This report captures insights from Overflow’s Rave Wellbeing Month in January 2025—a snapshot of how people experience the rave, not just in motion, but in mind and body. What it gives. What it takes. What lingers.

Built from survey responses across Berlin’s nightlife community, the focus is clear: How does the dancefloor shape our wellbeing?

143 participants shared their experiences. We explored how raving affects mental wellbeing—the highs, the crashes, and the ways people recover and stay grounded.

Compiled by Overflow—a collective working at the edge of rave, care, sensory culture, and creative production—this is our first step in mapping the emotional realities of nightlife.

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