Do you think it's Monday? No, Wednesday is the day of the week with the most suicides on record. A study suggests that stress at work may be behind this data.
The study, published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, found that people are much more likely to kill themselves in the middle of the week than at the beginning or end of the week: almost 25% of suicides occur on Wednesdays, Mondays and Saturdays are tied with 14%. Thursday has the lowest rate, with only 11% of suicides.
Almost 25% of suicides occur on Wednesdays.
You could popularly say “I have already taken care of the garbage on Monday and Tuesday. I don't want to keep dealing with trash on Thursday and Friday. » In fact, Wednesdays are the least productive days in terms of worker performance.
More studies are needed to understand the results, but the researchers suspect that we could be seeing a positive impact from technology on suicide and depression. With the advent of e-mail, Internet discussion groups, and text messages, people can stay in touch with the outside world, even while being secluded at home.