It is a well known fact, that when there is a full moon, in mental hospitals, the behavior of the patients gets worse. However, the moon, may not be the only trigger. Other planets, altering certain triggers might be affecting people.

If, for example, Venus was to block the sun from the Earth, that may cause some people to act strange. This may be because the brain has a lot of water in it, as does the human body. It is known that the moon is what creates the tides in the sea, so perhaps, if its gravitational pull moved the water in the body and the brain, it might create odd effects.

The symptoms I have noted from studying certain cases I know of (mild cases) are the following:

• Over-reacting to emotions.
• Over-reacting to heat.
• Over-reacting to touch.
• Fear of others ( or non-relatives ).
• Moodiness.
• Talking about non-existent things (not as a joke).
• Getting themselves into situations (such as standing on a bed sill) and then behaving as if it was terrifying.
• Getting hyper.
• Moving their bodies a lot (shaking them).

The times when this happens worst, is, of course, the full moon. However, it doesn’t affect everyone. I have seen, that it mostly affect girls. Girls, between 12 and a half years old, and 17/18 years old. This, is the time when most pubertal changes happen on the outside.

The lunacy could be a case of the increased estrogen in the blood, being moved around in the body because of the moon’s gravity. This could, instead of helping maturity, create breaks in it, i.e. the lunacy.

How the Moon Affects And When It Is Most Likely To Affect.

The moon affects people by moving the blood in the body a little. In puberty, there are an increased amount of hormones and estrogen in the body, as the graph below confirms. It goes even higher during menstruation. This, combined with the gravitational pull of the moon affecting a teenager’s brain could have some very serious effects. It might lead some people to do things they regret doing in their later years, such as crime.

By coincidence, menstruation happens roughly every month, the same time as there is a full moon. This would make things even worse.

From recent studies, I have found that during this time, teenage girls might be very responsive to:

• Light.
• Sound.
• Touch .
  

Results of Experiment 1

To test the theory I have explained in the above pages, I have placed a drop of orange juice on a slide ,on the microscope. After examining it closely, this is what I found( The experiment was done on a day when there was a full moon.

Highest resolution look 1: No particles moved. 1:30pm

Highest resolution look 2: Might have been a slow movement. 1:37pm

Highest resolution look 3: Stringy particles stayed still. 1:44 pm

Highest resolution look 4: No noticeable movement. 1:48pm

Highest resolution look 5: Almost all particles were still(smallest move) 1:53pm

Medium resolution look 1: When shadowed, movement was clearer. 1:55pm

Medium resolution look 2: The particle I could see clearly enough was rotating. 1:58pm

This shows, hat because the cell that was rotating would have behaved like cells is the bloodstream. Of course, if hormones were to rotate off-course like that, hen it would have some unusual effects on the brain.

But the theory isn’t correct without further proof. Therefore, have done a second experiment, and written down my findings below.

Results of Experiment 2

Time: 2:10. one 6 days after new moon. Dine the same as experiment1 with orange juice. ll resolutions are looked with in each one, and the most notable things are listed.

• Look 2:May be very small movement.
• Look 3:Nothing moves.
• Look 4:Nothing moves.
• Look 5: Everything stays still.

Results Of Experiment 3

For experiment 3, I dropped a ball onto the ground at different times of the month, and used a watch to record how long it took.

These are the results: (Estimated.)

Drop 1 (Beginning of the month, crescent moon)

1.15 seconds.

Drop 2: (Middle of the month, half moon)

1.22 seconds.

Drop 3: (End of the month, full moon)

1.47 seconds.

These results prove a small part of my theory, that the moon’s gravitational pull affects the gravity on Earth. However, if astronauts were to travel to a planet with a greater gravitational pull than the Earth, if they had increased levels of hormones in their blood, they might be affected by the moon, too. This would not work on the moon, as there still is gravity, so the blood doesn’t float, but it is pumped along by the heart at probably a similar speed.

There would be ways to treat such a problem. If say, a teenage girl with increased hormones were to take an anti-hormones pill just before the full moon, her hormonal imbalance would not take place, and her levels would be completely normal later. But if the strength of the drug was too much, it might kill all the hormones.

There will probably never be a long-term way to ward against this, as a drug would need to be constantly administrated to the patient. A brain or hormone blood monitor might help, as they will probably be available in the future. Until then, only for extreme cases, anti-hormone pills should be registered.

Final Theory

My final theory is that every full moon people with increased levels of estrogen or hormones in their body go a bit mad. This is because of the hormones in their brain moving out of their normal course, because of the moon’s gravitational pull moving the blood, therefore moving the hormones.

These results show that when there is not a full moon, cells do not move in water (as long as it is kept still). This shows why people (especially teenage girls) with high levels of estrogen have a bad mental state at the full moon.