RougeRogue Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Hermione said: Hey since there was another thread made about this subject recently I've merged yours with it and the discussion can continue here. There might be some helpful stuff posted already if you read back I knew this existed! I thought it was a bigger thread, though, lol. Oh well.
Hermione Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 1 minute ago, RougeRogue said: I knew this existed! I thought it was a bigger thread, though, lol. Oh well. There might be , but I found this one.
RougeRogue Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 1 minute ago, Hermione said: There might be , but I found this one. There's probably at least one of these threads per tour It's interesting that you note it pertains to younger fans more often. I'm trying my best to remember my first show (I was 17) but I can't recall if I experienced this phenomenon or not. I don't think so? I probably experienced it more with my first Against Me show. Less than depression, I moreso get the feeling like you woke up from a great dream and it feels like two different realities.
BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 I don't think I ever experienced it. My theory is that if you get post-gig depression or not depends on how you felt at the start. I tend to feel depressed but shows make me insanely happy and I still feel happy for days (or weeks) afterwards because even if my mood drops a little after the rush, it's still better than normal.
Eric Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 Sorry not sorry. Silliest thing I have heard is to be depressed after a concert. You go enjoy it and move on and go to many other concerts. Be happy you got to even see them live when many people out there can't even get a chance to see them. Now that is depressing and I feel your pain!
IcyMoffatt Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 With Green Day, I never had a post-concert depression. In fact, it was the opposite. More like acting like a mess for days. Back in 2010, after my first GD concert, I slept like 3 to 4 hours per night for the next 2 months and a half, but I was so energic during the days. The lack of sleep didn't bother me at all. Back in March of this year, woke up at 5:30 am. because of school. I went to the concert during the night and stay outside after to watch the tour buses leaving the venue. I went to bed at 2:00 am., but woke up at 5:00 am. I went to my only class of the day and the teacher belived I was on drug because I was too hyperactive. I went to work after and I acted like a tornado in the store. I only remember to have laughed way too much with my boss (who also went to the concert) and that I yelled across the store to her «Did your boyfriend know it wasn't comiccon yesterday night?» (because he went to the concert with his Joker cosplay). Then I had insomnia for a week, but I was full of energy. Last time in Toronto... I can't talk about it! I was an energic mess again and ended somewhere I shouldn't have to. My friend almost forced me to go somewhere even «worse»! That's all I'm going to say.
gaslight13 Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 9 hours ago, Eric said: Sorry not sorry. Silliest thing I have heard is to be depressed after a concert. You go enjoy it and move on and go to many other concerts. Be happy you got to even see them live when many people out there can't even get a chance to see them. Now that is depressing and I feel your pain! I see your point and I don't think anyone who experiences this doesn't think they're very lucky to have gotten to be at the show. It's not being depressed that it happened! But speaking for myself and maybe some others, I LIVE for this shit. Live music is like oxygen to me and my favorite artists are honestly more important to me than just about everyone in my life (exceptions for my parents and a couple friends). So a live show for one of my favs is like getting to spend the evening with a few of your absolute favorite people on the planet, people who make you feel good and alive in ways you've forgotten you could, and then having to say goodbye to them for god knows how long after not getting a chance to talk about everything you wanted to talk about, not even close, and living with the small but present fear that this could be the last time you see them (because you never know what could happen in life) and feeling like you wish they were in your life so much more. Which can leave you feeling sad and empty for a day or two. And then you bounce back and think about how much fun it was! I recognize that not everyone experiences it this way but that's why I get post concert depression for Green Day and my 4 other favorite bands.
Hermione Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 18 hours ago, Eric said: Sorry not sorry. Silliest thing I have heard is to be depressed after a concert. You go enjoy it and move on and go to many other concerts. Be happy you got to even see them live when many people out there can't even get a chance to see them. Now that is depressing and I feel your pain! It's not even exclusive to seeing shows. It's a known psychological phenomenon to feel low after a big event you've looked forward to is over, which can be especially bad for someone who already suffers from (clinical) depression, or might just mean feeling a bit down for a bit before feeling better and moving on. Not everyone has the chance to go to "many other concerts" and not everyone's brain is the same as yours. If it doesn't affect you then lucky you but it doesn't mean it's not a valid way to feel.
emmericanidiot Posted September 10, 2017 Posted September 10, 2017 'Depression' is such a strong word for this type of feeling, it's more like the come down from the high. I've only ever experienced extreme tiredness and after Wembley Stadium in 2010 I just had a chest infection for a week after. The problem is with GD is that they do only come around every few years or so, so it's the anticipation for ages and it being over so quickly that makes you feel a bit shitty.
TimmyChunks Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 Depression cure: just think about the fact that when the tour ends, it means another album cycle/ tour will begin within a few years. And, since we're Green Day fans, this will in all likelihood happen since we happened to be lucky enough to choose one of the few bands with serious staying power and longevity. And what's also exciting is that in this time and age our band happens to exist during the height of social media, which they've clearly embraced, so we will not only avoid "losing touch" during the quiet time in between in all likelihood, but we'll get all kinds of information teases/ behind the scenes glimpses at the creative process and recording of the new album. Think of how lucky we are and embrace the situation. Hopefully that helps!
LaughingClock Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 Just MHO but I think if you get sad after a Green Day show, you need to work on yourself. It is joy which brings us sorrow, right @Hermione .. You cannot have one without the other. 18th Century Philosopher/Poet about the sameness of our joy and sorrow (level of happiness being at a show and the same level sadness without for example). One is greater because so is the other. Yin/Yang. Learn to just enjoy life and know more happiness is around the bend from every sorrow. Sorry Herms for laying you on this twice but this poem got me through my childhood and is so apropos to this thread... On Joy and Sorrow Kahlil Gibran Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives? When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Some of you say, "Joy is greater thar sorrow," and others say, "Nay, sorrow is the greater." But I say unto you, they are inseparable. Together they come, and when one sits, alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy. Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced. When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall.
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