According to Osho, suicide rates fall sharply in wartime; indeed, he says they drop completely. He adds that murder, theft, and robbery also decline because war floods life with thrill and intensity, dissolving the boredom that fuels such acts. These behaviors are compensations for inner emptiness; when collective excitement rises, the urge for private, destructive drama subsides.
When war makes life intense and exciting, people feel less bored, so fewer hurt themselves or commit crimes for a thrill.