I was just wondering if anybody else goes through post meet depression. I competed in a full power meet Friday and to put it gently, yesterday I was a prick, edgy, moody and slightly depressed. I have been a competitive athlete for a while, and this is not new. I was just curious about if anyone else deals with this and how they deal with it.
Don
Well first question I had was how did you do inthe comp. Where edgy because you did poorly or was it because you put out all your energy into this one thing and now it is over and you have nothing to look forward to anytime soon?
Some astronauts would become this way after going into space. They felt their was nothing else to accomplish in life greater then this. They would fall into depression for long periods of time. Now they are set up pschycologicaly(?) to prevent this. They have goals to shoot for once they accomplish this.
I did well, PR in all 3 lifts. It was a state Police and Fire meet, unsanctioned, fun time. I came away with 2 gold and 2 silver medals. I competed in the Firefighter Combat Challenge before I began powerlifting, and had the same thing happen, day after blues, so this is not something new.
I competed yesterday. i dont have the blues but i cant move real well today. haha.