full moon and women

iguana2005

any hippies out there? whats the story with the full moon..

I bloody LOVE it...it marks the onset of my period but also brings an increse of good moods and high energy to me! Yes you cynics will say ' oh thats just timing with your periods' but no..have travelled all my life across different time zones and my periods will always fall into synch with the moon!

anyone else? im usualy a miserable bitch, insecure, worried about the future, low self esteem but full moon comes along and feel could take on the world...


thoughts?

Fink Goddie

Are you a werewolf?

Madame Razz

I know the word lunatic is derived from Luna(moon) as a result of the effect that the full moon had on people with psychiatric issues.

I've heard teachers say that students are always more unruly when there is a full moon.

Me personally?? I've always found that fun things happen around a full moon; heck, I even met my OH under one

iguana2005

Madame Razz wrote: »

I know the word lunatic is derived from Luna(moon) as a result of the effect that the full moon had on people with psychiatric issues.

Jesus...that sums me up nicely!

LittleBook

Interesting!

Myself, my mother and my two sisters were having lunch one day and just catching up on and I said something about having slept really badly the previous Sunday ... tired for work the next day ... yadda, yadda, yadda. All three of them said "me too" immediately! One of us said "musta been a full moon" and my Mum checked her diary and it was!

The moon controls the tides and we're ... what? ... over 60% water? ... so maybe there's something to it.

But I've honestly never paid enough attention to register if it was an improvement in my mood or not. I'm on the pill so my periods do what I tell them, not the moon

When's the next one??

irish_goat

Madame Razz wrote: »

I've heard teachers say that students are always more unruly when there is a full moon.

Working in a pub myself and the other staff always brace ourselves when it's a full moon. All sorts of nutters seem to come out those nights.

Stella777

My period is usually arrives on the full moon too. What I don't like is that the night of a full moon I usually have trouble sleeping.

Madame Razz

The Guards dread full moons aswell afaik. There's always a marked increase in aggression at that time.

The unproven theory is that the moon controls tidal forces and as we are 70percent water it controls some kind of tidal force within us too. All mammals are in some sort of synch with the moon. It's pretty fascinating really when you think about it.

Fremen

Just going to inject a little science into this conversation... pretty much every woman, everywhere, will go through a phase of her life when her periods sync up with the timing of the full moon. It'll happen unless your cycle is exactly 29.5 days (the length of the lunar cycle).

If your cycle is 28 days, you'll "gain" three days on the lunar cycle every two months, so you'll be perfectly in sync about once every twenty months. You'll sync up for a few months then drift out of sync again.

The thing is, you only notice it when it happens, not when it doesn't happen. You'd have to be bat**** insane to think "wow, my period is out of sync with the phases of the moon!".

It's much the same reason that girls living together for a long time will notice their periods syncing up.

As I'm sure you can tell, I'm a big hit at parties.

xoxyx

Fremen wrote: »

Just going to inject a little science into this conversation... pretty much every woman, everywhere, will go through a phase of her life when her periods sync up with the timing of the full moon. It'll happen unless your cycle is exactly 29.5 days (the length of the lunar cycle).

If your cycle is 28 days, you'll "gain" three days on the lunar cycle every two months, so you'll be perfectly in sync about once every twenty months. You'll sync up for a few months then drift out of sync again.

The thing is, you only notice it when it happens, not when it doesn't happen. You'd have to be bat**** insane to think "wow, my period is out of sync with the phases of the moon!".

It's much the same reason that girls living together for a long time will notice their periods syncing up.

As I'm sure you can tell, I'm a big hit at parties.

Yes - it's the white van syndrome. People notice a white van outside their home a few times and say "hey - why is there always a white van outside my home?". But they never notice all the times when there is no white van whatsoever.

I'd talk to you at a party!

Gauge

z_topaz wrote: »

Yes - it's the white van syndrome. People notice a white van outside their home a few times and say "hey - why is there always a white van outside my home?". But they never notice all the times when there is no white van whatsoever.

I'd talk to you at a party!

Somewhat related to confirmation bias

So, when is this party?

xoxyx

Gauge wrote: »

Somewhat related to confirmation bias

So, when is this party?

Actually, while I like Freman's theory and think it is valid, I have heard of full moons causing a change in people's behaviour. My aunt works in a school for people with special needs and reports a consistent level of heightened aggression and generally unusual behaviour around full moon time. I don't know the why of it, but I think there is something odd about a full moon.
P.S. - party at yours - get the nibbles in!

WindSock

I have looked closely at my feelings and my cycle around full moon time for several years now and have found no evidence to suggest it has a direct effect on my behaviour or periods.

However I don't dismiss that it may for others and I totally agree that it does effect some people to act in a lunatic fashion.

Isn't the moon lovely and large tonight?

astrofool

In the absence of other women, the cycle matches the moon, otherwise it will match those you're in contact with the most.

sam34

i work as a psychiatrist, and my colleagues and i always find that we are busier teh time of a full moon - patients in hospitals tend to get more agitated and there would be more unwell people coming through a and e

i never read anything that scientifically proves s link, but thats been my personal experience, and that of my colleagues.

BroomBurner

I always find that the adage "what could go wrong, does go wrong" whenever it's a full moon. Communications seem to go haywire, things break, people become forgetful. Whenever there is a strangely higher incidence of all these things happening at once, it's always a full moon.

Doesn't have any effect on me personally though.

DancingDaisy

I don't think the full moon has a particular effect on me, though it may match the times when I'm slight less rational than normal.

It is, however, absolutely beautiful!

iguana2005

moon tonight is amazing - and orange?! Love it. Dont care if it doesnt affect somepeople or no 'scientific evidence' stuff...it affects me and usually positively and period arrived this morning..have checked with my sister and 2 friends...sister due in 2 weeks time...one friend just finished hers and the other ovulating....maybe im just special

aceygray

astrofool wrote: »

In the absence of other women, the cycle matches the moon, otherwise it will match those you're in contact with the most.

Do you have any evidence to back that up? Links to studies etc. Because it sounds extremely dubious to me.

Here is a straightdope report on the so called "lunar effect" http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/552/do-things-get-crazy-when-the-moon-is-full

Their conclusion:

So how do we explain all those cops and emergency room nurses who believe in the lunar effect? Easy. Nobody notices when there's a full moon and nothing happens--you only notice when something does happen. In other words, heads I win, tails don't count. Case closed.

sunnyside

I've never thought about this before, just searched Google for a moon calender so I can check the theory out for myself.

Maple

I always notice that I dream more vividly around the full moon. And some months I feel unsettled and off balance.

I'm not a fan tbh.

gigawatt

I cant sleep during full moon even if im exhausted and i have loads ofweird dreams

lil'bug

my bf gets really moody just before a full moon he just seems more cranky (not like me i'm wonderful all month long )

tomplaya

theres a full moon tommorow night.

i saw a study ,somewhere on the net, that a and e seemed to get more admissions during and around the arrival of a full moon.the percentage increases were small ,but still noticable when hospitals were checking their records.
maybe its those werewolves that are going on the rampage(a la michael jackson in the thriller video)and getting into scrapes that are to blame for a and e being busier on full moon nights:P:).

Busi_Girl08

• Having trouble sleeping lately
• Very tetchy, panicky, and generally emotional
• Skin is gone to the dogs
• Period due
• Full moon tomorrow

Yup, that all measures out. The joys of womanhood.

jaffacakesyum

Wow...am I the only one who thinks a full moon affecting womens periods, peoples behaviour etc. is a load of crap??!

Maple

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