Messages By: didi36

The woman who lost her son stated that this is not a new game and she is right. I am 36 years old and I did this several times when I was about 17. A friend of mine and my sisters introduced us to this and we played it  in his bedroom. I'm don't remember what we called it at the time and don't know of anyone else that did this. Threre's no rational explanation for why I would do this, because of course it's very stupid, but for me maybe it didn't seem so dangerous because when I was 15 I used to pass out from time to time for no apparent reason. It felt pretty much the same. Also, as a child I had petit mall epilepsy which is sort of similar too. After seeing this show, I am concerned now about how much damage I may have caused to my brain from doing this and also from the natural fainting spells I experienced many times before that.   

I'm wondering what type of brain function you may actually lose from losing brain cells in this way.  Any additional info that anyone has on this would be appreciated. 

Donna 

Thanks for your reply.  To answer your question, I did have epilepsy, but the milder version where I would just sort of blank out for a couple minutes.  I don't ever remember ever having a seizure because I was on medication for it, except for once when I was about 13 which was after I had tested negative for it at my last EEG. I never had another one after that, but I suppose I may have been at increased risk for more serious consequences from playing this game. I don't really remember how many times we did it, but I'd say at least 10 times. I'm glad we didn't do it longer than that. The way we did it was a little different too, and I think we were never out longer than just a few seconds..... not that that makes it any better!