Full Moon

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I know there's no scientific evidence... which only proves whatever research that was done on it was deeply flawed.

My 15 years of experience tell me there's a connection between dementia exacerbations and severity of encephalopathy during full moon phases. I've seen it so many times, and so many times I checked the calendar on the worst days if it was a full moon, and it was.

It's supermoon here tonight. 

My dementia patients are losing their minds. 2 ended up in restraints. The mildly cognitively impaired pt that was doing OK a few days ago gradually sundowning more every night for no reason. 

I know it sounds silly, however I do believe Moon's gravitational pull does affect us in some way, how - I don't know. Not goofy fairy tales, just there's some science we haven't discovered yet.

 

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NEW YORK -- The first of four supermoons to rise in 2023, July's lunar display will appear to be brighter in the night sky than any other full moon event that has occurred this year.

The full moon rose on Monday, July 3, and reached peak illumination below the horizon at 7:39 a.m. ET, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac. Local weather conditions allowing, you can view the celestial event by looking to the southeast after the sun sets.

"A supermoon is when the moon appears a little bit bigger in our sky," said Dr. Shannon Schmoll, director of the Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University. "As the moon goes around the Earth, it's not a perfect circle. So, there are points in its orbit where it's a little bit closer or a little bit farther from the Earth.""

 

SOURCE: July 2023 supermoon: Buck moon will be 14,000 miles closer to Earth than a typical full moon event - ABC7 Chicago

 

 

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

Confirmation bias

Further reading (and yes, I realize these are all very old citations):

Much Ado about the Full Moon: A Meta-analysis of Lunar-Lunacy Research. James Rotton and Ivan W. Kelly in Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 97, No. 2, pages 286–306; March 1985.

The Moon and Madness Reconsidered. Charles L. Raison, Haven M. Klein and Morgan Steckler in Journal of Affective Disorders, Vol. 53, No. 1, pages 99–106; April 1999.

Pseudoscience and the Paranormal. Second edition. Terence Hines. Prometheus Books, 2003.

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You cannot prove the Moon has this effect and you cannot absolutely prove it doesn't, but the latter most likely is true.

What is more likely, the Moon drives humans screwy or these are legendary coincidences?     The rule is that  extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence in order to be accepted.

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If you think bad things will happen during a full moon, can the patients sense this? It may truly be happening, but not because of the moon.

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Nuieve said:

I know there's no scientific evidence... which only proves whatever research that was done on it was deeply flawed.

I mean @klone hit it on the head. This first sentence alone is literally textbook confirmation bias. 

But on a serious note, I do believe there is something about full moons; I experience it personally.

It started when I was in my mid-teens. The first time was a night I'll never forget. First, it starts as just a tingle in my spine, a fullness in my ears, and pressure in my jaw. The tingle turns into an electric surge that tears through my body and then I feel the cotton of my shirt tear away as my muscles rapidly hypertrophy. My skin pulls as a thick layer of dark brown hair grows in. The bones in my hand disform and crack as they enlarge and the flesh on my fingertips rips away as my claws are revealed. I throw my head back and let out a deep, feral, eardrum-shattering howl as my teeth stretch into and out of my gums and form razor-sharp tools of death and destruction. My eyes transition into a wild shimmering green as my civilized consciousness slips away. My transformation is complete and I am revealed in my true form until the night fades from the sky and light begins to creep over the earth.

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MaxAttack said:

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But on a serious note, I do believe there is something about full moons; I experience it personally.

It started when I was in my mid-teens. The first time was a night I'll never forget. ...

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Even a man who is pure in heart, and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms, and the autumn moon is bright.

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