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Jan 16, 2018, 09:39 PM
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How do I deal with this nostalgia problem? It seems like it's gotten more intense this month.
Whenever I think of something nostalgic, it seems like I almost transition back to that time. Maybe like I'm dissociating. I have all these "most" nostalgic things. Like the most nostalgic song is Walking On Broken glass. I heard that song the other day and I like transitioned back to summer of 5th grade. I could even feel the sun on my face. The room I was in was freezing. and I think the most nostalgic commercial is that old Mazda "zoom,zoom, zoom" one. I watched it on YouTube a couple of months ago and I like transitioned back to 2003-2005. I have dreams of stores coming back. I don't get where this is coming from. I don't mind being an adult. I like working. When I was a kid I had no money. But now I have money to buy the things I couldn't have when I was a kid. I'm sitting here using my phone and a tablet at the same time, with an empty plate of lobster and shrimp on the table next to me. I feel like I'm living my childhood dreams. So I just don't understand this nostalgia problem. I try to not be obvious about it. If my mom has caught on she doesn't say anything. Its not something I'm proud of. So I try to keep it to myself. What does this mean? |
 Dalea
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Jan 17, 2018, 12:10 PM
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Excessive Nostalgia often is associated with depression. You may be feeling depressed when you do this.
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Jan 17, 2018, 12:54 PM
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I️ get euphoric and motivated when I do this. I feel so great. So maybe it’s not affecting me badly. But it’s just weird.
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 Medusax
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Jan 17, 2018, 09:26 PM
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I have been doing that quite a bit lately. I think it is just being 52 and knowing that my life is better in SOME ways, but the old fun stuff will never happen again. I miss my childhood home terribly, even though I LOVE my house (money pit). I am there in my mind all the time. I mentally walk through the house. I accept fully that we cannot have all that we want, but I wish I could be back there in the house, on the land, with my old friends. I don't think I am depressed...just reliving when life was simpler?
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