Warnings Issued about "The Choking Game"
 

I'll never understand why kids do this. WTH is so appealing about choking yourself?

Honestly, I've never heard about this "choking game" before.

Assuming that it involves kids choking eachother to feel a "rush," looool.
THIS IS THE NEW DRUG THAT IS PLAGUING OUR YOUTH~

There are a couple of guys I know who did this a few years back. Two weeks ago, one of them injured his face when trying to do a handstand on a chemistry lab stool, when he can't do a handstand on the ground. The other one is failing every course this term. Go figure.

How long until MADD gets involved. I suppose there's good reason. What if someone tried driving like 2 minutes after having a go at it? It would probably be illegal anyways, cause anyone who would consider playing this game probably isn't old enough to drive.

If you wanna get constant head rushes, just stop eating green vegitables, then lie down for a while. As soon as you get up, you go right back down again. I can't imagine this game being much different.

I've heard something about this... Some girl died in my school just a couple months ago, "The Choking Game" might've been one of the causes. No one is too sure what the cause was though. People have different explanations on what the cause of death was.

I don't get WHY people would do this anyway? Why do something so high risk if it could kill you? If you wanna get high, smoke some damn weed.

I wonder if it is the latest incarnation of the masturbatory practice where people strangle themselves as soon as they reach peak.

There was something similar to this that went around way back when I was in gradeschool called 'Blackout'. It would involve one 4th grader taking a number of very very deep breaths, and then exhaling deeply while another pushed them hard into a wall. The result was a high-like rush followed by a loss of consciousness.

It was stupid then, and shit like this is stupid now.

Why would anyone ever want to do that either? Or, is everyone now a masochist?

Apparently the rush of endorphins, or whatever the chemical is that comes with orgasm, mixed with a lack of oxygen, causes a significantly higher "high."

WTF, I know kids do some real stupid shit but I've never heard of anything like this before. I'm hoping this doesn't take off over here; I don't really feel good saying this but I don't feel any sort of sympathy for this kid.

I hope everyone who plays this game dies a slow painful death. Seriously, just stick to drugs. They're a lot safer.

I'd toss one of these deaths up to Darwin Awards, but... I'm sure it has been done.

See guys? This is further proof that drugs ARE the answer. If someone had just packed him a fresh bowl of bud, he might STILL be alive. For shame... :(

It's obivious these teenagers need to go do motorcross or something, get a rush that won't guarentee some degree of brain damage. Any 14 year old boy who doesn't get enough out of masterbation (and tries choking themselves) needs to get his ass kicked by his dad right now.

Hey congrats class president. Everyone THAT smart knows choking yourself has no potential for harm.

This is just a dumbed down version of autoerotic asphyxia. Soon, when kids figure it out, they'll try to get their rocks off while choking themselves. Pretty sad indeed...

It's seriously so stupid, one of my friends tried it a couple times, but with a different variation. He said something about breathing heavily while the chest is being squeezed or something, i can't remember. It's really stupid he told me to go try it obviously i didn't cuz i've heard of this before and there's really no point getting "high".

Not if you don't suck, also if you wear a helment, you're more likely to break your neck than get brain damage.

I think the message here is to distribute marijuana amongst middle schoolers. I'm sure "The Choking Game" won't be a problem then.

On a more serious note, the same thing recently happened around here, and parents have been in uproar. There have been notices sent out to teachers, parents, and the kids warning of the dangers and telling the parents for signs to look for. The kid who died doing this here was just 13 years old. He attended the same camp I CITed at, although I didn't know him. It's sad to see kids be so fucking stupid over this shit.

I've never heard about this, but reading about it now I'm not surprised people actually do this.

People do stupid things all the time, especially to get a rush or to get "excited" and what not, so you can't really be surprised about it - as sad as it is.

I don't get why do kids "choke" themselves for the hell of it either. Like a heart which stops pumping blood even for a second could cause complications, the brain not having oxygen could also lead to a stroke.

Stupid really. All in the name for a brief blood rush? Give me a break.

It's surprising that anything can outdo the stupidity of inhaling aerosol products. But teenage boredom knows no limitations to stupidity. Case-in-point, those willing to try meth even though they know what it does (they should just drink and smoke instead).