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Originally posted by Aelia Jusa:
You know, an interesting thing I heard in a psych course was that in the northern hemisphere, more people commit suicide in winter, supposedly because of the coldness and so on, so dreary. But in the southern hemisphere the same time (ie Dec-Feb) has the most suicides, which is summer! So it's actually hard to know whether it's because of winter at all.
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It's well known, at least around here, that many people feel the loneliness the most during the holiday season when everything is closed, and all their acquaintances are away with relatives/family - and they have noone to celebrate with. I feel it's pretty obvious why suicides happen most during these times.
[ 11-24-2002, 10:00 PM: Message edited by: Sir Krustin ]