Full moon

I find that too mamie. We have no street lighting and the bright light of a full moon does seem to make a difference to how well I sleep.

I definitely suffer from lunacy. I sleep badly and feel agitated and then realise that there is a full moon. We have no light pollution in our bit of Normandy and the moon feels hugely present.

My husband has always commented on the behaviour of people around and on the full moon. It was guaranteed that there would be an increase in crime at that time.

At last I've got an excuse!!!!

No Riverwalk not in the 'Ivory Tower', a bit closer to the ground she works in the community.

Does anyone else experience this?

I don't feel crabby, rather the reverse. A full moon brings on burst of energy that I remember happening just before my period; an overload of cleansing of stuff - chucking things out and re-defining the visual around the house. I enjoy it. Interestingly it always works and wonder why I don't do it at other times.
Perhaps a tad manic, but I get results. I've had a morning of it.

Tricia - Isn't that where the word lunatic comes from - the belief that people go beserk at the time of the full moon?

As I said Annie I'm interested in written evidence - has this psychiatrist you speak of published any papers on the subject, or could direct me to any?

As for the MH unit where they dread each full moon - all I can say is god help the patients - no wonder MH is the cinderella service of the NHS.

True for me - I used to wonder why I still get moody and miserable every month despite the fact that I am now past the menopause. Then I read something about the effect of the full moon on mood and it makes sense - I expect I must have been a werewolf in a former life ....

Before we opened our drop in centre for people with mental health problems we had to attend a course given by the mental health team, nurses, councillors, psychiatrists , it was a psychiatrist who spoke of the full moon effect

Juliette may I ask what's your daughter's role in MH - is she a psychiatrist?

DD worKs in mental health and would whole heartedly agree with Anniebach she and her colleagues dread a full moon.

Like you Nonna I love the moon, whatever quarter it is in, there is something very soothing about it, specially on a frosty night.

I love the full moon and find it calming, not sure what that says about me? We live near the sea and I just love to watch the moonlight dancing on the waves, it's beautiful.

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I can tell when it's full moon from people's driving!

Look at the Birmingham moon murders

Well, that is where the word 'lunatic' came from.

I am not sure about the mental health bit, but I know that whenever there is a full moon due, I will have restless/sleepless nights for a few days. I discovered this some time ago, when this started to happen, and after a while, because I was getting up in the night to make a drink, realised the moon was very bright, so began to take note. Happens quite regularly, as you would expect!

An ex partner, not an easy man anyway, used to lose his temper badly every so often. I kept a diary and after a while I realised that this always happened at the time of the full moon. I have read, more than once, that psychiatrists say there is definitely a connection. The link between the moon, tides and the composition of our bodies makes sense to me, from my experience.

www.athenainstitute.com/lunarmpl.html

Ditto

Of course every third full moon I do turn into a frog!?

In the mid 60s we were in Singapore and I had a job which involved visiting a psychiatric hospital in Johore Bahru. The staff there used to say that at full moon many of the patients went beserk - those were the days before really effective drug treatment.
I seem to remember reading that many animals have an oestrous cycle linked to the full moon. Something to do with the extra light having an effect on some part of the brain.
Women's periods are sometimes called monthlies.

Annie I'm a nurse and we spout a lot of old superstitions - MH nurses are even worse

I'd like to read the evidence.