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The Pass Out Game
The fainting game, also commonly known as the choking, good kid high or the pass out game, is a loose term that covers dangerous activities designed to induce a partial or complete loss of consciousness brought about by the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain for a period of time. There are two distinct methods used to achieve oxygen deprivation: strangulation and self-induced hypocapnia.
This is just a short description of this "game" that kids think is cool!
I am baffled by how many kids (kids that I know!!) think this is a fun thing to do. They claim right before they pass out they see something (experience a hullicination) and they think it's amazing! I think it's absurd and have heard of kids dying because of this. The kids I know assure me that as long as you know what you are doing, it's ok. But if you don't, then it's dangerous and stupid. These are young teens. Am I crazy??? I'm only 22 and I certainly do NOT think this is cool by any means. Nor would I ever want to try something like this.
What is your honest opinion on this??
This is just a short description of this "game" that kids think is cool!
I am baffled by how many kids (kids that I know!!) think this is a fun thing to do. They claim right before they pass out they see something (experience a hullicination) and they think it's amazing! I think it's absurd and have heard of kids dying because of this. The kids I know assure me that as long as you know what you are doing, it's ok. But if you don't, then it's dangerous and stupid. These are young teens. Am I crazy??? I'm only 22 and I certainly do NOT think this is cool by any means. Nor would I ever want to try something like this.
What is your honest opinion on this??
I completely agree! I'm just going to sit back and if it conitnues, you bet I will step and say something.
Apparently there are several kids involved in this "game". One older kid did tell me that a paramedic showed them how to do this...but this was not in a classroom or for education purposes. Some paramedic, huh?? Apparently what these kids are doing, now that I have a better grasp on their story, because I know there are several different ways of acheiving this "high", they hyper ventilate and someone comes up behind them and squeezes their chest really tight, until they loose conciousness for a few seconds and then come back to. They claim they see something just before passing out. Either way, it's absurd and if I hear of it continuing, I will speak out and say something until something is done.
Apparently there are several kids involved in this "game". One older kid did tell me that a paramedic showed them how to do this...but this was not in a classroom or for education purposes. Some paramedic, huh?? Apparently what these kids are doing, now that I have a better grasp on their story, because I know there are several different ways of acheiving this "high", they hyper ventilate and someone comes up behind them and squeezes their chest really tight, until they loose conciousness for a few seconds and then come back to. They claim they see something just before passing out. Either way, it's absurd and if I hear of it continuing, I will speak out and say something until something is done.
Chantl21, as long as the situation is hearsay, you are entirely correct in not jumping in with both feet. This sounds like the kind of story that comes out of the game "telephone", where one child passes a message to another, and at the end of the passing it is one hundred percent different. I am also aware that children often say that they do things they really don't do. As a child, I remember another child brag about killing a cat in a horrible way that lived in the neighborhood. The next day the cat turned up safe and sound and the boy admitted he made it up. Apparently to "catch attention". The other side of the coin is that we are all in a sense "our brother's keeper". There has to be a threshold of creditability. In criminal law, in my state, two depositions are required before the district attorney will consider a charge, with certain exceptions. False accusations in a situation like this have terrible consequences for a family. Situations involving consenting adults are one thing. Situations involving children are another. If in fact, a child is indeed choking a sibling to the point of unconsciousness for "fun" this is sociopathic psychopathic behavior that will result in neurological damage to the child being choked. A reasonable and prudent individual would be doing a duty to the life-force to insure the situation is resolved.
its not natural, either way. doing something for some kind of "high." The problem with this kind of behavior is it is just the beginning. This activity gets to the point that it does not give the "thrill" so they move on to something stronger and of course dangerous.
Parents that allow their children and assist in this behavior should be reported to the authorities for their protection from this and the future activities that will take place.
Parents that allow their children and assist in this behavior should be reported to the authorities for their protection from this and the future activities that will take place.
I just heard about the "sexual" act as well. I guess they are 2 different things though. There are kids who just pass out for the fun of it, and then to bring the sexual part of it is it even more dangerous and someone actually died doing it that way. Where do people come up with this stuff??
caregiver...it does seem like something is missing in this case. The parents were aware of it and told them not to do it to the younger children?? I can't imagine them saying that, but maybe they did. I have not talked to them about it yet, and I am not sure I will. The older child who is/was doing this was taught by someone who was trained and knew what he was doing. The story is still confusing, but I do know that the parents are aware of this and that is has happened. The older child does not live at home but I am afraid that the younger ones will try this on themselves and somehow get hurt. I know that if someone had it out for this family, they could easily tear them apart and have all of the kids taken away. I am not about to step into that since I do not have the complete, full story. Something seems to be missing.
caregiver...it does seem like something is missing in this case. The parents were aware of it and told them not to do it to the younger children?? I can't imagine them saying that, but maybe they did. I have not talked to them about it yet, and I am not sure I will. The older child who is/was doing this was taught by someone who was trained and knew what he was doing. The story is still confusing, but I do know that the parents are aware of this and that is has happened. The older child does not live at home but I am afraid that the younger ones will try this on themselves and somehow get hurt. I know that if someone had it out for this family, they could easily tear them apart and have all of the kids taken away. I am not about to step into that since I do not have the complete, full story. Something seems to be missing.
isn't this related to some kind of sexual perverted act?
I am of two schools of thought. One school makes me very upset at "squealers" who make calls concerning other people children. In one city where I worked they had a confidential line and complaints were data banked without corroboration. On the other hand, the behavior you describe is dangerous, and life threatening. In such a case a threshold has been breached. The first thing I would do is make sure your information is not "hearsay". You have to be absolutely positively certain of your facts. Read that sentence again. Then, if the facts are as you stated, you have to take a deep breath and prepare to throw yourself across the railroad tracks. That's what making a complaint in this situation is, unfortunately. You have to formally notify child protective services and the police, providing your name. This cannot be an anonmyous complaint. It take a lot of moral courage to do this, but it is the right and proper course of action. It is the action of "the reasonable and prudent person." If, in fact, the parents are aware of this, they should be arrested, prosecuted, and the children removed from the home. I would not be too sure this is the case. This sounds like a "missing piece" story. It upsets me very much.
The kids used to do this when i was in school! I was in 8th grade on a school trip when some girls were doing and NO WAY would I let them touch!! The whole thing was just nuts!!
haha...that would be great. You know something, these parents of the kids I know, DO get spanked...ummmm...but they didn't get spanked for this!?!?!? You've got to be kidding me.
those other kids need a good spanking. if their parents want i'm sure my mom can dig out the terminator for that good spanking.
lol Heather...I agree!! That's exactly what it is...harming yourself and others. Kids just don't think!!! Pressure from other kids usually sways their decisions so they end up trying these things.
if my boys even THOUGHT of doing something so idiotic i'd ground them until they were married...then ground them for another 20 years! that's another thing i have zero tolerance for (not stupidity) is self harm or harm to others. on top of grounding they would spend 2-3 days a week in a psychiatrists office for an hour....
caregiver....well said!! My husband loves how you put that. It is so true!! And the crazy thing is...the kids I know who do this (it's an older brother doing it to his 2 younger brothers, one who isn't even a teen yet) their parents are aware of it and even saw their son do this to the younger ones. Now they say as long as he doesn't do it to the younger ones anymore, then whatever. WHAT?????? If my son EVER considered doing that to his younger sibling, I would for one, NEVER allow it or watch it and then I would strangle him!!! lol. but seriously...what are parents thinking? It is NEVER okay to do this...
heather...I agree..stupid!!!
heather...I agree..stupid!!!
kids are getting dumber each generation i swear! i want to know WHO in their right mind thinks that is an ok game to play! i've read of kids who "knew what they were doing" going to far and dying. stupid stupid stupid kids!
It is an idiotic "game". It is dangerous and stupid. It is not cool. My honest opinion is, on one hand, it improves humanity by removing idiots from the gene pool, however the problem is there is a high probability they won't die, but will suffer stroke-like symptoms and remain crispy-critters and wards of the state on my tax dime for the next eighty years. A short trip on google will show you the results of "near-strangulations". Diminished brain capacity, paralysis, incontinence, blindness, loss of speech, and loss of memory to name a few. Dangers come not only from ischemia (lack of oxygen to the brain cells), but from dislodging deposits in the carotids (leading to strokes) and hemorhage in various parts of the body (besides the whites of the eyes) from venous preload.
Rules for asphyxial play:
(1) There is no safe method of asphyxia. It is plan stupid.
(2) Re-read rule number one.
If you know of a minor practicing this "fainting game" you should contact their parents and/or the police, not necessarily in that order.
Rules for asphyxial play:
(1) There is no safe method of asphyxia. It is plan stupid.
(2) Re-read rule number one.
If you know of a minor practicing this "fainting game" you should contact their parents and/or the police, not necessarily in that order.
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