Fangirl Concert Problem #1: Post Concert Depression

We’ve teamed up with our friends who run the enormously popular Twitter account, Fangirl Problems, to do a blog series called Fangirl Concert Problem. In each blog, Fangirl Problems will compile advice and experiences from their community of followers on Twitter and Facebook to write a step-by-step guide on how how to deal with a common fangirl concert problem! This first entry will deal with the problem of post concert depression, so we’ll let Fangirl Problems take it away, after the break.

Everyone who has been to a concert knows that feeling. You count down the months, weeks, days, hours, and minutes, until the concert. Once the concert starts, you experience euphoria and you don’t want it to end. However, it does. The lights come on, the music stops and you have to go back to reality. That’s when Post Concert Depression kicks in.

“I just want to cry whenever a concert ends. I sort of go into shock,” said Kelsey, who recently saw 5 Seconds of Summer during their North American tour.
Leena saw The 1975 last month and had terrible PCD, “I ended up falling asleep and dreaming about the band every night the week I saw them.”
When Jamie saw Justin Bieber in 2012, it took her over a year to get over her PCD. She said “every time he came on the radio I would start crying.”

So how do you recover from Post Concert Depression?
1. Accept that it’s ok to feel sad and cry. You just experienced one of the best nights of your life. It’s ok to be sad that it’s over.
2. Look at pictures and watch videos from the show. “It took a couple weeks, but looking at pictures and videos helped to cure my PCD,” said Georgia.
3. Talk to other fans. Go online- Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc. There are going to be other fans who are experiencing PCD just like you! Talking with them will help you to relive the best parts of the concert, while getting over your PCD.
4. Show off your merch. Post pictures of the merch you bought. Plan outfits that work with that new band tee or bracelets. Be excited to show off what you got!
5. Be grateful that you were able to attend the concert. So many fans tried to get tickets and couldn’t. You were there. YOU WERE THERE!
6. Understand that there will most likely be other concerts. Unless you are like poor Nicole who saw Go Radio two months before they announced they were breaking up.

There will be other shows. You will see them again. Think about what you’ll do differently next time! Will you take more pictures? More videos? Or will you just stop and enjoy the moment?

Eventually, you will recover and move on with your life. You will go back to your regular fangirling over new music videos or when your favorite posts a selfie. You’ll get to watch other fans go through their PCD and do everything you can to help them. Until it’s your turn to go through it all again.

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