They complain their parents are too busy for them and they have no friends.
She compared teenage brain to a driver who can drive a car but does not yet know how to use the brakes to stop it.ĭr Seema shares, “Many teens come to me complaining about loneliness.
Neuroscientist and author Dr Frances Jensen writes in her book 'The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults', teenage brain has 80 per cent structure and function of the adult brain.
The teenage brain can be complex and confusing. And in that adrenaline rush, they forget that it’s coming at the cost of their lives. What makes kids so susceptible and vulnerable? Delhi-based Samir Parikh, director, department of mental health and behavioural sciences, Fortis Hospital explains, “Teenagers are anyway undergoing internal struggle, facing questions like ‘Who am I?’ ‘Do people like me?’ ‘Do my friends find me good enough?’ ‘Am I lonely?’ They are the best targets for such games that look out for vulnerable teens who seek acceptance, acknowledgement and attention from peers.” Leading ahead in such games that dares you with tasks offers a boost to self-esteem and sends positive strokes. This made him the perfect victim for a virtual game like Blue Whale, which offers thrill and helped him set aside the sorrows of his real life.” Reports suggest a lot of young minds succumbing to this sort of online manipulation.Ĭommenting on the first Blue Whale death in India, Mumbai-based clinical psychologist and author Seema Hingorani says, “I am quite convinced that the kid was suffering from deep underlying depression. Reportedly, the game has challenges ranging from cutting one’s wrist to watching horror movies in the middle of the night. Recently its creator was sentenced to three years of imprisonment for seeking out and instigating teenagers on the Internet to take the challenge, which ends up in the participant committing suicide. Recent reports suggest that the admins identify their victims and send them the link, which once opened on their phones, copies every single data from their devices to the administrator's.īlue Whale made its debut in Russia almost four years ago (in 2013) and is believed to have killed more than 100 teens so far. The administrators strictly control who can gain access to the game. It is amazing to think that these little guys can get to be over 1500+lbs when fully grown! If you encounter any of these guys please let us know and email us! GALLERYĪ bigger baby blue marlin found off of South Florida in August.New UPDATE: Well, if you have already tried looking for the game online, you'd know This could possibly be one of the easiest blue marlin releases ever! This is the smallest blue marlin we have heard of recently but other “baby” blue marlin were spotted from South Carolina down to South Florida. Great story and thank you for sharing it guys. I got him in my hands in the bucket to snap a quick picture so we could release it as quickly as possible. I have to say even at this small size they are crazy aggressive. I filled the bucket with water, opened the transom door and scooped him up with my hands and set him in the bucket. Being such a last minute trip, I forgot the dip net so I had to resort to option two. After an hour or so, I saw what we thought to be a juvenile sailfish in the transom lights. Once the sun started to set we set up for a drift. We had a pretty good day and ended going 1-2 pm sails and had a couple other bites. My boss, Joey Cagle and I decided to run out to swordfish for a couple hours (off of Charleston, SC), so we left about noon and trolled from 200’ straight out to the deep just to see what we came across on the way. For clarification on what is a blue marlin and what is a sailfish, please refer to the pictures and illustrations in the gallery. Luckily, anglers have also encountered “baby” sailfish in the Gulf of Mexico and sent pictures in for confirmation.
Sailfish can be easily distinguished due to their dorsal AND bill. Eventually it recedes and their bill grows out. Many thought the picture he submitted shows a sailfish due to the “sailfish-like” dorsal fin but blue marlin also have a “sail” early in life. He sent us the picture above and after looking at it, it was confirmed that he caught a baby blue marlin! Richard Brackett from Charleston, South Carolina contacted us about catching a small billfish. Encountering a blue marlin is quite a feat in itself, but seeing one this small is extremely rare.