Topic : 12/21 Shocking Teen Trends

i lost my daughter oct. 17, 2005 while she was in a behavioral hospital. she was under watch and placed in a private room.  giving a gown.  she did not want to be there.  she wanted the feel good feeling and sat down on the hospital floor and choked herself, thinking she was being watched and someone would come save her before it went to far.  but no one was there to save her.  she passed away later that monday evening.  i never knew or had any thought that my daughter would do this.  now me and my daughter morgan are trying to cope and understand why and how and why is she not here anymore.  we love her and miss her so much.  i want my daughter back so bad.  so much was taking away from her. 

so sarah, i can say to you that i know what you are going through and i know how you feel and the feelings your son has is the same as morgan.  they were only 18 months apart and they shared everything.  a bedroom, a bed, cloths, friends, and life.  they were 2 peas in a pod. now morgan is just 1 pea left in that pod and shes mad and angry and upset and trys to run from it to not remember.  i see it hurting her every second of the day.  as well as myself to.  i have spent the past 2 months obsessed over meagans death, trying to keep busy.  but it doesnt help. meagan is on my mind every day, second, minute, all the time. tears fall from my eyes every day and night.  i go see her everyday, sometimes i go out there twice a day.   

my advice for parents who have your kids alive now, be obsessed with them now, if not you will when they are not here anymore.  my 2 daughters were typical teenagers.  always on the go.  could not keep them home, wanted to be with friends all the time.  meagan lived her live the way she wanted and to the fullest.  i know she has no regrets of what shes done on this earth. 

i miss her very much and i love her very much and i can not wait to get to see her again. 

meamorja@yahoo.com 

We played this game too, only we called it the "fainting game".  Watching the show brought back many shocking memories. we would pin each other against the wall and push really hard with one hand on either side of the neck until the person passed out.  Some of my friends were able to do it to themselves too. I remember the groaning and twitching too- stupidly we thought it was funny.  WHAT WERE WE THINKING????  Sometimes as youths we tend to think we are invincable and have the mentality of "It won"t happen to me". We were not thinking. We were young and bored and stupid. I thank God that nothing happened to any one of us. Thank you Dr.Phil for educating people- this is the only way to stop this. I'am 31 years old. We played this game when we were 13-14 years old.  

Sarah this is a hard subject for me to discuss also.  But I just wanted to let you know that the same thing happened to me eleven years ago to my fourteen year old son, two days after his fourteenth birthday.  It was in my house while I was there and couldn't do anything about it.  I will always feel guilty about not being able to save him and that is why I went into volunteering for our town rescue squad.  If I can be there for just one person and help save their life, maybe the guilt I feel about my sons life will diminish.  Sarah look into grief counseling, it will help alot.  Also, talking to people that have gone through the same thing helps alot.  My thoughts and prayers are withyou.  JoyceLan@aol.com 

It is a sad day when an adult will belittle out youths.  by the way, were you a youth once? 

I watched the show today about kids playing "Space Monkey" or should I say "Dumb Monkey"???  These kids today think it is so much fun to watch each other pass out from a lack of oxygen.   What are they thinking of?  I've been having seizures, fainting spells, blackouts for several years and the doctors can't seem to find out why.  I keep praying to the Lord that everytime this happens to me that I will wake up to see another day.  I feel so helpless and scared.  So I find it very hard to see what fun anyone can have from playing such a stupid and dumb game that might kill themselves or someone else.