When childs play becomes deadly. The affectionately named choking
game basically involves intentionally trying to choke yourself or someone else with your hands or a rope with the intent to get high.
This is Nick, he died from playing the choking game.
It's a strange pass time for many school aged children but one that has swept America and is often played in secret resulting in over 80 deaths.
Children love the dangerous and the bizarre and of course they like to do what they hear of their friends doing but what they don't realise is that if the strangulation is prolonged, which is something that can happen very quickly, serious injuries like brain damage or even death can result. The wise kid will say no to this game, the foolhardy, well, perhaps it's Darwins law in action.
The choking game AKA "Breath Play" "The Choking Game" "Choke out" "The Pass Out Game" "Black Out" "Bagging" "Space Monkey" "Flat Liner" Tingling and Suffocation Roulette" "Funky Chicken"
Signs to look out for.
1. Closing the door to their room and/or locking it.
2. Looking groggy when coming out of thier room.
3. Having plastic bags, ropes, belts in thier room.
4. Unexplained markings on the neck.
5. Blood shot eyes.
6. Headaches.
Most kids who have died from playing this 'game' are said to have been well adjusted and happy often anti drug, always seeking adventure and thinking they are invincible.
Source of some of the detail obtained above.