Adequate rest each night enhances inner well-being since sleeping eight hours a night is a source of health. However, adequate rest can be affected by different factors. Does the full moon influence your relaxation?
The full moon nights they generate a great mystery around them. Nowadays, considering that the moonlight is not as strong in cities as the luminous lighting does not make so much sense to believe that the full moon alters the adequate rest of the people. In medieval times when many people still slept outside, the full moon was turned into an extra light source in the middle of the night that could influence lack of rest suitable.
Aristotle was the first to affirm that there is a direct influence between the full moon and the alteration it produces on the brain. Currently, health professionals are investigating to find out what may be true in an issue that has both defenders and clear detractors.
A study that was carried out by the Villajoyosa Hospital in Alicante showed that psychiatric cases assisted do not have
"Waning moon, growing madness" is the title of this study that came to decouple the relationship between the life of man and the influence of the nocturnal moon. The conclusion of this study was that "the moon phase does not have a clear influence on the behavior of the psychiatric patient and that the differences between some phases and others are negligible to be taken in account".
This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
