Does the time of year you're born affect your mental state -- and your potential for developing some form of mental illness? The question is asked on Collision Detection, the blog of our cyberpal Clive Thompson. Seemingly the idea actually goes back all the way to 1929, when the Swiss scientist Moritz Tramer noted that people born in late winter were much more likely to develop schizophrenia later in life; indeed, that correlation has been verified in so many followup studies that one study argued "the increased risk of schizophrenia that comes with a winter birthday is almost twice the increase in risk linked to having a parent or sibling with the disorder.” For more…
The secret word is September
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And, of course, Farren was born in male alcoholic/panic September.
Uh-oh. Looks like my sign is Schizophrenia-cusp-Suicide. Better start taking the pills.
October here. 14 years sober and finally off meds. I realize they had a one in 12, or better, chance of getting it right, but they sure got it right for me.
The Kool Aid will be ready in a jiffy.
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