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Mental health and the moon

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  • #52
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,373 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Akrasia wrote: »
    Pfft
    You can prove anything with facts....

    Fact. The only natural predator of anecdote and opinion.


  • #53
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    Old Man: "Thank you, MacGyver, for saving our village!"

    MacGyver: "Oh don't thank me, thank the moon's gravitational pull!"

    Ask yourself this? Why did the baddies always lock MacGyver in a shed with a bag of 10-10-20, a length of lead pipe and a clock radio? Mysterious forces at work, that's why.


  • #54
    spitfireIRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 491 ✭✭spitfireIRL


    My dad works in a special needs school and swears by it. All of them rowdier and more difficult etc coming up to and including the full mood. Weird.


  • #55
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,373 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Ask yourself this? Why did the baddies always lock MacGyver in a shed with a bag of 10-10-20, a length of lead pipe and a clock radio? Mysterious forces at work, that's why.
    And never searched him for that Swiss Army knife....


  • #56
    BeerWolf
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    Think I get a little hairier every full moon... think I should start shaving.


  • #57
    YellowFeather
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    My mum works with people who have special needs, and she firmly believes that the full moon had an effect. She's a sensible, logical (and patient :D) person.. But, I still don't believe it.

    I think it's a mixture of confirmation bias / white van syndrome, and, the fact that some people, who are more suggestive than others, may have a link in their minds with full moons and different behaviour. I say that as a cynic of everything.. but my impression of my environment can certainly influence my thoughts / behaviour.


  • #58
    Reoil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭Reoil


    foggy_lad wrote: »
    lunarcy

    Erm... http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lunacy


  • #59
    buckfasterer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,198 ✭✭✭buckfasterer


    AtomicHorror wrote: »
    **** those scientific studies. Barmen and bouncers would never spin a yarn.

    Never told a lie in my life......


  • #60
    Frito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭Frito


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    Did a quick search and this paper suggests a correlation between schizophrenia patients and their condition deteriorating around the full moon. Don't have access to the full paper though.

    Would be interesting to see what variables they controlled for.


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