Post Project Depression
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Re: Post Project Depression
Definitely. The bigger and more intense the project, the bigger the down when it's over. I think it's because you're putting all of your energy into a project and your energy runs out, but you don't know it because you're running on pure adrenaline. And when the projects over--your brain tells your body, "hey bud take it easy, we got through this one." And then your body says to your brain, "I'm really beat--get depressed for awhile so this guy doesn't start any new projects for a couple of weeks."
I suspect the whole thing started in our reptilian brains so we could recover under a rock after something tried to catch and eat us.
Definitely. The bigger and more intense the project, the bigger the down when it's over. I think it's because you're putting all of your energy into a project and your energy runs out, but you don't know it because you're running on pure adrenaline. And when the projects over--your brain tells your body, "hey bud take it easy, we got through this one." And then your body says to your brain, "I'm really beat--get depressed for awhile so this guy doesn't start any new projects for a couple of weeks."
I suspect the whole thing started in our reptilian brains so we could recover under a rock after something tried to catch and eat us.
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
Re: Post Project Depression
I have experienced that on my last (2) shoots. I'm in post now and after I recovered from the PROD DOWNER I am hopped back up in Post.
I have experienced that on my last (2) shoots. I'm in post now and after I recovered from the PROD DOWNER I am hopped back up in Post.
Kirk Gillock
Rebel with a cause
Re: Post Project Depression
Post Project Depression? I get that feeling after EVERYTHING:
- waking up
- posting on DVXuser
- brushing teeth
- putting on clothes
- taking off clothes
- eating anything with sugar in it
- any encounter with a woman
My advice is to curl yourself into a ball in the shower and cry as hard as you can. Do this until you reach some sort of alternate reality. It's a fools paradise, but it will hold you over until your next project.
Good luck!
Post Project Depression? I get that feeling after EVERYTHING:
- waking up
- posting on DVXuser
- brushing teeth
- putting on clothes
- taking off clothes
- eating anything with sugar in it
- any encounter with a woman
My advice is to curl yourself into a ball in the shower and cry as hard as you can. Do this until you reach some sort of alternate reality. It's a fools paradise, but it will hold you over until your next project.
Good luck!
Sirius_Doggy
Veteran
Re: Post Project Depression
Funny, I usually experience downers like this when working on freebies....
Trying to put together a video for my parents 50th anniversary next month....just keep putting it off..............
Funny, I usually experience downers like this when working on freebies....
Trying to put together a video for my parents 50th anniversary next month....just keep putting it off..............
Re: Post Project Depression
[quote author=Dakota link=board=Offtopic;num=1108777735;start=0#1 date=02/18/05 at 18:03:07]Depressed how? Left with nothing to do? Energy level withdrawals? Sudden thoughts of "aloneness"?
Not sure I have heard of post project depression - I would think it would be joy.[/quote]
It doesn't happen to Canadians...our drugs are to well regulated
[quote author=Dakota link=board=Offtopic;num=1108777735;start=0#1 date=02/18/05 at 18:03:07]Depressed how? Left with nothing to do? Energy level withdrawals? Sudden thoughts of "aloneness"?
Not sure I have heard of post project depression - I would think it would be joy.[/quote]
It doesn't happen to Canadians...our drugs are to well regulated
KOVAROVA
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Re: Post Project Depression
[quote author=Dakota link=board=Offtopic;num=1108777735;start=0#1 date=02/18/05 at 18:03:07]Depressed how? Left with nothing to do? Energy level withdrawals? Sudden thoughts of "aloneness"?
Not sure I have heard of post project depression - I would think it would be joy.[/quote]
For me... the focus a project requires takes up a lot of physical and mental space.. when I finish it is like jumping off of a cliff. Sure im glad to finish… nothing better than that, but it is hard to fill the mental gap until my next project begins.
[quote author=Dakota link=board=Offtopic;num=1108777735;start=0#1 date=02/18/05 at 18:03:07]Depressed how? Left with nothing to do? Energy level withdrawals? Sudden thoughts of "aloneness"?
Not sure I have heard of post project depression - I would think it would be joy.[/quote]
For me... the focus a project requires takes up a lot of physical and mental space.. when I finish it is like jumping off of a cliff. Sure im glad to finish… nothing better than that, but it is hard to fill the mental gap until my next project begins.
KOVAROVA
Veteran
Re: Post Project Depression
[quote author=P.K. Gillock link=board=Offtopic;num=1108777735;start=0#4 date=02/18/05 at 18:57:18]Post Project Depression? I get that feeling after EVERYTHING:
- brushing teeth
- any encounter with a woman
My advice is to curl yourself into a ball in the shower and cry as hard as you can. Do this until you reach some sort of alternate reality. It's a fools paradise, but it will hold you over until your next project.
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P.K. I went from imagining (envying) you with 900 female students every day. To seeing you cry in the shower after brushing your teeth! What is your life really like????? you are not in Thailand at all are you? probably in Kansass somewhere.
[quote author=P.K. Gillock link=board=Offtopic;num=1108777735;start=0#4 date=02/18/05 at 18:57:18]Post Project Depression? I get that feeling after EVERYTHING:
- brushing teeth
- any encounter with a woman
My advice is to curl yourself into a ball in the shower and cry as hard as you can. Do this until you reach some sort of alternate reality. It's a fools paradise, but it will hold you over until your next project.
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P.K. I went from imagining (envying) you with 900 female students every day. To seeing you cry in the shower after brushing your teeth! What is your life really like????? you are not in Thailand at all are you? probably in Kansass somewhere.
Kirk Gillock
Rebel with a cause
Re: Post Project Depression
Kovarova - You're right! I'm sharing a garage apartment with Bluespider and TC. They're in on my deception as well. I do their laundry and they promise not to turn me in. I just need to keep up the charade until April 15th. That's when the IRS will stop looking for me. ....Or will start looking for me. I forget.
Kovarova - You're right! I'm sharing a garage apartment with Bluespider and TC. They're in on my deception as well. I do their laundry and they promise not to turn me in. I just need to keep up the charade until April 15th. That's when the IRS will stop looking for me. ....Or will start looking for me. I forget.
Re: Post Project Depression
I used to get that post project depression. Now I can't wait to finish projects, get them out of my system and move on.
I used to get that post project depression. Now I can't wait to finish projects, get them out of my system and move on.
Re: Post Project Depression
[quote author=P.K. Gillock link=board=Offtopic;num=1108777735;start=0#10 date=02/19/05 at 03:45:24]Kovarova - You're right! I'm sharing a garage apartment with Bluespider and TC. They're in on my deception as well. I do their laundry and they promise not to turn me in. I just need to keep up the charade until April 15th. That's when the IRS will stop looking for me. ....Or will start looking for me. I forget.
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PK, you're too funny...
[quote author=P.K. Gillock link=board=Offtopic;num=1108777735;start=0#10 date=02/19/05 at 03:45:24]Kovarova - You're right! I'm sharing a garage apartment with Bluespider and TC. They're in on my deception as well. I do their laundry and they promise not to turn me in. I just need to keep up the charade until April 15th. That's when the IRS will stop looking for me. ....Or will start looking for me. I forget.
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PK, you're too funny...
Young-H._Lee
Well-known member
Re: Post Project Depression
oooo
im in the middle of burnout right now! have been for the past month!! i dont touch my DVX nor After Effect nor Softimage!! I now pass the days at b&N reading comic books (aka graphic novels)!!
no joke, ive read something like 10 comics the past few weeks
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im in the middle of burnout right now! have been for the past month!! i dont touch my DVX nor After Effect nor Softimage!! I now pass the days at b&N reading comic books (aka graphic novels)!!
no joke, ive read something like 10 comics the past few weeks