The Google Misery Index

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Depression. Anxiety. Pain. Stress. Fatigue. Below, I’ve plotted the past year’s worth of daily Google search interest in these five terms, which I’ve aggregated into a index of misery.
Higher numbers indicate greater search interest in the five terms, which all had a lot of search volume with reliable data. The searches rise in the spring and fall, ebb during the summer months, and drop sharply during holidays. Christmas is the least miserable day of the year, with Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day not far behind (numbers for December of this year are projections based on last year’s figures). A seemingly random Wednesday in late April may be the worst day of the year.

 

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STORY:http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/03/the-google-misery-index-the-times-of-year-were-most-depressed-anxious-and-stressed/?tid=sm_fb

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