n. Moderate to severe depression in a performer or staff person after giving birth to a fantastic blow-your-mind show, when the cast and
crew diaspora leaves your hitherto fervent banner flaccid in the listless echoing breeze. Onset is typically a few days after the blowout closing party.
Symptoms include sadness, fatigue, insomnia, appetite changes, having the libido of an
awkward teenaged virgin, crying episodes, hysterical laughter, irritability, staring at Google Maps, the tuneless humming of barn-revival spirituals, chromatic-motion melodies in 6/8
time, or minor-key adaptations of Survivor'
s 'Eye Of The Tiger', and Facebook status updates.
Food-related cravings are not uncommon, especially for hot
dogs, or paper and plastic bags of salty-yet-sweet snack foods (e.g., kettle
corn). A dull disappointment is inevitable when the lid is removed from a can of peanut brittle and the sufferer is not EVER greeted by spring-
loaded snakes. Honestly, what's the use.
Commonly abbreviated as PBD.
Closely related to "post-camp depression" (
PCD), "post-con syndrome" (PCS), "whoa, too fun" (WTF).
