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post concert depression doesn’t exist if you keep going to concerts
— dr pepper (@paigeharps) August 23, 2022
This is the first time I am reading about this form of depression and quite frankly at this point I having a hard time thinking it’s a real thing. I remember around 2015, there was a Burna Boy concert at the University of Port Harcourt. My friends convinced me to go and it was really fun. After reading this post I seem to remember being sad after the concert. Was it because of all the fooling around we did back then? Maybe I had regrets afterwards and those regrets got the best of me or was it because there is an actual relationship between concerts and depression?
In my last post, I talked about how people can be of help to a person who is depressed and I explained how it is very important to help people get back on their feet. It was elicited by a wonderful story by a survivor of depression and the teller of this story went on to influence many lives. It just goes to show that dealing with depression is not just for the sufferer but also for many others who would eventually see their story.
In this post like all others, we at Medic Vibes talk about depression and your host Dr Ebingo Kigigha. I am a writer, doctor, and illustrator. I have a dream of being a psychiatrist and a very knowledgeable one. I want to be able to have a sizable amount of knowledge about depression by reading and making reaction posts like this. It actually is getting hard to find new information. In fact, I am starting to notice some Twitter accounts posts the same thing more than once. Either way, I’ll keep researching.
In case you are new to the topic of depression, I would like to start by explaining what depression is. Depression is a very disabling condition, the 4th most common in the world. This condition affects 4.4% of the population of the world. Depression is a mental health condition marked by a low mood state, a lack of desire to partake in favourite activities, changes in sleep patterns, changes in appetite, weight changes, and a feeling of hopelessness and shame.
People who are depressed often feel worthless and struggle with suicidal ideations. These suicidal ideations can manifest in the things they say. They may say they don’t think life is worth it, or that they are better off dead.
If your loved one gives danger signs like this, it is important to reach out to a mental health care expert.
Here are some numbers to call if you or you are loved on feels this way:
Check your country's suicide hotlines here.
Post Concert Depression
People illustrations by Storyset
One problem I am having writing about this topic is the overwhelming number of sites that do not have professional correspondents covering them. It appears as if its SEO is more on these media blogs dragging me to them.
Even wiki brought out some information about a band’s tour known as Post Pop Depression.
On Google scholar, there was no study done on such a phenomenon. Is it possible that I reached this form of depression before the rest of the mental health community? I highly doubt it.
In Urban Dictionary, they explain how this condition is not because of disappointment from the artist's performance but the feeling that you might never see them again. It makes me think about the specific form of depression that might be. It is not stress related, it has nothing to do with grief, or does it? Is it a type of loss?
According to an older post I wrote about singing and depression. In that post, I explained how cortisol ( the stress hormone) was lower in people who were involved in minutes of singing for a week. In that post, I explain how the research was done and 90 minutes of sing had a therapeutic effect in dealing with depression.
This is to say that I have not found any credible scientific literature on this topic and it is possible that I might revisit this topic in the future. But for now, it is something that I have to say I do not know.
Did I feel that way after the Burna Boy concert? I don’t know…I can’t tell you for sure. None of my friends who went with me met me with the blues, so I really can’t say for sure.
Tips
If you feel this way after a concert, don’t be like the younger me and keep it inside or forget about it, find someone to talk to about it. Let a health care practitioner know. Who knows if that’s why the science community does not have enough data about it? People don’t report it enough. Or maybe it's just a slang and it is not a real thing.
If you have an underlying mental health problem, it is still best you take your drugs because, whatever this is, it might worsen the condition.
Hive stories
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It is a very entertaining read especially as he discusses his preparation for all of that.