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Heat got you down? Summer seasonal affective disorder is MORE deadly than winter depression, as suicide rates peak during spring and summer months
Mail on line ^ | 4 July 2023 | STEPHEN M. LEPORE

Posted on 07/05/2023 3:14:48 AM PDT by dennisw

The two seasons' appear to have opposing symptoms, though both result in poor moods and reduced pleasure, according to the Washington Post.

Whereas winter depressives may tend to oversleep, overeat and feel sluggish summer depressives may feel insomnia and have a lesser appetite.

Researchers also note that summer depressives tend to be more agitated, rather than the lethargy shown in winter depressives.

The disturbing truth to the higher levels of suicide may be in energy levels, according to Rosenthal, who is publishing a book on the disorder.

Those who feel suicidal during the winter may not have the energy to actually commit suicide, whereas the agitation of summer depression may convince people to harm themselves.

Summer depressives may blame the weather, including even high pollen counts, for their agitation.

Suicide rates tend to be higher in the summer months, according to researchers Heat, pollen and humidity are cited as triggers for summer depression Researchers recommend cooling strategies and therapy By FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

While seasonal affective disorder is often cited as a problem for many during the winter months, researchers have found that suicides and mental health problems peak during summertime.

Researchers are saying that the summer version of SAD needs more research put into it, as it has gone under the radar compared to its winter counterpart.

'It certainly deserves more study, certainly deserves more concern,' Norman Rosenthal, the psychiatrist who first described seasonal affective disorder, has said.

In fact, suicides are at peak from the summer months until October, both recently and historically.

In 2020 and 2021, suicides in America peaked from May until October, dipping for the colder months, according to the CDC.

In historical research, suicides have peaked over the summer months as well.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 07/05/2023 3:14:48 AM PDT by dennisw
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While many people public express having suffered the effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder during the cold, bitter winter months, it turns out it may be more impactful during the summertime, with suicide rates increasing in the summer months
2 posted on 07/05/2023 3:15:47 AM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence-stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice)
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To: dennisw

Summer is a bummer
And the Beach Boys suck
Taking out my Smith and Wesson
Cause I done run out of luck


3 posted on 07/05/2023 3:19:28 AM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence-stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice)
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I don’t ever remember myself or anyone else being depressed in summer.


4 posted on 07/05/2023 3:21:35 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Sacajaweau

I like winter better than summer. Can’t stand the heat, humidity, and allergies. Let it be autumn year-round and I would be fine.


5 posted on 07/05/2023 3:26:53 AM PDT by jkrecker416
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To: dennisw
Researchers are saying that the summer version of SAD needs more research...

Summer seasonal affective disorder --

It's not just $AD, it's super $$AD.

6 posted on 07/05/2023 3:30:33 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: dennisw

It’s not the heat. It’s who’s invading the WH


7 posted on 07/05/2023 3:34:10 AM PDT by albie
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To: Sacajaweau

I can see the Covid era (2020-2022) having odd numbers, but I don’t see any worldwide statistical displays that show such a trend.

If you look at worldwide trends....the countries with the least suicides...are Caribbean Islands mostly. Jordan and Syria even make it into the least ten with the lowest numbers.


8 posted on 07/05/2023 3:39:01 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Sacajaweau

Perhaps the numbers of “summer suicides” are being greatly augmented by the swarms of youth who have been convinced of the probability they are afflicted with gender dysphoria.

Or even more so by those who have undergone “transition” and are now sadly regretting their impetuous decision.

Terry Jacks -

“Goodbye to you, my trusted friend
We’ve known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we’ve climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and ABCs
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees
Goodbye my friend, it’s hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I’ll be there

We had joy, we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed
Were just seasons out of time”


9 posted on 07/05/2023 3:52:07 AM PDT by alloysteel (Take back the rainbow. Its use by LGBTQ is cultural misappropriation.)
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To: dennisw

the climate mob want to focus on suicide, because they have been called out for years when they try to claim hot weather is a big killer:

2010: WattsUpWithThat: Winter kills: Excess Deaths in the Winter Months
108,500 Deaths in the US in 2008; 36,700 in England and Wales Last Winter; 5,600 in Canada (2006); 7,000 in Australia (1997-2006 Average); Thousands in Other Developed Countries
Indur M. Goklany
Since extreme cold has gripped much of the Northern Hemisphere, some newspapers have been keeping a tally of the number of deaths obviously caused by extreme cold (e.g., freezing). But the BBC’s Health Correspondent, Clare Murphy, in a very timely and, in my opinion, excellent article, How cold turns up the heat on health, reminds us that many more deaths occur from chronic conditions that are exacerbated by cold weather. She also notes that, “For every degree the temperature drops below 18C, deaths in the UK go up by nearly 1.5%.”

Following is a compilation of excess deaths during the winter months (compared to what occurs on average during the rest of the year) in a number of developed countries in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

CHARTS
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/06/winter-kills-excess-deaths-in-the-winter-months/


10 posted on 07/05/2023 3:53:03 AM PDT by MAGAthon
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Liberals and trans affected most.


11 posted on 07/05/2023 4:15:39 AM PDT by BipolarBob (The Supreme Court just ruled that Family Restaurant doesn't have to serve orphans.)
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To: dennisw
The political climate is more depressing than the weather.

12 posted on 07/05/2023 5:20:55 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: dennisw

let’s face it, everybody is depressed all the time. If your meds don’t work, you get more meds, and a paper plate on a stick to disguise your sadness.


13 posted on 07/05/2023 5:32:29 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: dennisw

Heat? Not up here in the northeast. Rain, rain, rain, rain.
14 inches last month and almost 2 inches in the last 5 days. I’m molding.


14 posted on 07/05/2023 5:43:46 AM PDT by lucky american (Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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To: dennisw
I feel real sorry for these guys…


15 posted on 07/05/2023 6:09:11 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: dennisw

Give me some pre-pandemic lockdown stats, and then we will be comparing apples to apples.


16 posted on 07/05/2023 6:21:00 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: dennisw

The lefties gaslight the kids into thinking there is globull warming and put fear into them about it. I know this at a professional level.


17 posted on 07/05/2023 6:24:32 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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Summertime is here. Time for “peaceful, non-violent BLM riots, attacks on Walmart and cop killings”. Then the San Fernasco taxpayers can start handing out checks for five million to all Africans.


18 posted on 07/05/2023 6:36:44 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (A man in NM is killed over a movie theater seat. The azhos in The Swamp think guns are the problem. )
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To: Sacajaweau

Years ago I read it was the short hours of winter sunlight that was the cause of winter suicides.

Now the story has changed again!


19 posted on 07/05/2023 7:10:56 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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To: Sacajaweau

Seasonal Affective Disorder has a summer and a winter version. I have been blessed with both and have had them for years.

My ability to sleep in June is almost non-existent. I have been able to deliver a major project early or on time for 10 consecutive years thanks to this.

Lack of sleep leads to all sorts of things, so it doesn’t surprise me that more serious issues happen to other people. I work on my sleep hygiene which helps, but I still get overstimulated with the continuous sun.

Once the days start shortening and it gets a little cooler I will feel much better.


20 posted on 07/05/2023 7:32:15 AM PDT by PrincessB
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