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Stress in Spring

It’s a common misconception that suicides spike in the winter months because of the depressing effects of dark and cold.  They actually spike in April, May and June, the late spring and early summer.   The rate is lowest in winter.   This is true in the northern hemisphere.   In the southern hemisphere suicides spike in September and October, which is springtime there.   Maybe the spike is the result of accumulating stress over winter.   If there were available, inexpensive nutrition and supplements that mitigated the accumulation of stress over the winter, then these substances would be valuable.   If these could be used well with the least amount of expert advice, then wouldn’t this lead people to improve their confidence in themselves as the agents of their own well-being?   Might what winter contributes to the alienation of sensitive people be tamed enough to encourage thriving rather than cutting, burning, bulimia, suicide?   If mitigating stress also facilitated an understandi