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Ok this question isnt from me, but from a friend of mine. She told me that for some reason on full moon she cant sleep. She asked me what to do about it, and honestly i have no idea.

Has anyone ever heard of anything like this before?

Does she try to fix it by doing things like drinking warm milk or tea before bed, read a little bit, or sleep near an amythest?

Tell her to drink herbal tea, I'm not sure about the full moon though. Seems like a lot of people get weirded out by it, and most of it is in their heads, but um yeah herbal tea always works for me when I can't sleep.

You don't need to look at a lunar calendar to know when there will be a full moon. You can tell just by looking at the moon and they usually put them in normal calendars.

It doesn't matter if the moon is actually full, because if you look at it and think that it's full (even if it really isn't), then you will believe that it's a full moon.

Psyc major here too, so forgive me, but it does sound like she has come to associate the full moon with sleep deprivation. If she looks outside and thinks that it is full, whether it actually is or not, the thought probably goes through her head, "Oh great, another sleepless night." Put that into your subconscious and you have lost the battle already. I would actually suggest that anytime she notice it is a full moon that she think about what a nice deep sleep she is going to get that night. It won't work right at first, it takes time to retrain your mind and body. But anytime the thought of not sleeping appears she needs to stop it and repeat to herself that she will sleep.

Other than that I would say the same as the others, warm tea or milk. I have heard good things about amethyst. If she is doing something that she believes will make her sleep that might help her get over the hump as well wink Your mind is your worst enemy =P

The last 2 fulls moons I've noticed I either dream more or the dreams are more vivid so that I remember them. I'm sure I dream, but normally I don't remember them at all.

I think there is something to the full moon theory. It is probably psychological(we are all human after all) but there have been studies that more violence takes place during a full moon than a normal night. Police even plan around it putting more squads out there like they do for holidays etc.

Perhaps meditating more and trying not to focus on the fact its a full moon. An amythest in her pillowcase might help too. I put one in mine when I have one of my episodes on insomnia.

Really? Hmm, must be recent studies b/c I learned that in my college pysch class...hmm about 7 years ago. lol It's possible that some cities(perhaps smaller ones?) have cops that do believe it and plan around it, and others that don't? I'd be really interested in reading about it though. Are you guys reading out of a college textbook or is there anyplace online you could point me too?

But you know what? No matter what studies say at one point; its usually only a matter of time before they say something completely different! lol xd mrgreen

I learned the same thing in my psyc class, that police do tend to put more people on patrol because of a myth about the full moon, however, no studies have shown any support for the myth. I think it really goes back to the mental thing, because if these cops believe there is more violence during the full moon then they are going to notice the violence that is there more, even if in actuality it is the same as any other night.