When are you most stressed? Is it September when the new school year begins?
Perhaps it is January, when the post-Christmas bills arrive and when we face so-called Blue Monday – the Monday of the last full week in January which is claimed to be the most depressing day of the year (although research has shown that it is not the day itself that is responsible, but the shorter days and lack of sunlight).
A report in the Huffington Post last year cited, perhaps surprisingly, December as the month “when the biggest increase in work-related stress is reported”.
Other reports suggest August, May and February as contenders for the most stressed title.
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