
Full Moon effects on your behavior, mood, and health
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I'm a retired critical care RN with 36 years of experience, I practiced in hospitals, and in prehospital (EMS) environments. I have experienced, observed and researched the effects of the full moon on humans. I believe our body composition does play a role. Here are a few clinical facts; women go into labor in higher numbers during a full moon, consider the content of amniotic fluid. Heart emergencies occur more often. Suicidal tendencies (calls to hot-lines, attempts) increase. Domestic incidents are reported more often. Psychiatric patients (clinically diagnosed) are shown to "act out" against themselves and/or others. In my personal observations, my 2 cents, emotional outbursts are more prevalent, sadness, anger, feelings of doom. I can't explain why these things seem to happen around the Full Moons. Some, as I've stated are factual, others are just my experience over the years.
Thank you to The Farmers Almanac for all the informative articles and for raising my awareness. I truly appreciate your work and for the opportunity to continue to learn.
Being in retail all of my life, I can attest to "full moon" craziness. During my teen years my family had a neighborhood grocery. My dad would comment on the "moonies". Later when I worked for a major department store I experienced the behaviors and my more seasoned managers and co workers said it must be a full moon. So on and on the notion of full moon behavior continues whether perpetuated by myth or experiences thrives. Even today I find myself staying "in" on full moon cycles to avoid trouble.
Having run a steak house restaurant for many years I know that the Full Moon causes people to act strangely. My employees and I always dreaded the Full Moon. Sometimes it was just funny but sometimes it wasn't nice. Other restaurant owners said the same thing.
I've been an elementary school teacher for 25 years. I don't need to keep up with the moon cycles because the kids let me know. They are generally louder, more hyper and fidgety, and generally out of sorts. There is definitely a certain "feel" (like a sort of buzzing energy) to a school around the coming of the full moon. And if this coincides with stormy weather of any sort, you can expect to need a glass of wine when you get home.
I have noticed for the last couple of years that my sleepless nights always come around the full moon. Nice to know I'm not crazy as a loon!
I've been an elementary school teacher for 25 years. I don't need to keep up with the moon cycles because the kids let me know. They are generally louder, more hyper and fidgety, and generally out of sorts. There is definitely a certain "feel" (like a sort of buzzing energy) to a school around the coming of the full moon. And if this coincides with stormy weather of any sort, you can expect to need a glass of wine when you get home.
Disclaimer: this is not to put down anyone who believes that the Moon may affect a person’s behavior. What you believe is entirely up to you.
So, I do not believe that the Moon affects the behavior of people. If that were the case, the men that traveled around and landed on the Moon back in the late 60s and early 70s would have been strongly influenced by the Moon and therefore would have immediately been unfit for space travel (back in those days, psychological tests were very strict to the point of being unreasonable, so mental stability was a huge concern for astronauts). And they had plenty of missions to prove if the Moon affected the astronauts behavior if they wished to do so, particularly Apollo 8-10. But there is no indication of the astronauts being affected by the Moon’s light or the Moon itself. Therefore, I think it is potentially harmful to think that the Moon can affect your behavior, especially if you are interested in scientific research. It can potentially even be sexist if you go farther to say that the Moon affects a woman’s cycle- if that were the case, it wouldn’t be safe to send a woman to the Moon for fear that her body will react to the close proximity of the Moon! We do not need to go back 50 years in our thinking about women and space travel and especially what they can and can’t do. I probably didn’t explain it well, but I hope you understand my reasoning.
I was a pharmacist for many years. I could always tell when it was a full moon or on the waning cycle. People would act weirder and get more psychiatric meds at this time. I had a technician that didn't believe me. After about 3-6 months, she was convinced. I dreaded working at that time of month.
Interesting article! I would mention the natural woman’s cycle with the moon as well : white woman (ovulating with a new moon ) & red woman (ovulating with the full moon). Something to explore here ...
I have been bartending for over 43 years and believe me, I never have to look to the sky to know when it's a Full or New moon. People are a little crazier and a little weirder during these moon phases. They dance more, laugh more and are more outgoing.
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