{"id":70399,"date":"2023-05-24T20:23:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T20:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/24\/comedians-also-suffer-depression-its-a-dark-place-comedian-putogo\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T20:23:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T20:23:46","slug":"comedians-also-suffer-depression-its-a-dark-place-comedian-putogo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/24\/comedians-also-suffer-depression-its-a-dark-place-comedian-putogo\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedians also suffer depression; it&#8217;s a dark place \u2013 Comedian Putogo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Comedian-Putogo.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Standup comedian, Putogo Mowsis,\u00a0has explained why some comedians also suffer from depression.<\/p>\n<p>He said the tedious process comedians go through to create humorous content for people comes with a lot of stress.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, comedians are mostly concerned about putting smiles on people\u2019s faces and hiding their emotions, which contributes to depression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComedy is very dark. Most comedians are depressed because we\u2019re always thinking of new ideas on how to make other people happy. In doing that, you forget about yourself,\u201d he told KMJ on Prime Morning on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Comedians are widely seen as people with little or no worries due to the nature of what they do.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, some of them are emotionally drained but are unable to speak about it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"drB8GLVtfLY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Comedians also suffer depression; it\u2019s a dark place \u2013 Comedian Putogo\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/drB8GLVtfLY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As to how they are able to overcome these emotions, the comedian said, \u201csometimes music. Good music is a very good therapy. When you have nice movies, you can watch them to make you less depressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He suggested that comedians develop the habit of writing to help minimise their depression.<\/p>\n<p>Comedian Putogo is set to hold a comedy show dubbed \u2018Everything is Funny\u2019 to make people laugh about some fears in life.<\/p>\n<p>The show comes off on May 27 at Snap Cinemas in the A.M.A. Building in Accra at 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature a mix of standup comedy, storytelling, and music, with support from some of the top entertainers in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standup comedian, Putogo Mowsis,\u00a0has explained why some comedians also suffer from depression. He said the tedious process comedians go through to create humorous content for people comes with a lot of stress. According to him, comedians are mostly concerned about putting smiles on people\u2019s faces and hiding their emotions, which contributes to depression. \u201cComedy is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Comedians also suffer depression; it&#039;s a dark place \u2013 Comedian Putogo - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/24\/comedians-also-suffer-depression-its-a-dark-place-comedian-putogo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Comedians also suffer depression; it&#039;s a dark place \u2013 Comedian Putogo - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Standup comedian, Putogo Mowsis,\u00a0has explained why some comedians also suffer from depression. 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