Do you know anyone who goes crazy with a full moon?

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A colleague of mine asked me before - do I believe in the moon and energy and moon energy and she chatted to me for a while about the moon.

I never would have believed in full moon and energy and stuff like that but now I think maybe there's something in it.

I have an disgruntled ex friend. We fell out about 10 years ago. Haven't seen each other in over 7 years but she still contacts me to this day. Her communications is abusive. She made it very clear that we are done and she hates me and I accepted that a long time ago but she still won't leave me alone. Her communications is control and demands as if she is owed grand apologies.

Sometimes I get some quite spells and then other times out of nowhere she starts all her shit up again. She seems to get worse with the phasing of the moon.

The last serious spell of abusive rants I got was in Feb of this year and then nearly every month after that I got an email or two in Mar, April, May, June, July, Aug - nearly as if she doesn't want me to forget her. Then over the past week out of nowhere - 100s if emails. Pure crazy.

Now I am thinking of there's something to the moon making people crazy.

I'm not in the UK where you have appropriate laws in relation to harassment and stalking.

I don't know anyone who goes crazy, but I think the moon must affect our bodies in the same way as it affects tides, as we are mostly made up of water.
Lots of gardeners plant according to the moon's phases too, and from experience, that appears to work well.

İ watched a show about bouncers once and they said there was always more trouble during the full moon each month- so much so that they actually prepped themselves for it.

No I don't but why don't you block her?

Yes, a good proportion of patients in hospitals

It used to be very apparent on here when there was a full moon and MN used to have a little moon watch picture in the corner. Things would really kick off sometimes!

When my children were small their sleep was always shit when there was a full moon. My friend is an an and e nurse and it's a well known thing.

She is blocked however she is obsessed and determined and when someone is like that a block is never enough because they get around it.

I don't know what the actual statistics say on moon phases and human behaviour, if there are any reliable ones, but if there were any measurable correlation, and you wanted to investigate a potential measurable physical cause, it seems plausible to me that people might sleep slightly less well on average with the extra light of the full moon (edit to add: and maybe other effects of extra light, like people maybe staying out longer at night or feeling less tired or behaving differently because they can see better — though in most urban/suburban areas there's probably enough light already that the moon makes little visible difference). I guess light levels at night might have small effects that could be detectable with large enough numbers of people.

But I suspect most of the effect is psychological/social.

If enough people think the moon makes people crazy, then the moon will make people crazy. For example, someone wants to do something they shouldn't, and doesn't put as much effort into resisting the urge as they would at another time of the month, because there's no point resisting if it's a full moon. Or a teacher who knows it's a full moon is expecting the kids to be a bit more crazy than usual, and subtly and unintentionally telegraphs those expectations, which the kids then live up to.

And people who think that the moon makes people crazy are going to notice and remember people being crazy around the full moon, but not notice or not remember similar behaviour at other times (i.e. confirmation bias).

But moon/tides/gravity? Jesus, even I'm not that fat.

A friend once did A&E at the Bronx (I think) hospital. A&E was almost underground so they had no idea what the day or night was like. But they knew when it was a full moon.

You can block 'unknown numbers ' on your phone so only people you know can call.

@MiaFeysImprobableBosom "But I suspect most of the effect is psychological/social."

I absolutely agree. If there was one thing I wish kids were taught in school it would be that correlation is not causation.

The research says no, or that any alterations to mood, behaviour etc are too small to be measurable, or likely to be related to people believing the moon had an impact on their behaviour. A big 2019 Swiss study found no correlation between moon phase, psychiatric admissions, length of stay etc. An earlier study that found a correlation between menstrual cycle and moon phase was found to be flawed (it had only focused on women with cycles that matched the lunar cycle).

Outdoor crime rates and traffic accidents go up when the moon is at its fullest, but it's likely that is because people are more likely to be out by moonlight, or because moonlight distracts drivers. Indoor crime rates are not affected.

Sleep is affected.

Behaviour is definitely affected by the moon. I'm in education and one of my teacher friends is into stuff like that. She wholeheartedly swears that the children's behaviour differed when there was a full moon. Ever since she mentioned it a few years ago, I've noticed it. It's definitely a real phenomenon.

Confirmation bias. She expects to see it, so she sees it.

(However, if they're quite young children, it's possible their behaviour is affected because they're sleeping less well around the full moon, and are tired and scratchy in the daytime.)

My friend works as a nurse in a secure unit and swears that the patients behaviour gets worse when there's a full moon. Likewise another friend is a policeman and he says there's always more trouble around a full moon as well. I don't really pay attention to the moon phases to know when a full moon is due so I can't say I've noticed personally.

I used to work in a nursing home and the full moon would make for a very very busy Nightshift

I worked nights with peeps with dementia and the full moon was always a savage shift.

I'm sure there is something in the full moon and bad behaviour correlation but why on earth are you still engaging with her?

You say the laws of harassment and stalking are not as rigidly in the UK, but keep blocking and ignoring her.

I'm sure you know that she's utterly toxic and draining. You can't live your life like this with her lurking in the shadows. Change your email address and phone number if you need to.

I feel edgy and out of sorts. Also sleep badly.

Ds works in a hospital
He swears that there is more trouble on a full moon
On the last 3 full moons,he had to cut down 7 people who had tried to hang themselves (normally,it's one or two a week)
He says that the midwives say they get a lot more births on a full moon (him and his brother where both born on a full moon)
I work in retail (think golden arches and we are open 24/7)
The night staff dread a full moon-i get to hear the stories of the crap that happens then-its always much quieter on other nights

I used to work as a police call handler. Things definitely got busier and just weirder when there was a full moon.

I know there’s little to no evidence which backs this up, but everyone I know who has worked in the emergency services believes it!

I'm not engaging with her. I haven't seen her in years and I don't respond to her. I have changed all that but she still won't leave me alone. She sends mail too and even to my work. She is utterly desperate and determined and obsessed. The law won't help me because she's not physically attacking me. The law is changing though. Hopefully in time there will be an avenue to stop her. Just being alive is enough if a reason for her to find me and get me to bully me to fix her feelings.

Nothing to do with the moon but everything to do with hormonal changes throughout the month 😊

I don't sleep as well when there's a full moon, especially the past couple of nights with the super moon and clear skies. I don't know if that changes my behaviour in the day, I might be a little less patient. But I'm a bit of an insommniac so there are also plenty of other times that I sleep badly.

My neighbour is Bi Polar and whenever a full moon is looming he plays up and causes me a lot of stress and upset.