Has anyone ever heard of this?
From MayoClinic.com:
Participants in the choking game — typically adolescents — attempt to trigger a high by temporarily depriving the brain of oxygen through strangulation. The choking game is often done with a noose or another person's hands around the participant's neck. A child may also take a deep breath, hold it, and have someone hug him or her from behind until he or she feels dizzy and passes out.
Also an article from earlier in 2010:
http://www.time.com/time/health/arti...953653,00.html
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I get alumnae email updates from my high school and yesterday I got an email about an incoming freshmen who passed away (she had an older sister who is a rising sophomore at the school). I come to find out through Facebook (I am FB friends with a family friend who knew her) that she died accidentally when "playing" the choking game.
I had NEVER heard of this until yesterday, although it's apparently been popular for a while. I am really, really disturbed by it. Has anyone ever heard of this?
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