anyone else experience this? i often feel so hollowed out the day after playing a gig. just sort of emotionally bereft. i have experienced this since i was a teenager, and it has persisted up to now, i'm 40. what do you do to combat it?
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post-performance depression
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Chomp on a chili or two and go for a wander with a favorite pet. S'wat I do. And try and get some sleep. Meditate. Clear the mechanism. Swallow silence.
If it is just for the next day, it sound like maybe you're giving it your all and are essentially exhausted the next day. If that's the case, I wouldn't worry about it. Be proud that you're leaving it all on stage...
I often used to wake up the morning after a gig feeling like I'd had too much to drink the night before despite the fact I had drunk almost nothing.
My doctor said this was an excess of adrenalin causing hangover like symptoms and I should not go to bed on an empty stomach. He referred to it as an adrenalin hangover. Now I always have a bowl of cereal and a mug of hot chocolate before I go to bed and it has made a world of difference to how I feel the following day.
I mentioned this to a guy I worked with who used to go to all night dances. He said exactly the same thing, you need fats, sugars and carbohydrates to give your stomach something to do while you are asleep. Everyone he went dancing with always had a bowl of cereal before going to bed.
My doctor said this was an excess of adrenalin causing hangover like symptoms and I should not go to bed on an empty stomach. He referred to it as an adrenalin hangover. Now I always have a bowl of cereal and a mug of hot chocolate before I go to bed and it has made a world of difference to how I feel the following day.
I mentioned this to a guy I worked with who used to go to all night dances. He said exactly the same thing, you need fats, sugars and carbohydrates to give your stomach something to do while you are asleep. Everyone he went dancing with always had a bowl of cereal before going to bed.
Thanks everyone - yeah an adrenaline hangover sounds right.
I usually precede the cereal with a burnt offering...
Let your toast go too long in the oven?I usually precede the cereal with a burnt offering...
Seems to me that "adrenaline hangover" is not really a thing.
I've played a lot of sports and gigs over the years and never had that and never seen anyone associated with my team and bands have that.
I suggest visiting your doc and getting checked out.
Maybe it's a real thing happening.
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Sometimes, but usually after a full theatre run (usually 24 rehearsals/performances over a 3 week period) that I really enjoyed is over. I get a bit melancholy, sure, but I try to not dwell on it too much. I'll give it some time to reflect, but then just move forward.
Try food and hydration after your next couple of gigs. If that fixes it, great, if not you might ask your doctor about it.
I never have the kind of emotional emptiness the day after a gig you're talking about. I just feel like I didn't sleep enough and was on my feet too long.
i sleep a little longer after a gig. and i'm always tired the next morning, these days. but not "depressed" (as in sad). would you say that you are sad after performing? thanks.
I love to listen some classical pieces of chamber or piano composers the morning after. Ravel is good. Beethoven too. This music kinda cures.
I think it's simply a back-to-reality crash: You wake up in the morning and realize that today just isn't going to be half as much fun as yesterday was. Perfectly natural. It will pass.
thanks, https://www.talkbass.com/members/stumbo.110359/ . most of my stuff is age-related = can't do 18-20 hour days like i used to do. but i'm not complaining: i'd rather do the work and go slow the next day instead of not doing the work at all.
good tip on the B-12 and the electrolyte balancing!
about one half of my gigs = out of state drive, tow a PA and set it up. either mix and/or play the gig, tear it down and pack it...and then drive back home! 18-20 hours, but i pace myself and give my self permission to move more slowly than i used to!
That age thing! Yeah, me too.thanks, https://www.talkbass.com/members/stumbo.110359/ . most of my stuff is age-related = can't do 18-20 hour days like i used to do. but i'm not complaining: i'd rather do the work and go slow the next day instead of not doing the work at all.
good tip on the B-12 and the electrolyte balancing!
about one half of my gigs = out of state drive, tow a PA and set it up. either mix and/or play the gig, tear it down and pack it...and then drive back home! 18-20 hours, but i pace myself and give my self permission to move more slowly than i used to!
For me, the B12, taken daily for about 10 years now, was a real boost in energy, concentration and reduced anxiety.
Occasionally.
We play on average every 3-4 weeks, and if the gig had any glitches (that were especially attributed to me), I can be downright melancholy for a few days.
I think a partial cure would be to gig more frequently, but that's the way the cookie crumbles for a start up originals band in a saturated market.
We play on average every 3-4 weeks, and if the gig had any glitches (that were especially attributed to me), I can be downright melancholy for a few days.
I think a partial cure would be to gig more frequently, but that's the way the cookie crumbles for a start up originals band in a saturated market.
