Full moon and strange behavior?
With the full moon comming soon, it got me thinking. Why do people seem to act strangely during a full moon?
Since the gravitational effect from the moon controls the tides in the oceans and humans are mostly water (70% or so), is it safe to think that the moon could actually have some effect on us? I know during a full moon I don’t sleep as well as I do when it’s not a full moon.
Just something to think about.
Comments
Comment from Nahtan Webb
Time August 5, 2006 at 5:49 pm
bizarre, only time i struggle to sleep is when its f**kin hot – maybe when the moon is full, its also reflecting heat down on us. If the moon does effect us because we are made of water i wonder if that means the moon is closer to us on a full moon too.
Heres a stupid thought too – if the moon is close enough to make tides and pull the water upwards – does that mean that it should have the gravitational pull to draw in helium baloons? now thats something i find confusing… :S
Comment from Lyndey
Time August 8, 2006 at 11:11 am
This is all new to me, normally I can sleep really well all night. However,last night I was tossing and turning after going to bed at about 11pm I was still awake at 2.00am. I went down for some water and saw the huge full moon, I think (?) I eventually dropped off after 3am, how strange? What does this mean?
Comment from Jess
Time August 10, 2006 at 7:09 am
I definitely think you guys are on to something… because last night, here, we had a full moon.. had SUCH a hard time getting to sleep and staying that way.
Comment from Sabrina
Time August 24, 2006 at 11:21 am
Here is a good one for you. I was just looking at the calendar & found something strange. My youngest son is 7 years old. For the last few years I have been telling everybody that he has a “that time of the month”, just like a woman. The owner of his karate school that he has attended for 3 years completely agrees with me. What I found while looking at the calendar is: On the 11th of this month he got into major trouble at karate after school & has not been allowed to take class since then (there was a full moon on the 9th). Last month the full moon was on the 11th, on the 10th he actually got suspended from karate for a whole week (could not even step foot in the dojo). Seems to me there may be some truth in what I have always heard about a full moon effecting peoples behavior. It may depend on the person, because I cannot say for sure if it effects mine, but who knows.
Comment from dan huff
Time September 1, 2006 at 8:51 pm
science has done reserch to ASURE us that the full moon does not effect us at all. Think about it. The full moon is allways there. we just cant see it because of the shadow of the earth. just because some one cant see YOU because some one is standing in front of you or partialy in front of you doesnt mean you are not there. May be a person has problems a certain time of the month might be, because of a bodies monthly cycle. just like a womans period.
Comment from Wierd
Time December 4, 2006 at 11:45 pm
A bit dated, but eh– It’s a full moon, and I cant sleep.
Anyhow–
As to the previous poster, the predominant incidences of “Full moon paranoia” (actually, the root phenomenon associated with the word “Lunacy”) happens at night on the full moon. This would place the sun at approximately the other side of the earth, from the moon.
If you look at Newton’s law of gravitation, you would see that this phenomenon would cause a decided shift in gravitational influences, as a result of the centers of gravitation from the sun and the moon being on (roughly) opposing sides of the earth. Tidal phenomena on a full moon should therefor be of greater intensity.
Tangentally— There are several species of marine sponge, coral, and plankton that reproduce ONLY on full moons. How do they know? Beats me. But if it can effect simple single celled plantons and coral polyps– surely it can effect higher level organisms like people.
Comment from Naveed
Time December 9, 2006 at 12:36 pm
I want to say that I am a bit skeptic about the skeptics themselves! I mean, even after scientific studies are pointed at, as a proof of no relation between full moon and behaviour, there is a possibility that the right approach has not been taken while initiating these studies/surveys.
I didn’t believe in this either, but when I did start observing, there seems to be a correlation. We can’t just rebuff such ideas without getting a deeper insight – after all, we may one day find scientific evidence. It is possible that even the word ‘lunatic’ was derived due to some real reason. The number of traffic accidents should be measured on near-full moon days (2 days before and after) and on other ordinary days.
let’s just not already be skeptic. a lot of things rejected initially by believe-only-in-science guys later come to be proven by science itself.
Comment from blues
Time January 4, 2007 at 2:13 pm
im glad i found this site, as over the last few days, it has been a full moon.I do tend to generally feel extra sensitive emotionally around the full moon, but last night i couldn’t sleep, i was still awake at 3am. This has happened to me each time theres a full moon, it was only that i noticed the full moon last night that it dawned on me yet again, of the moons influence. Around the full moon, I sometimes feel as if im going mad as everything in my life feels so much more magnified. Im so glad there’s others who notice the moons effects.
Comment from L Bundy
Time January 5, 2007 at 4:52 pm
yes the last 3 days me my wife have had a very hard time sleeping,i have always had sleeping problems during full moon.just keep toosing and turning.
Comment from k griffith
Time March 1, 2007 at 9:37 pm
I came on this website looking for answers as to why I cannot sleep when there is a full moon. I can even take sleep aides and still not be able to go to sleep. Several members of my immediate family are the same way. My friends and people I work with think its the most silliest thing they have ever heard of. I’m running a marathon in 3 days and have not slept for the last 2 nights due to a full moon. Scared its really going to affect my performance. I wish someone would do a study on this. In dire need of some answers or am I just crazy….
Comment from mooner
Time March 4, 2007 at 10:11 am
Ime glad i found this site because i was getting a bit freaked out by the things that happen when there is a full moon, I have really vivid dreams and a change in my sleep pattern, i agree with the comment saying they feel there life is more magnified.
I have no doubt that it has an affect on humans, this subject definetly needs more attention.
Comment from Charlie
Time March 4, 2007 at 12:36 pm
I googles ‘full moon sleep problems’ and found this site. I have found that my toddler has cyclical sleep problems and I am wondering if the moon is the cause. Last night was the lunar eclipse and she was horrendous, for a month (?!) she has been sleeping beautifully and then suddenlt refusing to sleep, wakingup etc etc. I spoke to a couple of other parents, all had problems with their toddlers last night.
I know the moon is always there, we just can’t always see it, so therefore it should have no effect if full. but it effects the tides when full so obviously there IS a change. It must to do with the gravitational pull, if there was a lunar eclipse presumably the whole positioning of the earth/moon/sun is such that this effect is magnified? Are tides worse during lunar eclipses?
All very interesting…. when it comes to scientists I have to say I am sceptical, for every ‘expert’with a ‘proven’ theory there are many more who ‘proove’ it’s not so.
Comment from No Sleep Nana
Time March 5, 2007 at 12:45 am
Here it is after 2:30am and have been tossing in teh bed over an hour. Must be that full moon again and I can’t sleep. Seems only the harvest moon or a full day of mind &/or body exertion are the only thing that don’t cause this miserable situation. Sure know many who tell me they have the same problem. So this time I thought I’d research this on the web–just knew I’d have to find something. One always can. Thank God for computers! Beats tossing. Yawn! Well I’m going to try to go count sheep. Wish me luck!
Comment from JohnS
Time March 26, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Just passing through and thought I’d share a couple cheese-like fun facts
Anyone ever hear of “lunacy?” Once upon a time in Europe, that was a free ticket to commit crime so long as it was a full moon.
Another — humans have a magnetic field too, one billionth the intensity of the Earth’s.
Anyways, I actually looked into this last year — There’s a clot of conjecture and folklore, but I found one study that followed the occurrence of crime over a 20 year period (in the US), and it showed a clear spike of violent behaviour when the moon was fully visible.
Aside from that though, I mean — we can’t forget about werewolves, hahaha!
Comment from Rob
Time March 27, 2007 at 12:42 pm
The moon’s pull has a negligent amount of effect on the human body. In fact, it is so small it is immeasurable. Even the great Lake Michigan, as large of a body of water as it is, only has 1.5 to 3 INCH tidal changes. The moon’s gravitational pull is 9 million times weaker than the Earth’s, measured at the surface of the earth. So in other words, when you take off in your car from a stoplight, you are exerting billions of times more force on your body than the moon’s pull.
Comment from Carol
Time March 31, 2007 at 10:47 am
I dont know about the science part of the moon thing but I have been saying for many years that there is always a weird feeling I get just before a full moon, I dont even have to know the date it is due. Last full moon was the eclipse aswell and there were mighty strange happenings all around that night. When I looked in the lacal paper a week or so later, all the burglaries and accidents and trouble that they reported all happened on the week of the full moon.
I always find that stuff changes at that tine for me, things that were going wrong seem to just magically overnight get better…. and such like. Hey ho!
Comment from Peter
Time April 1, 2007 at 1:02 am
Am 54 years old. All my life I have noticed that whenever I felt extremely restless at night and couldn’t sleep. Sure enough, I would leave the bed and walk to the family room and the room would be bright as ever from a full moon. I have never paid attention to when a full moon was to take place. Just always have know because of this as my wife calls it, I’m being “wiggy”.
The rest of the story goes like this. about 15 years ago, before sleep studies were a common thing as they are today. I had one done at Rush Pres in Chicago. At the time they were the premier sleep study clinic in the midwest.
I was wired up and put into a room with no windows. Well I was wiggy that night. I hardly slept at all.
Sure enough I walked out of the hospital the next morning and looked at a newspaper and there was a full moon that night. Went back to review my study a few weeks later. I was speaking with the head of the facility. The foremost doctor on the subject in the midwest. I asked roughly the same question as the first persons comment. “Since the gravitational effect from the moon controls the tides in the oceans and humans are mostly water (70% or so), is it safe to think that the moon could actually have some effect on us? I know during a full moon I don’t sleep as well as I do when it’s not a full moon.”
The mental wards fill up, farmers wait till after the full moon to pick their tomatoes. etc. Her comment was , yes we know all this does happen. But I can’t tell you why, because there isn’t a self respecting doctor that will do a study for fear of being labeled a kook!
Comment from wayne
Time April 3, 2007 at 12:08 am
yes i agree for the past couple od days i been restless to and it is a full moon and even when is is cloudy i can feel the effects of the moon
Comment from Zerline
Time April 4, 2007 at 1:37 am
It’s so nice to read all these experiences! I always sleep so bad when the moon is full! Tossing & Turning, weird dreams, heart beats faster….. I hope there will be some research about this in the future!
It’s amazing how much effect it has on a human being!
Comment from Kat
Time April 14, 2007 at 5:40 am
OK ~ I’m not usually one to believe in this stuff, but over the last 10 years & watching the signs of things that happen when it’s a full moon…I’m not as skeptical as I used to be.
I have a son who has been in trouble several times & each time it’s been a full moon or close.
I’ve noticed men “pms” during this period as well.
I haven’t noticed the above mentioned sleep disorders but I will definitely start keeping track now.
My eldest daughter is even starting to notice the changes in people around this time of the month.
Definitely worth researching further.
~Kat~
Comment from Bethany Herschler
Time April 24, 2007 at 5:59 pm
The moon doesn’t really affect me but I find it intersting all the simptons people get from it. I do believe that the moon does have an impact on us. We are about 90% of water, so I could see how it can affect us. The moon affects the waves and thats water, so I think that it affects us too. It turns the waves and the moon turns our moods when a full moon is near. It all connects.
Comment from haqpod
Time April 29, 2007 at 3:23 pm
I’m here because i googled “full moon sleep” at 00:24 am… i can’t sleep and right now i am staring at the full moon.
Comment from Michael
Time April 30, 2007 at 4:48 am
Yawn.. Went bed about 12:00am as i was well tried. Was still shifting about in bed at 4:00am. And when i turned over to see if it was just me i noticed the full moon through my curtains. I either stuffer a sleep disorder when its a full moon or it has some affect on my water balance inside. Maybe its natures way of saying its still light get out there and hunt as in the dark woods its better light than at any other time so could it have to do with my primative instincs
Comment from Kym
Time May 1, 2007 at 10:51 pm
I’ve always known when the full moon was nigh. All day things have been weird. Issues with a major purchase that shouldn’t have happened, the boss acting weird, my husband getting rear ended, grouchy attitudes….. Sure enough, I looked at the calendar and the moon will be full tomorrow. I used to work retail and it was even more obvious when working with the public.
I’ve never noticed it affecting my sleep. I’m curious so will likely keep track of sleep patterns now.
Comment from Must be part werewolf
Time May 2, 2007 at 6:55 am
I dont have an answer but I noticed the pattern a few years back. Last night was horrible I didn’t think I would ever fall asleep,and I thought this is it I’m giving in and having that nervous break down. Ahhh but I didn’t. My mom is an RN and she said the crazies come out on a full moon. That the ER is always fuller. She also said that women have their babies during the phase of full moon. She been a nurse for over 25 years. I’m glad I’m not the only one! Thanks guys!
Comment from ian gregersen
Time May 3, 2007 at 7:52 pm
hi…
Cant sleep. I tryed to go to bed around 12.
Now, It’s just about 5 in the morning. I sit here in my home in denmark (europe) and finding, that i beginning to calm down, as the sun is beginning to rise.
I must say it’s remarkable how my mood, and my sleeping is being effected by the full moon. Rapid heart beating, restlessness, and hunger. I tend to eat alot.
I can see, that i’m not the only one with this particular problem, so it’s safe to say, that i’m not just being silly. Non of us are.
So from me to you.
Sleep tight. When time comes…
Comment from Kym
Time May 4, 2007 at 1:41 am
I have for the last few nights and including the night of the full moon, been waking up at approximately the same time every morning (Australian EST). Variations from 4am to 4:08am, always around this same time. I go to bed around midnight, and wake up, it is so hard to get back to sleep afterward, if there is any information out there please let me know, I would love to know more that this is not just something psychosomatic.
~k
Comment from DENISE Finley
Time May 5, 2007 at 11:45 am
Like everyone else, I was glad to come across this discussion and find that this is really true that none of us are alone in our sleepless nights. I had never thought of it, but recently a friend of mine told me that he can’t sleep during full moon week. My husband has constantly told me that I have “weird” sleeping habits. After my friend mentioned this to me, I realized that my husband took his sleeping aid twice that week – and he rarely uses it. I still have not told him about my “theory” because am afraid he will continue to think that he can’t sleep if the moon is up. But I plan to start tracking my own sleeping and see if those are the days I wake up in the middle of the night and stay awake. Some days I am literally still awake when he gets up for work. And it is not only that one friend who has troubles sleeping, I have several – and it always seems that during conversation, one of us will say “I didn’t sleep last night” and the other says “me too”. Maybe I should start having full moon parties at 2AM and we can keep eachother company?
Comment from Full moon syndrome
Time June 2, 2007 at 6:18 am
I too have noticed problems sleeping, heavier breathing, and faster heart beats these past couple of days. I wouldn’t have even guessed that it was because of a full moon until my singing instructor mentioned it to me. For now on I’ll keep track and see if my symptoms are consistent around the time of full moons.
Comment from Bryan Jager
Time July 2, 2007 at 12:21 am
Yeah, it is currently the night after the full moon, I’m up at 3:30 and don’t feel any signs of getting tired… For me it’s usually like this for the two days before and after the full moon as well. I get more emotional, more tense and have a ton more energy at night. Mostly nervous energy, not anything useful. The only real plus side I see is that I seem to be more creative while I’m being kept awake by the moon.
Comment from Tusharma
Time July 4, 2007 at 4:21 am
hi ,
i have also observed influence of full moon on me. i have noticed over a period of time on a full moon night, i feel more charged up for sexual activity. desire to have sex is more. i enjoy more on a full moon.
Comment from Johan
Time July 14, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Always had a problem sleeping during the full moon as well.
Finally googled “full moon sleep” to see if there was some study done, and this was the closest thing i found.
I try to sleep (not because im tired full moon days, i just try because i know i should sleep to get to work rested etc), i toss and turn, i give up and i see the moon shining slightly trough my dark curtains.. i think “not again..”, i try again to fall asleep but cant.
It often takes me until near morning to fall asleep, if i do at all.
My theory is that it might be a genetic remnant from humanity’s natural past, those primal times when some people had to guard the tribe from dangers and wild beasts at night.. those people had to have it in them to do so naturally i guess..
Another thing im interested in is, do you ppl who have trouble sleeping during the full moon also easily fall into a late sleeping pattern if not controlled by alarms for work, family or other external reasons? i know i do, i always stay up until near morning when im not bound by work/alarms/other people.
Even on weekends i change my sleeping pattern a couple of hours.
Comment from Lianna
Time July 30, 2007 at 4:08 am
I have thought for several years that a full moon effects people and there behavior. I have worked in retail for many years and started checking for a full moon when people tend to be more erractic and errational, it always seems to start a few days before the actual full moon and then a couple days after. I really noticed the change the moon has on my boyfriend. Very soon after we started dating I would notice a change in his behavior for about 4-5 days a month, almost like pms, haha, then I started watching for a full moon and for 2 years, it never fails. I use to think a full moon was very beautiful and interesting, now I almost dread it. As for the sleep pattern, I will have to watch this, I did wake up after about 3 hours of sleep and couldn’t fall back asleep for about 3 hours. My boyfriend also tossed and turned all night. Last night was a big full moon!! I find this all very interesting and will watch the sleep patterns for myself and him. Not that there is anything I can do, just be prepared.
Also, the information in this website has been very interesting. I will check back on a regular basis.
Comment from rev runner
Time July 30, 2007 at 7:33 pm
my dad thinks were part werewolves because r ancesters came from england and we just have a little in r blood.
but something weird about it if u havnt noticed i think it happens to guys more than girls i think its either water in us or the moon when its full opens up certain flowers that only bloom and realese certain pollens when the moon is at its strongest although im only a kid it this is my theri
Comment from Patty Williams
Time July 31, 2007 at 6:28 am
I am so glad I found this site. Sleeping is my favorite thing to do. My relatives and friends joke that I can sleep just about any time, any where…BUT NOT ON THE FULL OF THE MOON. Last night I watched the 11 O’clock news and was wide awake. I took a hot shower, had clean sheets, etc., etc., but just laid there. Got up a few times…and around 3:30 a.m. the thought came to me “Maybe it’s the full of the moon.” I looked out the window but it was hazy so I figured I was wrong. When I got to my office I looked at the calendar and, sure enough, Full Moon, July 30!
So what do us folks do who are affected like this? Would a sleeping tablet help?
Comment from Paul
Time August 1, 2007 at 8:48 am
For years I have seen and experienced the odd effects from a full moon. In my later years, I can sense one without even looking outside or checking the lunar cycle. It’s a presence I feel in the back of my head. Like clockwork, I sense this feeling and look outside, sure enough it’s always staring right back at me.
I don’t care what the scientists or doctors say! There is definitely a natural phenomenon going on that cannot be fully explained. There is just too much evidence for this entire thing to be ruled out as placebo! I really hate the mentality of if it cannot be explained by science, it does not exist. Rubbish! There is more going on around us than we will ever possibly know. The rules we set upon ourselves hinder our insight.
Alright… back to work.
Comment from JULIA MCDONALD
Time August 28, 2007 at 8:30 am
I have always thought that there is something in this. I am sitting at work after having a uneasy, unsettled feeling all week and also the fact that both myself and my colleague have agreed that everyone has been acting very strangely at work the past few days. Mostly arguements, being over sesitive and irrational! All of these things i would say i feel around this time too. Its all just very weird and my sleep has been awful the last few nights, i have the weirdest dreams and even though its not a hot night i get bad night sweats whilst waking every few hours. Very bizarre but when i checked it out lo and behold its a full moon tonight!!!! spooky possums!!
Comment from Susan
Time August 28, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Ok, tonight is a full moon, and I cannot sleep at all!! When I was little, my mom knew when there was a full moon because I could never sleep on those nights.
Comment from Cynthia Ellis
Time August 29, 2007 at 4:18 am
I can remember having trouble sleeping during a full moon as a child right up to my present age 47. I remember going to the beach to catch tiny fish that lay eggs during high tides and being wide awake during and after catching the fish. I have talked about sleepless nights during a full moon to doctors and people I know and no one has an answer to my questions. Why hasn’t there been studies on the moons effect on the body? Maybe because it happens to women more then men? Doctors will research a mans’ problems and illnesses while putting a woman’s problems or illness on the back burner. One thing that helps is a cool bedroom, and a glass of warm milk. Think about it, you give warm milk to babies to avoid upset stomaches and to help them sleep perhaps it’s that simple. I just finished a glass of milk. It is 5:16 A.M. I have been up all night any answers out there? 08-29-07
Comment from Sonia Batts
Time August 29, 2007 at 3:23 pm
I love my long term boyfriend of 18 years, but I know for a fact when we are coming up to the full moon he is awful. He is picky, nasty, spiteful, agressive, and if I weren’t very careful, he could become very violent, I get this dillemer every month. My two girls and I are really depressed about this on-going situation. I really dont feel like i know my boyfriend at this time of the month, but it happens continusly and i hate it. “HELP”…
Comment from Rick
Time September 24, 2007 at 11:05 am
I’ve been diagnosed with Anxiety & Mild OCD. I often get upset at night, and get into heavy arguments with my family. Usually, these arguments slow to a stop after a few minutes of yelling.
Last night’s wasn’t one of them. Last night’s lasted several hours and resulted in nothing but trouble, and a cracked doorframe..
It seems that my family, myself included, can get extremely angry and lose touch with reality. We have normal small arguments here and there, but on the days leading to the full moon, and days where there is a full moon, everything is magnified, and we become completely irrational and sometimes even out of control.
I don’t quite understand why this happens, and I’ve been researching it to find out. According to some websites I’ve been to, they say that the full moon does affect human behavior. Perhaps that’s where they got all those “Werewolf” tales from. From people going loony and doing ridiculiously violent things.
Comment from Sadie
Time September 26, 2007 at 12:22 am
I’m so glad I came across this site!! I’ve been tossing and turning all night unable to sleep. Around 2am I went to the kitchen for some sleepy tea and noticed the full moon and wondered if it might have anything to do with it. Sure enough I googled the question and came across this site!
Comment from A Girl Named Sioux
Time September 26, 2007 at 12:35 am
I just happened to stumble across this website and I can relate to most of you. My mother told me that when I was about a year old they noticed my strange behavior during the full moon. I would cry uncontrollably and nothing would be able to comfort me. The moon still affects me to this day… I’m 24 years old and every full moon I get irritable, anxious, and i still cry.. I usually don’t pay attention to the moon phases but when I’m having and “episode” I can bet my life that there is a full moon that day. Earlier today I got so upset for really no reason at all. I cried for quite sometime then i went out for a cigarette and I said to myself “I bet it’s a full moon tonight, and that’s why I’m acting so strange” sure enough tonight is a full moon.. I totally believe that the moon affects people.. some more than others.. I’m not sure it affects my sleep pattern because I have strange sleep patterns anyways. It was nice to be able to read other experiences.. Yay i’m not the only one that acts weird on a full moon.
Comment from Sarah
Time September 30, 2007 at 5:39 am
crazy stuff. the past few nights have been full moon and i dont even have to look out the window to know for sure. I will not go to sleep and i try and i close my eyes i count sheep i do all that stuff….even at the moment i naturally have problems sleeping so i do have sleeping tablets but the full moon seems to reverse the effect on anything. Eventually ill drift of to sleep but you can feel it in your body that restlessness and knowing. and i think to myself gee i wonder if its a full moon and look out the window and there she is shining back at me …like saying smart assly hah you cant sleep. so i shake my fist at her and try to sleep without ANY success… There should definately be some studies on this because i can still remember being at high school and not getting any sleep the previous night because of a full moon…. and i would say to my friends full moon couldnt sleep got highly annoyed and i think they thought i was crazy…and i thought i was crazy haha but now i know that its pretty normal…i dont know who gets it more but all i know is that when its a full moon i cant sleep:(
Comment from ???
Time September 30, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Theres no way this full moon theory is not true. Everyhting in my life just seems unfixable on a full moon and I get the same uncontrolable crying. A full moon has just past and the other day I felt like I was depressed, just cryed all day which is not like me. I nag my boyfriend more for the things that normally I wouldnt care about my patience with people goes, im insecure and anxious, I just tend to act like a complete psycho to be honest. And the sleep thing happens too, I wake up three four times during the night. And Iv began to watch people around me and its deffinitly not just me!
Comment from Carolyn
Time October 4, 2007 at 12:36 pm
I believe 100% that the full moon affects behavior. A few days ago a co-worker started screaming at me in front of a classroom full of students. I was telling one of my students about it, and he said his relative who works in Human Resources told him that people always behave badly at work when it’s a full moon. I told my sister about this. She’s a nurse, and she said it’s true because all the emergency rooms are full of craziness on a full moon (accidents and nutty behavior).
Comment from clover
Time October 23, 2007 at 8:02 pm
some ppl say that a full moon is a time of high emotion, and that ppl are often times more “expressive”
Personally I just cant sleep!
Comment from Caim
Time October 26, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Well. I stumbled upon this site after some frustrated searching, but I wasn’t going to post. Well, then I noticed that it’s still, essentially, active after all this time. So I figured: what the hell. So here goes for another half-dozen anecdotal cases in my own personal life I’ve come to notice:
- A full moon almost always causes me to have a fairly wide range of mild emotional responses. By that I mean that I have an emotional response to almost every interaction, albeit it’s a mild one; usually, I’m pretty impervious to things like social cues unless they hit me in the face – in which case it’s a pretty big response. In this state I find it almost impossible to get seriously angry about something; saddened, melancholy, or even a bit chaotic, sure, but I don’t respond as I would normally.
- My wife acts like she’s pregnant during a full moon; it scares the piss out of me.
- My son (4) has some pretty severe emotional problems during a full moon. For instance, yesterday through today he simply pissed himself when he felt lonely -3 times yesterday and 4 times today. He doesn’t do this normally – and he likely won’t do it tomorrow much at all, either.
- I do not, and never have slept well (it at all) during full moons. Even when I’m tired, I’ve typically got no desire to sleep during one, and if I try, it’s a restless, torturous sleep full of odd dreams.
Comment from Stephan
Time October 27, 2007 at 1:34 am
Ok comment from up north in Sweden. I have made a experiment for the last year every full moon day i have made notes how i sleep and what was my dream about. I know alot of people saying that it’s just a “period” we go throu, but i period does not happen on the same day every month…ask your girl friend or wife!!
So the results have been every full moon for a year my heart beat increased and i could not sleep. Like drinking 4 cups of coffee before go to bed. Strange dreams, waking up falling back to sleep. The things with kids getting crazy at full moon?? But a funny thing happened yesterday on the full moon, my sisters youngest kid had lost it yesterday like never before and he is 6 years old and he cursed like a sailor!!
Going to go on with my little study!!
Take care Moon people
Stephan
Comment from Dan Speed
Time November 25, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Hey
I really struggle to sleep over a full moon, usually i am fast asleep by 1am at the latest, the past few nights ive been up till at least 3 and basicly having to force myself to goto sleep, im still wide awake as i type this, i havnt really noticed any other changes in behavior, but i have never really paid attention to it that closely.
I did a bit of reading and the only explainable cause for lack of sleep is that the extra light given off by a full moon can reduce the production of the hormones that help us sleep and alters our body clocks. I’m not 100% convinced as my room is still fairly dark, but i dont know changes in light affect my sleep
Could the change in hormones also effect behavior?
Dan Speed
Comment from Guy
Time December 2, 2007 at 12:06 am
It is so nice to finally find some comment on this subject.
For years I have from sleep problems as the full moon approached, getting worse towards full moon, then less so as full moon passes. The curtains can be open, or closed, it makes no difference at all. I can drink a lot on a particular night and still guarantee to wake up again in the very early hours, its such a strange thing.
No one I know seems to suffer like this, but almost everyone acknowledges the, largely unknown, power of the moon.
I now have a moon phase calculator and the occasional sleeping pill.
It is amazing how little is written about this subject. From my sleep/moon problems I looked at Biorhythms and, hey, how acurate can those be!
Corny, or not, I found the more I trawled through the available information, the more it changed my life and I became Wiccan some years ago.
You may think I am crazy, thats your privilege, but I am interested to hear any comments.
Comment from Elliot
Time December 11, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Well, I am only seventeen though turning eighteen in two days! -Cheers- I have never been able to sleep up to seven days before a full moon and at least seven more after. Sleeping in the morning makes sure I don’t lose it.
My mum said when I was a baby I would always move around more the closer it got to the full moon as well. I find that I have a hard time sleeping at night period, during day light I have a hard time eating or staying awake wanting nothing more then to go back in my room with closed black curtains.
I live in Sweden, and there is no night life here, at least not in the smaller town where I am living. It is a tough thing to deal with, a doctor has given me pill’s to force me to sleep since everyone says its unhealthy to sleep during the day. How ever even those pills can not make me sleep on a full moon. Right now it’s six days till the full moon I think.
I don’t care what science has taught us, science was the one to say tomatoes were bad, then the very next morning on the new they were good again. Still again the next morning it was reported they were bad, and then later that afternoon they were once more good. It is also science that says the normal honey bee should not be able to fly because its so big and its wings are to small and do not beat fast enough. Yea, looks like the bee’s didn’t get that memo huh!
A good deal of people will not believe you when you say you can not sleep and nights. The sun even hurts me when I go out in it, but everyone says I over react. I’m sorry but to me the sun feels like millions of needles are being poked into me every where it touches.
Science is worthless, there killing animals just to try and freeze them, clone them, or putting machines in the head to see how they think about things. For al I care science is nothing but people who want an answer for everything and refuse to think there might be other things happening outside there perfect box of a view of the world.
Comment from Melissa Dendo
Time December 22, 2007 at 7:54 am
hey, look i’m only eleven and I think that the full moon or for the moon on it’s own for that matter is utterly amazing.
it’s freaky the way it takes over you and your eyes get glued to it. i’ve tried telling friends but they think i am mad and that i am some sort of freak. even a warewolf???
i feel that it’s magic and that somehow it connects to me like i have a powerful relashionship with it and i bet if you read this you wil be thinking oh look some kid thinks she’s magic but i’m not it’s much much more than that.
When i’m upset or low i can go outside or upstairs to my parents bedroom and stare at it 4 ages an somehow i know it’s listening.
here’s a completely different subject but i’ll tell u anyway…. it’s like the moon is in love with my voice when i sing i know it listens and sometimes very rarely i don’t get da ja vu i can actually think of something in my head and it will come true the next day or that minute. i’ll go ahead and say it i think i could be sicic..
please read what i have 2 say and take it in ther’s lots of us out there and i truly believe in it ALL!
i don’t know if this is normal or some sort of phase buut i know it’s REAL!!!!
thnx 4 reading
bye..
Comment from Linda
Time December 24, 2007 at 9:59 am
I googlesearched this site today because, once again, I find myself, an adult woman, crying uncontrollably and nearly hysterically on the dreaded Full Moon Day.
It took me a long time to realise – I didn’t make the connection, thought it was hormones, a ‘down’ day, etc. I remember once reading back over the diary I kept as a student and noticing that on Full Moons, my entries would be slightly incoherent, full of disjointed images, when normally it wasn’t.
Thinking back, it seems worse in Winter, which I have always but down to the short dark days (I live in Scotland). However, one of the earlier posters said that it’s perhaps not just the presence of the moon (which is always there) but the distance of the sun (which is further away in Winter).
I am ready to accept that now I think there’s a connection, there’s some kind of auto-suggestion going on. Often I don’t *consciously* realise til later, though.
It’d got to the stage I have to do something about it. My poor ex-boyfriend has taken the full impact of my upsets, and I can’t keep on abusing him any more!
It feels almost taboo, so good to share this,
L
Comment from Kermit Cartwright
Time December 26, 2007 at 5:13 am
I am fifty-three years old. When I was a kid in elementary and high school it seemed that I got into trouble once each month. I always blamed it on a certain shirt or a pair of pants that I wore or something else since I couldn’t figure it out.
Every month exactly seven days before a full moon nothing goes right. Some people say that I set my self up for disaster by believing that it will happen but I don’t care what they say because nobody knows myself better than I do. I have hidden all calanders and paid no attention to the moon cycle. Then one morning when I wake up it feels like there is a ton of bricks on my shoulders. It feels like there is twice the amount of gravity pulling me down. I can’t think clearly and I drop everything that I pick up. Not one single thing goes right. Everything stresses me out and I notice that people are acting like nuts and driving like idiots. I am a former law enforcement officer so I really noticed this especially on the third shift.
Then about two or three days after the full moon it goes away. I can tell you the day it leaves my body because of the way I feel. I talked to a psychologist that I met and he told me that he tracked the way his patients felt in relationship to the moon cyle .
Some of my friends and co-workers have told me that it is silly. After a while they start watching the moon and noticing how they feel and before long they confess that the moon has the same effect on them. I have noticed that their bad luck and bad feelings happen at a different time of the moon cycle than mine.
My doctor has commented to how sensitive I am to medications. I am also extremely sensitive to magnetic therpay such as magnetic insoles that you wear in your shoes and bracelets and necklaces. Don’t underestimate the magnetic pull from the moon and the fact that astronauts are treated for symptoms of magnetic energy that they receive from the moon.
I don’t plan any important things to do nor do I make any important decisions during this time if I can avoid it.
I would love to hear from anyone who belives or has experinced symptoms like mine.
Comment from Kermit Cartwright
Time December 26, 2007 at 6:08 am
I just have to make another comment because I made my first comment before reading all of the past comments that were made before mine. Besides the full moon is killing me.
It is very therapeutical knowing other have experinced the same problems that I have for years. One thing that I just read in your past comments concerned how some of the women seemed to think that their children, boyfriends and husbands were experencing PMS symptoms.
Gosh ! That is how it has been with me and my wife for the last twenty years. It is a miracle that she stayed with me. I go from Doctor Jeky to Mr. Hyde exactly seven days before the full moon.
To some people this is funny but after reading your momments I can tell that it has really put a lot of stress on your health as well as your relationships and marriages.
My wife told me that women secrete hormones from their armpits and that is why women who work together get on the same cyle. I have always felt that if you are married to a women you should be considerate and mature enough to learn how their bodies function so that you can understand how it would affect a man.
The other morning I woke up with my face buried in my wifes armpit. Go ahead and laugh, I have a sense of humor. I still belive that the full moon affects our emotions .
I realize that I can’t solve your problems but if there is anyone who would like to talk to me about their full moon experinces don’t hesitat to send me an e-mail. I think that if there was a support group or just someone to listen it would be very benefical and you never know where it migjht lead to.
Comment from Melissa Dendo
Time December 26, 2007 at 7:34 am
Me again!!!
I was feleing great on Christmas Eve because of the full moon and other subject’s I have accapted that I have some sort of relationship with the moon some sort of power but it’s also great 2 know that there are otheres out there the same as me..
I’m a kid weird faith power strong agin power. That’s what I feel like I love the moon what am I saying it’s not a moon or an it it’s way more than anything come on here I need some answers thnx lol …..
Comment from Rich
Time December 26, 2007 at 1:02 pm
i too have experienced the lack of sleep it began sometime around my tenth birthday and is still a regular occurance (i’m 19 now) it has been a full moon for the past 3 mights an only alcohol seemed too knock me out last night i have tried sleeping tablets in the past but with no affect my father is also affected by it, he gets really moody and quite angered whilst i get a sense of constant tiredness with aching muscles and a depressive outlook towards the start and end of the cycle but in the middle i have a burst of happiness.
Comment from Ella
Time January 21, 2008 at 10:39 pm
I too suffer from full moon insomnia. Right now its 5.30am and I haven’t slept a wink and yes there is a big shiny moon ouside my window. I haven’t slept well all week. The previous two nights I took pills but they didn’t work tonight, in fact they seem to make it worse. This doesn’t happen every full moon but definitely the majority of them. I have occasional insomnia and I am now going to keep a sleep diary to see if there is a pattern as I have only registered the actual full moon and not the build up.
I have recently finished a nutrition course and our lecturer completely believed in the effect of the moon. She says it is to do with our mineral & water balance. Some minerals are charged and they are called electrolytes and these help to govern sleep and wakefullness. They control our circadian rhythm.
I agree that it may also be connected to ancient hunting practices and that we would have been more watchful and alert on a full moon. This would have occurred for thousands of years and become part of our genetics. We still carry the genetics of our ancestors. Just a thought. I now don’t know whether to bother with sleep as my baby son will have me up in a couple of hours. He, of course, has slept like a log.
Comment from robert
Time January 22, 2008 at 7:17 am
It’s 6:10 pm, ive been up for 2 days now. i will most likely be up another day or two if this is the standard ‘lunacy cycle’. i am manic depressive/bipolar. for any scientist that doubts lunacy…feel free to contact me if you are intersted in studying someone who is affected physically and mentally during the rise and fall of the moon. i can at least assure you that it is not a waste of time.
no werewolf or vampire or tweeker am i. just a simple man who cannot escape the cycle of the moon. luna….she is my bane. as long as i cant see her eye to i we are fine. but, ohh luna, when you unveil your face in its full beauty…then and only then does your mesmerising spell turn me into a dote void of free will. for it is my will to sleep and am found being proven to your testament of true and awesome power. luna shields us from much ,more than you know. kindred spirits.
Comment from amitooblou
Time January 22, 2008 at 8:34 pm
not only have i suffered for years with full moon insomnia, but my restless leg syndrome is so much worse during the full moon too. my oldest sister has the same issues with the full moon, and i have noticed that my poor three year old daughter has very fitfull nights during a full moon. doctors can call me crazy and scientists can say i’m wrong, but i know what i feel and i know it’s all about the full moon. glad i found this site, it eases my mind a little to know it’s not just my family. hope everyone sleeps well tonight, but i wont hold my breath….LOL!
Comment from nick straughan
Time January 30, 2008 at 11:47 am
i think its obvious people act strange when its full moon. I have been affected by the moon for as long as i can remember. 20 is when i bought my first lunor callender so i would know when it was coming. for appx 1 week befor my sleep pattern changes and i get less and less sleep as the days go by, and when its full moon i try to either have a big party, go camping, any thing that doesent involve sleep. it can be a good thing. i seem to have to much energy around this time but the good thing is i can sleep like a baby 2 days after
Comment from Melissa Dendo
Time February 10, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Hey,
I am coping really badly with all this you know furing the new moon time. I absoluctly hate it!!!
I don’t know about you guys but I am so glad that I have found this site it really has helped me.
I seem to be the opposite of you guys because the full moon makes me sleep like a baby.
I can’t wait until I just see the moon and you peeps are right I seem to be FULL of energy with the FULL moon. bye xx
Comment from Diana Briggs
Time February 20, 2008 at 10:45 am
I know the full moon affects my foster daughter that is special needs, she becomes very moody and unpredicable. She can be down right miserable and doesn’t seem to know why. I keep a behavior record so I know this is a fact. I also seem to be affected as I wake up during the night which is not a normal thing for me. A friend told me her Father was so mean during a full moon everyone had to stay away from him for several days. I wish someone would do a better study on the subject.
Comment from Stacey Berman
Time February 22, 2008 at 12:22 am
It is now 1:13am and I am up yet again. All week I can’t sleep and there was a lunar eclipse last night. Every month I have noticed when there is a full moon, I can’t sleep. I don’t even have to look at a calendar, I can totally tell when a full moon is coming. Besides not even only being able to sleep, I work with patients and when a full moon is coming, for about a day or two people are just off their rocker. I know it effects my mood sometimes too & this week especially, I felt like I was PMSÃng all over agin. I thought I was crazy until I stumbled upon this website this morning. Im glad I’m not the only LUNAR-TIC! 
Comment from Darren K
Time February 22, 2008 at 11:00 am
Full moon last night and I couldn’t sleep. I was actually out of town Tuesday night couldn’t sleep.. home and sleep Wed and then last night.. the full moon I was up again. My kids woke up as well and mumbled all night. I think next time there is a full moon I am going to stay up all night and get some work done. If you can’t beat it.. you may as well join it.
Comment from danny w
Time February 22, 2008 at 11:42 pm
so glad i found this site……… 6.40am and been awake since midnight. There is no doubt about it i sleep terribly when there is a full moon, my family do as well! The awful thing about it?……. i guess there’s no cure!
Comment from Sleepless in AZ
Time February 24, 2008 at 10:15 am
I have had RLS since moving to a high altitude town 10 years ago. Prior to that – no RLS. So, does altitude have anything to do with RLS and insomnia? Also have noticed that I feel “allergic” to the full moon – in the sense that I am drawn to it and have to make myself not get pulled in. Also notice that a few days before and during a full moon RLS is worse. Also worse during season changes and about a week before my period. I SO wonder what all of these events have in common. Any suggestions?
Comment from Melissa Dendo
Time February 24, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Look Just 2 get u aware of this well it’s a lunar eclipse on the 7th Marchh 2008 not long but u guys I wonder wat will happen 2 us I dunno if I am scared or wat but I know that I am not normaal I have some sort of power and I am just learning 2 control it
Comment from Peter Jacobs
Time March 18, 2008 at 9:51 am
Firstly – hello to all the contributors to this blog.
Secondly like many of you I thought that I was the only one suffering from this phenomena but apparently not. In the days leading up to a full moon I to suffer sleep disturbance but more frighteningly I suffer severe paranoia and think the world is out to get me. When I say severe I mean SEVERE.
It is reassuring to know that there are other normal people out there that are going through what I go through.
The previous entries have gone a long way to explaining things but isn’t it sad that there is no research into this situation (going as far as producing an old Act of Parliament inasmuch as the Lunacy Act which dictated that people like ourselves was classed as mad – sorry I’m English).
I am now 56 years old and this blog has gone a long way to explain that I seem to have wasted (through lack of understanding) a lot of those 56 years. I have always thought that I just suffered mood swings or a Jekyll & Hyde personality but only in recent months have I thought that the moon could be a contributor to those mood swings.
So thank you all – and if you want to share your Moon mood swing thoughts then please do not hesitate to contact me.
Comment from Melissa Dendo
Time March 19, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Hey em on Friday the 21st of March 2008 well it’s a full moon but it’s aiso an eclipse I dunno if it is a lunar eclipse ar a solar eclipse look I am extremely scared please tell me what is going to happen. I do sometimes see the future bt I’m not that gd plz help me!!
lol
Comment from lynn w
Time March 20, 2008 at 10:24 pm
omg!! this is too strange! I couldn’t sleep and got up, got on the computer(while looking out the window at the huge moon completely mesmerized and still awake at 2 a.m.)Then I googled in ” why can’t I sleep when there is a full moon”clicked on this page and tripped out! My sister-in-law says I’m a witch. And I was thinking back to my childhood days and remembered my mother saying ” I didn’t sleep last night it was my witching night” Is all of this true? Am I a witch? Was my mom? Do witches not sleep when there is a full moon? All of this is so confusing to me. But I never sleep and have the need to do stupid off the wall crap when there is a full moon. Do they make drs. for this??
Comment from Jennica
Time March 21, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Wow, this is really interresting. Last night was a full moon and I tried to go to bed at 10pm. I couldn’t get to sleep until 2 or 3 and even then I kept waking up. My heart rate also seem to be going really fast like I was on caffine or something. I kept trying to remember if I drank or ate anthing that would make me so restles. No, couldn’t think of anything. I had to wake up really early, at 5 am to take my roomate to the airport. She said she never even went to sleep! She said she just didn’t feel tired and had a lot of things to do anyway. She said maybe it was the full moom which made me google and find this. I’ve had hard times falling asleep before but I don’t think it’s ever been that bad. I will def pay attention to see if it’s the moon giving me troubles about falling asleep.
Comment from Luke
Time March 22, 2008 at 7:02 am
Well I have noticed that I cannot sleep when there is a full moon. I wont even know the moon is full until I look out the window. I have been experiencing this since I can remember – scientific fact or not it affects me!
Comment from dildo
Time April 16, 2008 at 11:47 am
im nuts 5 days before a full moon –it feels like someone put gas under my skin and lit it on fire
Comment from Brady
Time April 17, 2008 at 5:55 pm
During a full moon, I sleep troubled, but I eventually go to sleep. But the worst part is, that 2 years ago I had a dream about my parents getting divorced and it came true, (im only 13) and that day I remember was a full moon. Now there is a full moon in a few days and I will have another dream that will come true. Ive learned that this is something called Lunar Dreaming, O.B.E., and many other things, but it says that I have dreams that come true only on full moons… and this can be quite disturbing considering im still only a child. Has this ever happened to anybody else here?
Comment from loz
Time April 21, 2008 at 5:12 am
any one sleep last night?
i didn’t =[
it drives me crazy
Comment from curious
Time April 21, 2008 at 4:44 pm
I didnt sleep either… i tossed and turned and then finally got just two hours of sleep before i was supposed to wake up… and i have started wondering about this “not sleeping thing while full moon” awile ago when i first noticed it… my 2 roomates didnt sleep either.. and not just last night.. but all the times there was a full moon in the past.. i am glad its not only me who is the crazy here… or at least thought i was..
Comment from Callypso
Time April 21, 2008 at 9:11 pm
I slept last night, but usually on full moons I don’t sleep for ages and ages.. not until my body just decides it can’t stand being awake anymore. I also get really hyper the week before the full moon and I’m the most hyperactive and insane when it’s the day of. My friends all seriously say I must be a werewolf…if so, cool. 
They’re all wary of me just before the full moon, too, like they’re afraid I’m going to go crazy on them or something. It freaks me out, too.
Last night, it was cloudy here, so I couldn’t see the moon as well as I usually can. It was also right before I went to bed and it was on the other side of the house from my room, so no light shone through. I didn’t get much of a chance to drink in the light like I always do…
Then I when I did go to bed I slept almost right away. o.O It’s just weird how seeing the moon would make you act differently.
Comment from C.W.
Time April 24, 2008 at 5:18 pm
My son doen’t sleep well at all when there is a full moon and several days before that. He is more hyper during those days and gets in trouble at school. I asked the chiropractor about this and he said that the full moon does affect the body. He also said that parasites hatch during a full moon. Sure enough, my son had parasites and was able to take supplements to get rid of them. Also, I had a dog with epilepsy and he would have seizures the night of a full moon.
Comment from Corrinne
Time May 12, 2008 at 7:16 am
I totally believe the full moon effects us. If you think about it, like said before, our bodies are 70% water. Also our brains are suspended in fluid. The gravitational pull must have some sort of effect on our bodies.
It seems a little more than coincidence that I am in a bad mood for three days each month, having no bearing on my menstrual cycle, but when documented, found it landed on the day before thru the day after of the full moon. And intensified at night fall.
Also looked back to investigate a relationship I had, where we broke up once a month. All of these break ups landed on the full moon.
This all seems to be a little more than coincidence to me.
Now being aware of this I am able to mildly control it.
Comment from Anka
Time May 18, 2008 at 10:31 pm
oh and I on the other hand cant help but pass out when it full moon usually i can stay up for days but when its full moon i start to yawn around 9pm and i fall asleep anywhere… how about that?
Comment from debbie
Time May 19, 2008 at 9:53 am
Ever since I was a child, I remember staring out the window of my bedroom and gazing at the full moon (while I couldn’t sleep). Last night was another struggle with the covers. At about 2:00 pm, I got out of bed and walked outside and had a little chat with Mr. Moon. I asked him to give me a break and let me sleep. Fortunately, he didn’t reply.
Comment from Natalie
Time May 19, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Ok so last night it was a full moon here.
I didn’t realise this, but I stayed at my boyfriends house and I was ok until we went to bed. I got in bed and was ok for about 10/15 mins…until about 11.45. I then suddenly felt really weird. For some reason I was petrified. I couldn’t sleep and just generally felt strange. My boyfriend is giving up smoking so was fast asleep but didn’t appreciate me waking him to tell him I was scared! I tried to sleep but something wasn’t right. I kept looking around the room and I was boiling hot. By about 12.30 I had to tell him I was going home. I went downstairs (petrified even more by the dark) and went to my car, as I opened the front door the massive full moon was right in front of me. I looked at it a while.. and he lives right by the sea and I could hear the waves… It totally freaked me out. So I got in my car and drove home as quickly as I could.. but kind of felt in a daze. Once I got home and got in bed I was ok and fell asleep. I took the day off work today as I didn’t feel ‘right’ in myself.
Now I think about it, I did used to get this regularly a year or so ago… it wasn’t a monthly thing and I never checked the moon.. but I wonder if it’s related?
Sorry to bore you, but I had to look on the net for related info! x
Comment from Chris, South Africa
Time May 20, 2008 at 11:55 am
Well, for those of us who believe in the Bible, maybe here is an answer (I also struggle with this full moon, but will try this one):
Psalm 121:5-6 The LORD is thy KEEPER: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the MOON by NIGHT.
You know, God SAID “let there be light”, and Jesus fought satan with quoting scriptures Matt 4 – maybe THAT’S our answer to good sleep!
Comment from Chick
Time May 20, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Natalie, I had a similar problem last night. I went to bed and started to feel quite stressed and anxious.
My boyfriend said that my body felt boiling hot. The room wasn’t particularly warm, but I kept feeling really hot and sweaty. I tossed and turned all night and bearly got any sleep.
Over the last few months I have started to notice that I suffer some sort of insomnia around the full moon, and I don’t know it’s a full moon until afterwards.
Now I’m going to start to try and pay attention to when the full moon is due so that I can take some sleeping pills or something!
Comment from liz
Time May 21, 2008 at 10:53 am
there was a full moon last night (may 20th)..
i didnt know beforehand but i knew that for the past 2 nights ive had the worst sleep ever.. laying in bed hours until the early morning (usually 3am)…
i am NOT a skeptic. my sleep is 100% disrupted around and during a full moon. no other time in the year is it like this. people need to get over the folklore and really look deep into the science behind it..
sometimes my moms workplace will come in saying ‘man i slept so bad last night’.. we’re not all dillusional. perhaps some of us are just more ‘in tune’ with things than others?
Comment from nathan webb
Time June 8, 2008 at 3:27 am
heres another thought…
Maybe its something simple – such as because people know its a full moon they expect to find it hard to sleep. I struggled the other night…. but it was not a full moon.
On the other hand, some of us know that sleeping during the day can be really hard. Maybe the reason we struggle to sleep on a full moon is because a full moon reflects more light from our beloved sun and “thats” whats keeping us awake? Especially if you dont have curtains and its blaring right through your window!
Comment from Cancerian
Time June 17, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I have to agree! Anyone who knows me knows I sleep like a bear in winter and obnoxiously set my alarm clock 2 hours before I need to get up since I’m such a crazy deep sleeper!
However, I began noticing that about once a month I would begin waking up suddenly throughout the night or really early in the morning, unable to get back to sleep. I started tracking it 6 months ago and noticed it always happens to me a night or two before the Full Moon!
Well, I happened again last night and sure enough, there is a Full Moon tomorrow night (6/18/08).
I’ve always used the astrology excuse since My sun and moon signs are in Cancer and Cancers are ruled by the moon. I definitely feel pretty edgy and raw around the Full Moon and notice I feel extremely clear, grounded and centered around the New Moon each month. Coincidence? In my experience, I think not.
Comment from Cara
Time June 18, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Well it taken awhile to find this site, but thankgod I have, my daughter has never slept on a full moon. She is 4 years old and she doesnt sleep much anyway, but when it gets to a few days before the full moon I just know when its coming, I dont even need to check. So last night she went to bed at 8.30pm and was up at 2.30am and thats it she will go more than 18 hrs + before her next sleep and it knackers me out lol I should be used to it by now, but I am not. And when I mean wide awake i mean the whole nine yards, cup of tea, brekkie everything its just soo normal for her, I wondering whether I actually had her on a full moon, that might explain why she doesnt sleep that much. But I dont no where i can find that information so if anyone knows can you drop a message in here. Take care everyone and be safe oh and try and sleep xx
Comment from kscott
Time June 20, 2008 at 7:54 am
I completely agree with everything everyone has said. The past couple of days have been so weird. All my friends have acted really weird and seemed to be completely different. My parents and I got into an arguement ans so did all of my friends and their parents’. Last night though, after the full moon was finally over, everything seemes to go back to normal. Everyone apolagized to everyone else, and it seems like nothing happened. I’ll be sure to pay closer attention to full moons in the future. OHHH yeah.. I couldn’t sleep either!
Comment from Kevin U.K
Time October 27, 2008 at 7:00 am
I’m a 42 year old male and you can guarantee when ever there is a full moon, I can’t sleep. This is no coinsidence because as far as I can remember this has always happened fron an early age. The symptons include a racing mind, I just can’t stop thinking about stuff. I also get agitated, restless and can’t keep still. Sometimes I can feel like a caged animal, not knowing what to do with myself. I can stay awake to the early hours of the morning, but I always get agitated before the night time aswell, just before the full moon. It’s nice to hear other people suffer with this aswell, but nice isn’t the correct word to use, it’s more of a curse. The water explanation is very plausible and there might be something in this, I never really thought of that before, well done.
Comment from Mette
Time November 10, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I really enjoyed reading all of the above! I went online to see if I could get any info reg. full moon and sleeplessness and I sure could! For the last several years I have noticed that I at certain times have been unable to fall asleep, feel like I have a fever, toss and turn in my bed, thinking like mad and feeling my heart pounding like I have eaten far to much sugar, strange dreams when I finally do fall asleep etc. but it is only recently I started connecting it with the phases of the moon. I think the water theory is very likely; however I also cannot stop thinking of the symbolic meaning of the moon, which among many, is the unconscious. Many modern disciplines within psychology does not include the concept of the unconscious or they simply reject it, but I think it is still a very valid concept in trying to get close to all which happens out side of our conscious mind, like dreams and behaviour we cant explain rationally etc. And it is my experience that this unknown territory -by a lot of people – is being felt more strongly during full moon. Then one could raise the question – but the moon is always there whether it is full or not, it is just how we perceive it through our senses that it differs. That is true, but if we still think in symbolic terms and play with the symbolic meaning of the moon to be the unconscious, then it is strongest when it is full, because we cannot ‘escape’ seeing it – we cannot escape seeing and feeling this other part we also encompass, which is the irrational, the moody, the dreamy, the emotional – all the aspects which we cannot scientifically or rationally explain. I personally believe that the tension around full moon is caused because we tend not to ‘like’ this part of our nature very much. We have build a society which has a strong focus on the rational mind, logic, mental power and a deep urge for knowing everything, be able to explain everything. So I find we have missed created a space where this other part of our being can unfold it self. But this does not mean that these other aspects of our nature go away – they just have to try and get through or get expressed when ever possible, and it seems there is a sensitivity around full moon where these aspects does get expressed, though perhaps in some broken form, because we don’t really want to deal with this part of our nature, or simply because consciously we do not know of its existence, due to it has to little recognition in our western society… Just a thought..
Comment from Memphis Blues
Time January 12, 2009 at 2:09 am
I’m a newcomer to this whole “full Moon” phenom. I too dismissed it for years when friends would talk about it’s affects. Buy 3 times in the last few months I have been compeltely unable to sleep, my heart is beating faster like somen else mentioned. I went through all of my Sleeep aid rituals frpm hot showers, chommomille tea and so forth, wchihc usually knock me out. Went into the kitchen wehre it wa lit up bright BLUE, and I thought, OMG! IT’s that Full Moon at it again! Sicne this is my 3rd time to be so wakeful on a full moon,…I googgled the moon calendar, and sure enough,
there it was JAN 11 , 2009!! I think why this can’t be proven is that it affects only certain poeple, at certain times in their lives….but hey I’m with you FUll MOON INSOMNIACS out there, this guy is powerful!
Comment from Desiree
Time January 13, 2009 at 1:54 pm
I just found this site. I’m married and every month during the full moon my husband’s behavior drastically changes. Any little thing can set him off. It’s like he goes into a rage. I have been keeping track of this for several years. It’s always when the moon is its fullest. After the full moon he becomes a different person. Things don’t bother him as much. It’s like Jekyl and Hyde. I really believe the moon can change someone’s behavior. I see it at work. We always say the moon brings out the crazies. The word lunatic comes from lunar meaning moon.
Comment from Ms Moon
Time February 5, 2009 at 7:30 am
Ok folks so here it comes again. I go through this often. I always have. Yesterday, I was at work, and one of my peers decided to lash out at me. She happens to be bi-polar and is no longer on meds, so I thought it was just that. I have to say also, that I am feeling tired, and in a haze (which is my full moon behaviour). When the moon is full or approaching it, I tend to be bothered by other peoples negative energy and want to get away.
So after work I was driving over to my boyfriends, who has been cranky this week. On the way I notice people are cutting each other off, honking horns, and generally driving bad. I just attribute it to winter depression. I arrive at my boyfriends, hadn’t even got my coat off yet and he picks a fight and tells me to go home. This is most annoying because I have driven a half hour, and will have to drive the same time to go home. All I wanted to do is chill out.
He is still cranky and I know he will not talk to me for days.
This morning I am reading my horoscope and it mentioned the upcoming full moon. Well of course, I think back it always happens on the full moon.
I have been journalling my relationship and I know for a fact that his behaviour does change the week of the full moon. It usually starts a few days before and lasts for about a week. Some moons are worse than others. I know he has not been sleeping well since Sunday night.
There are some times when he will actually become violent. I can relate to what people are saying here. There is no doubt in my mind that it is correct.
Unfortunately, I tend to withdraw during this time. All I want to do is be quiet and reflect.
Honestly, I have to say, it does make me feel better if I can go for a drive when the moon is full. I leave the city and go out along the river. The sky is clear and it is beautiful to see the snow and the river lit up by the moon. I find if I can take the time to do this it lifts my spirits back up.
I guess the best thing is to embrace it for what it is (if you can) and go with it. It is what it is, we can not change it. The thing to do is recognize our behaviour, and knowing that it happens regardless, try to find a way to make the best of it.
For me it came at a perfect time. I was considering moving in with my boyfriend. It is not a good idea, where do I go once I give up my place and he needs to kick me out? It also is fodder for more thought. Maybe it is not the right relationship for me. To the girl with kids and you are afraid, You have to seriously consider the implications of that. My guy can be the sweetest the rest of the time. But once a month can cause a lot of damage. Especially, if he doesn’t take responsibility. I am an adult and I know how much it hurts me, I also know what it is to be afraid.
Thanks for reading and for your letters. I feel better to know I am not alone.
Comment from Jaymie
Time February 6, 2009 at 6:10 pm
First off – i’m a skeptic of all supernatural superstitions, in fact i’m not even sure how i ended up on this page. But i have to say i find it quite uncanny that last night i was unreasonably “bitchy” all of a sudden after having dinner in the city with friends. I started getting a strange feeling when i saw the moon *approaching full state* when it finally got very dark. I guess you can say i was acting out of character.
Looking back at the nights that i clearly remember having a fullmoon *on two occasions* – both times i spent the night at my bestfriends’ house which is strange because out of 3 of the nights i spent the night, 2 of the significant nights were on a fullmooned night; the first time was the first time i slept over after i admitted i loved her a few days before, the second time was the the night i spent talking to her about her leaving school/the country after we fell apart and she cut all contact with everyone including myself for 2 whole weeks. It was the last time i opened up and had a serious talk to her before a meagre night out to the movies in attempt to put things back together and finally ever seeing her again.
The next full moon will be here in 3 days so i’ll keep an eye on how i will sleep that night since i now actually realize that i’ve woken up in the middle of the night twice on a fullmooned night.
Comment from Fred
Time February 7, 2009 at 6:38 am
If moon light is created by the sun, could the position of the sun affect the gravitational pull of the moon? Think about it, if there is a half moon for example the Earth would be in the way of the sun to have any affect on the gravitational pull of the moon. But when there is a full moon, there is nothing between the moon or the sun. Does the gravitational pull of the sun have any affect on the moon?
Comment from Pam
Time February 10, 2009 at 5:57 am
I have a father that does not sleep well during the full moon period. My mother says he acts different as well. I do not sleep well during this same timeline. I now have a daughter who has serious trouble sleeping during full moon cycles. Perhaps there is a connection with the REM or sleep cycles. I try to block out any light created by the full moon thinking this is causing us to wake up. All 3 of us drink alot of water and we are 70% made of water. Curious if anyone has noticed if the tides are different during a full moon cycle. Can’t blame it on caffeine as we don’t drink coffee or eat much chocolate. I try to cook foods that are not loaded with chemicals. Hoping some scientist has the answer out there.
Comment from Shelle
Time February 12, 2009 at 3:05 am
omg we just had a full moon and i usually have issues sleeping through the night, but on nights where there are a full moon i can rarely sleep at all. this past full moon i didnt get more than 90 minutes of sleep the entire night, and m friend told me that it had something to do with the full moon, so i google’d it and not only found out that the whole water/gravity thing makes so much but i also found out that it wasnt just me. haha. so it seems like an entirely normal to me. i thank every1 who contributed to this blog of sorts. i am not alone in my lunicy. ^_^
Comment from tammy
Time February 13, 2009 at 5:49 am
I’ve heard that the tides are highest during the new moon and full moon. It’s 4:39 am. My usual lack of sleep is half moon to half moon I hate being tired and not able to sleep!!! Thank god i’m not alone! I guess I have a few days left to go before sleep comes. I suppose acceptance is the key. But what to people do when they have to go to work on no sleep…or school. It has really stopped me from doing these things….Anyone else have an answer?
Comment from Syril
Time March 2, 2009 at 3:25 am
I was listening to a free audio from the Kryon website and it was discussed there that the full moon affected us because of magnetics (Shasta Sun). I searched the internet and this is one of those that came up. Very intriguing testimonies
Comment from B Childs
Time March 9, 2009 at 10:08 pm
To add another voice – I have had the same issue for as long as I can remember. I find myself extremely restless, unable to sleep, and a day or two later find out that there was a full moon.
The gravity argument doesn’t make sense scientifically. But many of nature’s processes are tied to phases of the moon, so there seems to be some kind of correlation.
We just don’t know what it is. Like we do not understand the nature of consciousness, of dreams, or many of the mysteries of the universe. Not because of magic, or some supernatural force. Only because we haven’t made the effort to understand the process.
Thank you all for your testimonies here.
Comment from Phillip Forde
Time March 10, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I try hard not to believe in anything that may be considered to be superstitious. So i am always sckeptical about things like this. However there is too much anecdotal evidence to deny this influence. I am a transit driver and I observe driving patterns during the day and listen to the passenger related incidents on our buses over our radio system and I say, “I bet it is a full moon.” I am always right. I dont want to believe it, but I am always right. Today after about seven close calls in a 90 minute period, I thought to myself that it must be a full moon. Well It is. I did not realize it at the time, but I was unusually agressive. I brought the bus close to most of those cars to make them acutely aware of their stupid actions. After seeing the full moon I realize that I had been affected by it also. I figured that I would research this topic on the internet. While thinking about it I recalled that as a child growing up in my homeland our female pigs would go into heat based around the lunar cycle on the day of the fullest moon is when the female’s member would be the most swollen and the most red. That was the day we would mate the pig for the best chance of conception. I dont recall a lunar mating link for our goats. Anyway I think that the moon affect some part of our brain that causes it to secrete more testosterone than usual. I believe that most of the weird behavior can be explained through increased testosterone. What I need is for some one in the scientific community to carry out the necessary tests to prove or disprove my theory. In discussions tonight with two female co-workers I was told by them that men seem to be more affected at this time than women. All these things things are interesting, but now we need the emprical data. Sorry for being long-winded, but I feel every sentence was necessary.
Comment from Ms Moon
Time March 13, 2009 at 11:55 am
yup full moon again. Once again the bf is on the warpath. I will be spending the weekend without him once again.
I read a couple of interesting articles. One was on mating habits of animals, they are increased during a full moon. The other article explained the theory that as cavemen people would hunt during the full moon (specifically males). Therefore increased testoserone and adrenaline! So we inherit some of our genetic programming from our ancestors. I apologize if someone wrote this one in already. There are too many to read them all.
Comment from Lorne Sheets
Time March 14, 2009 at 7:38 pm
It’s amazing how many people feel the same way! I always have trouble sleeping. I sleep better when a cloud is over the moon. Probably because when I am thinking of clouds I get tired. This may sound strange but because the moon reflects from the sun is it posible that we are getting energy (Heat) from the moon into us? Have you notice when there is a full moon people are the scardest at night even though there is more light?
Comment from CBtay01
Time March 23, 2009 at 9:52 am
well i have to say i am only 14 but my whole life i have had issuses to where i will wake up outside on our porch on a full moon and the weird thing is no one will belive me when i say this even tho i have gotten pretty weird away from home idk but it always happens to me and i have tried to convince myself that it is all a dream but how can i do that when i cant even trust myself to stay in my own bed? lol I am really confused.
Comment from Jack
Time March 27, 2009 at 7:43 pm
I normally sleep like a log, cannot sleep at full moon.
Comment from chantel
Time April 8, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I’ve been working with people with intellectual disabilities for 15 years.The full moon definatly has an effect on these people.They don’t sleep on a full moon and behavioral issues are always worse.
Comment from Boo
Time May 11, 2009 at 6:52 am
Well i couldn’t sleep last night – sure enough full moon.
We live away from light pollution, so even though it was really dark in the bedroom i knew which direction to look in to find the moon when i went walk-about …feels like i’m in it’s tractor-beam! – has done since i was a small child.
Also, i feel a bit rudder-less for the 2-3 days/ nights before the new moon becomes visible.
Comment from Dylan
Time June 6, 2009 at 10:30 pm
My friend has had extreme occurences during full moons. Not consistent with anything ive found on the web. The most extreme behavior comes when the moon appears to be red. When he notices the moon he took a picture of his teeth and compared it to other pictures of him and his canine teeth are close to a quarter of an inch longer. On one occasion it was full moon that appeared red and he became very angry. So angry, in fact, that he got out of his car and lifted the tail end of the car. My friend weighs 135 lbs. and is 5′ 5″. This seems impossible to me and him. On most occasions he has coughed up blood, which we thought was his smoking, but when we noticed that every time it was a full moon he did this, and ever since we noticed this, it never happens on a day when the moon is not full. Although, this is repeated many times on this site, he also cannot sleep well.
Comment from Amy
Time June 8, 2009 at 9:49 pm
my boyfriend and i had been dating for nearly 9 months last weekend. and all of a sudden out of the blue, he went absouletly crazy over nothing, he has a little bit of anger issues, but i have never seen his behaviour change so quick and be so intense towards me. he has never been like that before and then he was in such a rage he broke up with me, a few hours later he regretted it after he had moved out and he doesnt even know how it happened. this was on saturday the 6th of june 09 and the full moon was on the nexzt day. do you think they are related? im a skeptical kind of person but there was no way to explain his off the chart behaviour.
Comment from SleepyG
Time June 14, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Ask someone whos ever worked in any kind of institution for the mentaly ill about full mooons and see what they say.
They may be sceptics but they will usually tell there is a change in behaviour… to say the least.
And I’ve also heard that it’s an unspoken thing that if you on the night shift in the police force on a full moon it gets abit hairy.
The first one’s based on plenty of chats with folk in those kind of jobs (and situations), the second is just to many films possibly……
Fasinating subject though, even if just for the folklore and stories.
Comment from Mark Allen
Time August 4, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Well, it’s a full moon now. And for myself, during a full moon I get NO SLEEP at all. It’s very frustrating and that alone will make you ill. I even take sleeping aids and will take an extra one to help me sleep, but even that doesn’t work. I would give anything to find something to help me sleep during the full moon. I know it also makes me a little crazy too. I never believed it until I started keeping a record of my sleep and then compared it against the stages of the moon. I try to not keep record of the moon so that I don’t let it go to my head. Then I look back and see what was going on during the times I couldn’t sleep. HELP, I NEED SLEEP!
Comment from may
Time August 7, 2009 at 12:07 am
im happy to find people here i could share my experiences during fullmoon…i was actually wondering why i couldnt sleep for the past 3days…i am in belgium right now…it was just last night that i noticed that it was full moon..i had some kind of strange dreams( which i find it really weird compared to other dreams i had), my heart beats faster and just like waht others said..i am restless during full moon….ahhhhh..its really tiring and i do really need to sleep…
i told my husband this morning that i am tired and ive been having problem sleeping…he told me..its probably because of the effect of full moon…who knows?
Comment from Bhagyalakshmi
Time August 20, 2009 at 4:07 am
happy i landed here. was pretty worried about my son who goes berserk during new moon and full moon days. he becomes so uncontrollable. was so worried. now i know he’s also one of those…. maybe, it’s high time i start looking at my behaviour.
Comment from Tracey
Time September 4, 2009 at 8:56 am
I was 9 months pregnant and told my mother I was going to stay at my boyfriends house that night. She didnt want me to because she had a bad feeling. I said it would be fine and sure enough 5 o clock that morning I was in labor. and it just so happend to be a full moon. There were a bunch of other women that went into labor that night too that were at my hospital. I totally belive it. I havent really noticed my sleep patterns being any different, but I am deffinantly going to keep track now.
Comment from MJ
Time October 4, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Wow, this thread has gone on for three years.. Oh, and yes, the full moon does in fact have to do with mood. It’s similar to SAD (seasonal affective disorder) but for some reason it makes you energetic instead of depressed.
Comment from Kathy
Time November 2, 2009 at 3:23 pm
^last person said it makes you energetic? Well it’s a full moon tonight and i feel happy for no reason, and i feel like jumping around for no apparent reason just because no joke. When i read that i was thinking OH MY GOD?! I’m a bit worried :S
Comment from Angie
Time November 2, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Had trouble sleeping last night – woke up on and off and remember looking at the clock at 3:30 am and about every 1/2 hour last night. Tonight there is a full moon and there was a strange man wandering around on the college campus from the adult home (mentally ill) across the street. Work was hectic and I feel more energetic and happy. I agree pregnant women go into labor and the mentally ill increase their bad behavior. I definitely believe the moon affects us, but don’t understand why. More light I guess, just wonder what we are supposed to be doing outside?
Comment from andea
Time November 30, 2009 at 9:30 pm
01/12/09
I knew it full moon outside wide awake 4:30 am, always premenstral or full moon when I can’t settle
Comment from Al C
Time December 1, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Hi Folks;
I too for many years have had strange effects with the full moon.
Physically, my temples get tight and I also have restless sleep along with really bizarre dreams…….Up until a couple of years ago,I thought it was major health problems with all these things happening when I realized the common denominator was the full moon!
Today, Dec 1st it’s at it’s peak…….The way my bed is situated, the moon shines right in my window at about 3am……..Now, I cover the blinds with a towel 2 days prior and at the full moon or I’ll toss and turn all night….Going to put a shade in.
I’m glad I found this site because I now know that it’s not just me………Also, just watch the overall behavior of people in stores and especially in traffic and it’s wild!….A kind of edginess in the air………..Some full moon’s seem to be stronger than others too.
What an amazing and crazy world!
Peace,
Al
Comment from David
Time December 2, 2009 at 7:28 pm
No sleep for me during full moon!
Comment from Trisha
Time December 31, 2009 at 1:15 am
I have been aware of the effects of the full moon on myself and my family members for years. 5days prior to the full moon I start getting really irritated and yelling about things or at my kids. My emotions seem intense and hard to control. This happens whether I am aware of the full moon or not. In my previous marriage my husband and I would have a fight and split up on every full moon. We finally made a rule that no matter what the circumstances we were not allowed to split up on the full moon lol! Two of my kids experience the intense emotions as well. They will get in trouble at school or have a bad fight with a friend or sibling or ME!! or do something totally out of character at this time. So to help each other with this situation whoever notices the moon coming full first warns the others. We then lay low so to speak and stay on our toes. It is bizarre and uncanny but undeniable. We are talking like 15 yrs of patterns of behavior beyond coincidence. I pretty much feel like a banchy or as my family says, “psycho!” lol. I work nights and sleep days 4 days a week. When the moon is full I cannot sleep during the day or night. This particular month December has two full moons which is called a blue moon. Not sure of the significance but I think it is supposed to be worse or stronger?? I don’t understand how there can be a full moon phenomenon that is this well known but nobody has any scientific studies to back it up or explain it. I mean we have our laymen’s knowledge about gravitational pull and tides etc. but why isn’t it respected in the medical community as scientific?
Comment from chris
Time December 31, 2009 at 5:57 am
I find the whole approach of “science has studied and has found no connection” to be kinda funny. Especially since there are a LOT of things in this world that science can’t answer.
Take for example; autism. Lots of so called “research”– but no one knows what causes it. No links to anything. No known cause. So if we use the same deductive reasoning they apply to their conclusion about full moon sleeplessness, then we say that autism is not real, right?
No. It’s real. I have a daughter with autism. (and yes, I am aware of the vaccinations theory, but that is a whole other topic that even MORE backs this point I am making… But I won’t go into that here.)
As far as I’m concerned, the same logic can be applied here. If a large abundance of people in this world experience sleep difficulties during a full moon- yet no scientific connection can be established- it just means they haven’t discovered it yet.
Comment from Claudia
Time January 1, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Hmmm… It’s seems most of you have trouble tryin to sleep and some of you are tryin to be spoon-fed the answer “your a werewolf” lol! Anyway I don’t think the moon changes me to be frank, I think it just gives my subconscious mind a reason to act different. I feel most people act differently around the full moon just because the moon itself is different. It’s like the sun, a great glowing orb floating in the sky and yet it’s different, it’s unique because it’s always changing. During the full moon I feel something clicks inside me, some thing that tells me “this is different, and so, you can be different” for example, last night. I was out with my friends and as soon as I saw the moon a wave of confidence washed over dancing in the falling snow. I’m sure I could have stopped and calmed myself, but there was the simple fact that i didn’t want to because it felt good.
Comment from Claudia
Time January 1, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Hmmm… It’s seems most of you have trouble tryin to sleep and some of you are tryin to be spoon-fed the answer “your a werewolf” lol! Anyway I don’t think the moon changes me to be frank, I think it just gives my subconscious mind a reason to act different. I feel most people act differenty around the full moon just because the moon itself is different. It’s like the sun, a great glowing orb floating in the sky and yet it’s different, it’s unique because it’s always changing. During the full moon I feel something clicks inside me, some thing that tells me “this is different, and so, you can be differend” for example, last night. I was out with my friends and as soon as I saw the moon a wave of confidence washed over dancing in the falling snow. I’m sure I could have stopped and calmed myself, but there was the simple fact that i didn’t want to, it felt good. Just saying on the subject last nights full moon was amazing! A blue moon taking place on newyears eve, that hasn’t happened since 1990. Not to mention have the full light of a moon on a clear nights sky reflected off the fresh blanket of snow. . My friend even mentioned ‘werewolves’ to me, but of caurse I laughed at the thaught. And now my friend has a insane suspicion that i’m some sorta thing from a fairy tale book. LoL I do wish I had an answer as to why people act odd around the full moon thaugh having witnessed it amongst my friends
Comment from Sammy-Jo
Time January 28, 2010 at 2:14 pm
we live in London and always notice more people getting really violent and aggressive and getting into fights at the full moon. I tend to get really moody and my partner and kids can’t sleep at night. I have noticed other people getting narky or weird then i tell them its the full moon and they say, oh i didn’t know that… so not sure if it can be purely psychological. I have read two explanations – one is the greater effect of gravity on the water in our bodies because the sun and moon are lined up at the full moon, so the two gravities act together. The other one is that our primitive ancestors used to hunt and be hunted at the full moon because of the extra light and we have retained this behaviour pattern to be more aggressive at this time and to stay awake at night. Whatever the case is – The effect of the moon is real and I am always glad every month when it’s over – although I am often really creative, but its always the time when we have really awful rows.
Comment from Camille
Time January 29, 2010 at 8:35 am
Well I just thought I would take a look to see if there was any correlation with my not getting any sleep last night…and the coming full moon. My 2.5 y/o son went to bed with the worst of tantrums then woke up in the middle of the night with bad nightmares and wouldn’t stop crying. I was already awake, tossing and turning the few minutes of sleep I did get I had a very vivid dream of myself walking up to a mirror and seeing my reflection then it morphed to an old lady with a slight grin. Talk about weird.
Not sure if there is any correlation or not but, I do have hypo-thyroidism and have issues with sleep every so often but I am noticing more and more that they tend to be around the moon cycles. It’s interesting… also I know this is gonna make me sound insane, I haven’t said this to anyone except my man for fear of ridicule or just plain being laughed at (and he said and I quote “I wouldn’t tell that to anyone ok”). I woke up a few months back on a full moon night literally jolted out of my sleep to find myself already sitting up and pointing at the window. Creeped out I thought what the hell & pulled back our black out shades & there was the brightest bluest moon I’ve seen in a long time. Then I couldn’t go back to sleep. WTF even just reading it sounds crazy to me… but it is the truth and it is eerie and a little scary. If anyone has had an experience like this I’d love to know about it. Thanks!
Comment from ISIS
Time January 29, 2010 at 12:02 pm
I thought Id add a comment here, I’ve always found that i’m hyper sensitive and emotional when its a full moon, I am really down, low and very teary too, I cant seem to make sense I feel very self conscious, and like I want to do as little in the eyes of others and just get back inside my home. Another thing too, I don’t seem to get on with my twin flame as much either, we both seem to disagree or one or both of us can be stubborn and quite argumentative, a couple of days later we think what was all that about? Recently i was diagnosed with hyper- thyroidism and had difficulty sleeping and my body heating thermostat was going through the roof, taking some meds now thyroxine to balance things out, so so far so good, also the full moon is quite interesting the effect it has on horses, where i live I own two horses, a mare and foal, strange behaviour, needy and a lot of communication, also a mare on our farm is going in labour as her milk is dripping and she will foal around 11pm tonight. So there definitely is a connection with the moon its cycles, and how it connects to us, animals plants and tides etc, yes there is definitely something there.
love and light to you all, and im trying to relax while the moon in its full splendour waxes gibious
Comment from p millwood
Time January 29, 2010 at 11:14 pm
i am a fifty three year old female that has problems sleeping shortly before during and shortly after the full moon for as long as i can remember. it is so bad i can take sleeping medicine (which i do not like to do) and still be wide awake. i work the second shift and get off at 11:00 so staying up late is usual for me,but, during the cycles i will still be wide awake at 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning. During these times it is really hard for me to function normally because i suffer from great loss of sleep. Any suggestions from fellow sufferers would be appreciated
Comment from justin
Time January 30, 2010 at 11:41 pm
i dont know but every time there is a full moon i have terrible problems sleeping, i draw the blinds thinking that it might be the extra light but its pitch black and still toss and turn all night. my wife thinks im a nut but now i found this site i’ll show her and rub her nose in it knowing i’m not alone
Comment from roshan amarasingha
Time July 13, 2006 at 9:18 am
now i really think that is funny but i can’t find an answer to it either it’s just me or ironic how i think the moon makes my heart beat a tenth of a second faster as i tend to stare at it for not even 30 seconds to a minute, i actually find it to take my breath away completely and ask my self has man even landed on it?? Yet! i find it bizzare.
the first time i noticed that happenning without it just being a paranoia happened to be when i was in the phillipines with my girlfriend and her family relaxing one night with her resting her head’ on my chest and everyone looking up at it the first the thing she asked was “are you allright? your heart’s beating so much faster than it just was then” and right then it completely hit me that i was right this whole time, this was true and i completely had no idea, i even told her ‘i thought it was just me’, wat the?? i gotta say.
but i gotta admit i still can’t find an answer to the way i sleep when a full moon is up and going, i just can’t stop tossing and turning so I in some way agree maybe the water in our bodies are taken over by the some how phenomenal rock we call the moon at night while we try and sleep peacefully in our beds at night.
any experts out there with an answer that’ll keep me calm relaxed and satisfied, things are o.k. and that this is all normal? or tell me it’s just a male thing that every man goes through and gets past because even the dreams are funny working up to the whole full moon thing, haha! JKS!!. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Anywayz