In minor cases of Luna Sedata, fragmentary memory loss and behavior similar to sleepwalking can be observed.
Characteristically, the symptoms vary with the waxing and waning of the moon.
When the moon is full, the patient's condition is stable, but there is a tendency to go outside and seek the moonlight. Around the new moon, the patient becomes more unstable and increasingly frightened.
Once, Luna Sedata was called "Moonwalking" or "Haunted Walking", which seems to be derived from that behaviour.
In severe cases, the patient loses almost all memory but remains attracted to the moonlight and seeks out window sills and rooftops.
Then, the patient bathes in the moonlight. More lucid patients describe the feeling as momentarily regaining something they've lost.
A person who has lost their memory will always look up to the moon.
Such an odd symptom can surely happen in a psychologically disturbed individual, but there is no explanation why a group of people would display the same symptoms.
Since this is a peculiarity of Rougetsu Island's cultural sphere, there must be a relationship to its beliefs and customs.
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In minor cases of [[Getsuyuu Syndrome|Luna Sedata]], fragmentary memory loss and behavior similar to sleepwalking can be observed. | In minor cases of [[Getsuyuu Syndrome|Luna Sedata]], fragmentary memory loss and behavior similar to sleepwalking can be observed. | ||
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Getsuyuu Syndrome & The Moon | |
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| Kanji | 月幽病と月の関係 げつゆうびょう と つき の かんけい |
| Game | Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse |
| Author | Shoji Katagiri |
| Chapter | Phase III: Lost Day |
| Located at | Haibara Hospital, Examining Room |
| Obtained | On the desk with Diagnosis Record of Takashi Aiba |
| Description | About the relationship between Getsuyuu Syndrome and the moon. This may have been written by Dr. Haibara's assistant. |
| Additional Description | Picked up a document. |
| Related Notes | Patient Safety Precautions & Getsuyuu Syndrome Research |
軽度の月幽病においては、
記憶の断片的な欠落が見られ、
夢遊病のような行動を
とることがある。
特徴的なのは
月の満ち欠けによって
症状が変わることだ。
月が満ちた時は、容体は安定するが、
月の光を求めるように外を徘徊する
傾向にあり、月が欠けた時は
怯えるように不安定になる。
かつて月幽病のことを「月歩き」、
または「憑き歩き」と呼んでいたが、
このことに由来するらしい。
重度の月幽病においては、
記憶がほとんどなくなった患者でも、
月明かりに誘われるように、
窓べりや屋上へと向かう。
そして、まるで月の光が、
一瞬自分が失ったものを
取り戻してくれるかのように、
光を浴び続ける。
記憶が無くなった人間は、
決まって月をあおぐ。
このような症状は、個別には
あるのかもしれないが、
集団で同じような症状に
なるのは説明がつかない。
この朧月島群島の文化圏に
特有であることから、
島の信仰や風土と何か関係が
あるのかもしれない・・・