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Thursday, July 14, 2005 I just read the below article, and was reminded of a time when my friend and I were bored and played this very same game. We would all take turns at making each other pass out, and try and recant what we experianced, saw, or dreamed of when "out". We noticed that the guys tended to have blask and white dreams, and the girls tended to see vibrant colors. On my last try, I had a very vivid and colorful dream that seemed to go on forever - to this day I remember tropical island type scenery, teal colored water, purple blue skies, and lime green foliage. Another experiance that we all went through was an eery disorientation such as time lapse - when I came to, I freaked out when I opened my eyes and saw all these people standing around me. It took me a few moments to realize, that I was not in my bed sleeping, and it wasn't 7am in the morning and these "people" were my friends and I was on the floor at their house. Oh yeah, that brings up another aspect. There were like 5 of us doing this, so when we passed out, there was always someone to catch us and gently move us to the floor. God. Still can't believe the stupid stuff I did as a kid. Sheesh. ***************************************************************** Boy dies playing 'passing out game,' officials believe Wednesday, July 13, 2005; Posted: 10:29 a.m. EDT (14:29 GMT) BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A 10-year-old boy was found dead, hanging from a tree, apparently killed while trying to get high by playing the "pass-out game," authorities said. Dalton Eby may be the second Idaho child killed in recent months while playing a choking game, trying to cut off the oxygen supply to the brain to achieve a type of "high." Dalton's mother reported him missing last Thursday when he failed to return home after visiting a friend. Search and rescue crews found his body Friday in a tree near his Island Park home, the Fremont County sheriff's office said in a statement. There was nothing at the scene suggesting that anyone else was involved, the sheriff's office said. "During the course of the investigation it was learned that there is a game that is common knowledge to many of our youth. A game known as the 'pass-out game,' the 'fainting game,' the 'tingling game,' or the 'something dreaming game' -- to name a few," the statement added. Dalton's parents had never heard of the game, and neither had the parents of his friends, the sheriff's office said. That was also the case three months ago in Nampa, where 13-year-old Chelsea Dunn was found dead after apparently hanging herself in her closet. An investigation was inconclusive, but Dunn's family believes she died accidentally while playing the game, which was popular with a group of girls at her school. Six girls at the school were suspended for a day after a security camera videotape showed the seventh-graders choking each other in a hallway. Though the so-called game is new to many adults, it's likely something that children have been doing for a long time, said Connecticut-based child psychologist Dr. Lawrence Shapiro, author of "The Secret Language of Children: How to Understand What Your Kids are Really Saying." "That's scary," Shapiro said. In addition to talking to kids about drugs and alcohol, parents should discuss other risky behavior, like the pass-out game, Shapiro said. "Younger kids don't know that they can die from this, that it's a very dangerous activity," Shapiro said. Nathan Hoiosen, a school resource officer with the Nampa Police Department, said youngsters think the choking game offers a safe buzz compared with drinking or doing drugs. "You wish you could just take the kids and shake them and say, 'What are you thinking?"' Hoiosen said. posted by Mister Skye | 1:16 PM |
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