 		var/list/grabbing = list()
 
 		if(istype(mob.l_hand, /obj/item/grab))