The Choking/Pass out game

[skydivermom 0]

Who has heard/played or known someone who has played this awful game?

I had heard about it only recently through the media, but it hit home in a big way recently. My husband's college roommate lost his twelve year old son to that game. They found him in his room with a computer cord around his neck. It is heart-breaking.

I've read that this is not new, but I had never heard of anything like it until recently. My husband and I are devastated, so I can't even imagine what our friends are going through.

Geez it's been a tragic year for so many people

Mrs. WaltAppel

All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28

[Lindsey 0]

Damn. They used to just put pressure on both carotids until they passed out....ya' fall on the floor, blood flow returns, ya' wake up.

Tied a computer cord around his neck??? Kids used to do it to each other. Don't know why, but people do strange shit. Hell, I imagine I've done plenty that'd be strange to somebody....sucks when somebody dies.

linz

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[sartre 0]

Could be autoerotic asphyxiation. I had a very, very close friend die of this. I felt very responsible, because he and I had watched a show about it together shortly before he did it to himself. He died from it.

[ACMESkydiver 0]

I don't understand how it was a 'game' if the 12 year old was alone in a room.

Sounds like experimentation...maybe the boy heard about it from friends? From what I heard as a kid, you had to have someone 'help' you. Going it alone wouldn't seem to be for fun...I'm not trying to paint it to be anything it wasn't; it was probably just experimentation without much forethought. Poor kid.

That friend of mine in highschool said that she and a group of girlfriends did that at a slumber party when she was younger. I guess someone just somehow holds your arms crossed over your chest and pulled behind your back until you can't breathe, then they let go and you come to. I suppose the part nobody considers is what happens if you don't let go in time.

That's how she described it. I can't imagine anyone wanting to try that for any reason, but apparently the effect she described mimics LSD. I still don't understand why anyone would try it. I guess we all think that we're invincible as kids and don't think things through as intelligently as we would when we're older. I sure know I was guilty of childish follies that should have landed me in a grave, too. Sometimes it comes down to luck it would seem.

I am very sorry to hear about your friend's son. My condolences to his family and yours.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[BillyVance 35]

Using cords and shit like that is just retarded. My condolences to the families affected.

When I was in college, we played a game similar to this, but no contraptions and no headlocks or pressures applied to the neck. If I remember right, you take 20 deep breaths, and then on the last one, fold your arms over your chest, and hold your breath and have a friend give you a strong bear hug but not back-cracking hard. You pass out just like that, and then wake up after several seconds. Just make sure you have people to catch the person passing out so there are no injuries when he/she falls to the ground, because they will become like deadweight!

However, looking back on this and other comments, I wouldn't recommend playing this game anymore.

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[LisaH 0]

I don't understand how it was a 'game' if the 12 year old was alone in a room.
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They do it online with a webcam.

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[ACMESkydiver 0]

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I don't understand how it was a 'game' if the 12 year old was alone in a room.
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They do it online with a webcam.

Oh my God I just can't fathom...

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[Lindsey 0]

A friend's son died jacking off with a bag over his head. People do crazy shit to feel whatever it is they're looking for. Doesn't matter how crazy it is. It just is.

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[dannydan 5]

Very sad story indeed...

1st time I had ever heard about this game was actually a scene in one of or the original CSI tv shows... Only it was being used as an AFROdz'ach... I think....yep... I am pretty damn sure that I didnt spell that right!! Anyone?

But this chick who was on top...uhumm tied this mans (whom was on the bottom, underneath the chick whom was on top of Him i guess) dress tie around his... neck, and was choking him during the "climatic' part of the show.... Maybe i should have stopped this typing a few sentences ago....l8r gotta go

[skydivermom 0]

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Could be autoerotic asphyxiation. I had a very, very close friend die of this. I felt very responsible, because he and I had watched a show about it together shortly before he did it to himself. He died from it.

It very well might have been. If that was the case, I doubt it will be made public. I did hear that there had been signs during the last few months that something wasn't right. Unfortunately no one put 2 and 2 together until it was too late.

I've been hugging and squeezing on my son since I found out about it. He actually begged me to go skydiving yesterday

Mrs. WaltAppel

All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28

[sartre 0]

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Could be autoerotic asphyxiation. I had a very, very close friend die of this. I felt very responsible, because he and I had watched a show about it together shortly before he did it to himself. He died from it.

It very well might have been. If that was the case, I doubt it will be made public I did hear that there had been signs during the last few months that something wasn't right. Unfortunately no one put 2 and 2 together until it was too late.

I've been hugging and squeezing on my son since I found out about it. He actually begged me to go skydiving yesterday

You're probably right. Families would rather their son/daughter be thought to have committed suicide than let it be known what really happened.

In any case, it's a horrible loss.

And, I hope you listened to your son. It won't be forever that they'll be needing us like that. Give it to him while he'll take it.

[skydivermom 0]

He's alread at that "get away from me stage", but he knew what had happened and was okay with humoring me.

I told my son exactly what happened, and I even grilled his neighborhood friends to see if they had ever heard of the game. They hadn't, but I did tell them about it, and talked with their parents as well.

It sucks

Mrs. WaltAppel

All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28

[LisaH 0]

(((HUGS))) Kathleen. I'm so sorry.

Bless you for getting out there and letting them know.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[gonzalesna 0]

I've done it before. We used to choke each other out all the time. Back in high school, we didn't know why it worked so well or so quickly. Found out in boot camp how it works by cutting off the blood to the brain. We still did it all through job training on occasion.

Weirdest moment doing it was in high school. I got choked out and I dreamed that I was being attacked by my friend's ankle biter sized dog, but I was on the floor and couldn't move. I woke up and all my friends said I was growling and convulsing. The convulsing was me trying to move in my dream while being attacked in the dream. Kinda like how a dog twitches when dreaming of chasing rabbits or whatever else they dream about.

Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie.

[virgin-burner 1]

sounds like fun? i think i have to try.. i'll get myself on webcam, if there's no video, it didnt happen, right!?

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[kbordson 8]

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When I was in college, we played a game similar to this, but no contraptions and no headlocks or pressures applied to the neck. If I remember right, you take 20 deep breaths, and then on the last one, fold your arms over your chest, and hold your breath and have a friend give you a strong bear hug but not back-cracking hard. You pass out just like that, and then wake up after several seconds. Just make sure you have people to catch the person passing out so there are no injuries when he/she falls to the ground, because they will become like deadweight!

That's how I remember it. But I was probably about 13ish or so when I did it.

[mnealtx 0]

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That's how I remember it. But I was probably about 13ish or so when I did it.

I think I was about the same age, but it was direct pressure on the carotids (self-induced)...

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[johndh1 0]

We used to call it a Mexican Stand-up. I have a small scar on my noggin from it.

As far as the A-E-A aspect, if I remember correctly, that's what that Robert Chambers claimed was the "accidental" death of Jennifer Levin (The Preppy Murder Case). Also, Michael Hutchence (INXS) died from it. Lots of people probably do every year, but I'm sure it's not reported as such, much the same way many AIDS deaths are attributed to long battles with cancer.

So sorry to hear something happening to a naive kid.

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[BillyVance 35]

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When I was in college, we played a game similar to this, but no contraptions and no headlocks or pressures applied to the neck. If I remember right, you take 20 deep breaths, and then on the last one, fold your arms over your chest, and hold your breath and have a friend give you a strong bear hug but not back-cracking hard. You pass out just like that, and then wake up after several seconds. Just make sure you have people to catch the person passing out so there are no injuries when he/she falls to the ground, because they will become like deadweight!

That's how I remember it. But I was probably about 13ish or so when I did it.

When it was my turn to pass out, I was out like a light, and my friend gently laid me down on the floor. I wasn't moving at all. Then all of a sudden my eyes flew open but I still didn't move for another 5-7 seconds. That scared the fuck out of him, and then I started coming to. Said he almost peed his pants.

But still, I don't want kids doing it. Adults could, but they have to be real careful, or at least have an EMT on hand. Me? I won't do it again.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[jimmytavino 16]

"in my college days".
..It couldn't have have been
the "brainiacs " who went to YOUR college?? could it???...

but yes i remember it by that technique...
many deep breaths, hold the last one, someone bear hugs you.... and Down you'd go.... Only for me it wasn't college or even high school it was 1965 !! and i was in SEVENTH grade !! honest to GOD....

One kid in our class showed us, IN the BACK of the classroom,,, on a rainy day when "recess" was indoors...

I did it once,,,, as did maybe 3 or 4 classmates..... No adults were in the room at the time.. NEVER much saw it again. and never heard of such activities, involving cords, or ties. etc....
wow.... 40 something years ago.... never did it again...


stupidity dies hard...
repetition is rampant...

stay safe people......


jmy

[Conundrum 1]

I "played" that game a few times when I was yonger. It was fun at the time but now it's just a stupid idea. We used to hold our palms firmly against the throat after someone made themselves hyperventilate. Out they went, but only for a few seconds.

A cord around the neck? What the fuck?

[gonzalesna 0]

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sounds like fun? i think i have to try.. i'll get myself on webcam, if there's no video, it didnt happen, right!?

You can't do it to yourself, ya freak... you gotta get someone else to choke you out.

Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie.

[BillyVance 35]

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"in my college days".
..It couldn't have have been
the "brainiacs " who went to YOUR college?? could it???...

Yep, believe it or not, it WAS at RIT, in YOUR town. My apartment roommate and I along with a couple girls got together and took turns doing it to each other.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[Broke 0]

I used to do that, but I wouldn't use a cord. I would just hold my breath and squeeze in on both sides of the neck to block the blood flow. No need to choke someone. Leaves no marks too

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[bigway 4]

I told my son exactly what happened, and I even grilled his neighborhood friends to see if they had ever heard of the game. They hadn't, but I did tell them about it, and talked with their parents as well.


That's a pretty good way to make sure they try it.

What youu have done there is make it the talk of the town and now the rebel teenagers will be trying it thinking it is naughty. Kind of like dont do drugs or dont smoke as its bad for you so off they go and do that.

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