The Nostalgia Effect

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Real Nostalgia is Listening to a Aperture Video this channel is so good ive been here for years and i plan on staying

Am I wrong in saying I think nostalgia is proof that human beings are inherently optimistic?
That we look at the past in a more favorable light rather than through the lens of the bad things that have happened to us

I’m still grieving really bad I’m always thinking about my mum

I want to go back time I miss my old life😭

i wish i would stop feeling like thsi

I personally think that nostalgia is a feeling that makes me live my life to the fullest at every possible moment – because I know that when time passes, future-me is thinking about present-me, it has to be in good spirits.

In recent times (like 3-4 months), as a 20 yo, I've experienced a lot of nostalgia of my childhood. To be honest, just like any other person, my childhood wasn't exactly perfect, but I've got some really good memories from it. I'd like so bad to turn back in time, back when we were children, when we were stupid, ignorant, we only used to play, that's all. And not even all the money in the world could bring me back to these days, back when we had no problems. I've recently experienced a breakup, and it was an epiphany; all bad memories and bad thoughts returned to my mind. I couldn't study, I couldn't eat, I was thinking about take my own life and so on. In May, I've started to research all the music I used to listen to when I was a child (basically soundtrack from videogames), I've watched videogames I used to play, I was reading old notebook from primary school and so on.

And…nostalgia hit me so hard, like a rock. I know, it might seem strange, you people might not believe me, but in only 20 years, I've got so much regrets. And now, here I am, I'm reminiscing my own past since the month of May. And I'm afraid this could be permanent (it's related to an incident when I was younger – and I've got a big regret for this one, too), this thing is suffocating. The nostalgia effect is like a soft and cozy hug, but it's a double-edge sword, it's bittersweet, it brings back the bad things too.

when he started saying back with the first love you had that you aren't with made me start wanting to cry.

My seek of nostalgia is about my childhood of playing games. It was such a different feeling to me playing ocarina of time when I was young. Now it doesn't feel the same. I think its just a childhood feeling rather than nostalgia but Idk

I miss playing all my favorite childhood games as a five year old. I miss hanging out with my parents. I miss when school wasn’t so tiring. I miss not caring about time going by. I miss playing with my best friends. I miss my old kids tablet. I miss my confidence. I miss my anxiety free younger life. I miss being a Child. If I could go back to those times I would. I wish I didn’t make those bad decisions. I wish I didn’t argue with my mom all the time. I miss driving every day with my parents. I wish my parents loved each other still. I wish my best friends still talked to me. I wish I could go back. Please take me back. Please! I need to go back to apologize to my mom. I need to go back to tell my dad I love him. I miss my moms laugh. I miss my dads laugh. I wish my mom could teach me how to do laundry again. I wish my dad could teach me how to do multiplication again. Why does life do this to me? Why can’t I go back? Why can’t I let go of the memories I made? Why does everything feel worse now? I miss 2019. I miss 2018. I miss 2017. I miss 2016. I miss 2015. I don’t want to forget anymore. I want to remember the happy memories I made. I always think my parents hate me, but I always forget about how they treated me back then, how they gave up everything for me. I’m proud of my parents. I’m proud of myself. I’m proud of you.

I need someone to talk about nostalgia

3/14/2024 and im nostalgic for that lockdown year… i miss it so much

liked it and i will definately wacth later… well about me when i see my i fell deppresed anxious but that doesn't mean want to go back in time though

I watched this video a lot when it was released. It was better then, can't really explain why.

This was an interesting take on Nostalgia. One that views nostalgia as a positive force even while bringing us pain. But for me, Nostalgia is simply deceptive and cruel. It’s like the Brain removes aspects of our past at an attempt to help cope with the passage of lost time. But by doing so, it creates a whole different reality for us. One that romanticizes the past. This removal of events creates unintentional consequences for people. Like relationships. This video briefly touched up on it, but it’s so true. People often leave relationships because they were bad experiences. One too many arguments, or simple disconnect between partners forces couples to split. But nostalgia distorts the past, present, and future to create a unrealistic, unhealthy retrospect of the relationship. The Brain shouldn’t be doing this. It shouldn’t be acting on its own accord. People should be able to remember the past truthfully, flaws and all.

But if we were given the option to remove nostalgia, would we want to? Is creating false memories more beneficial for the human experience? Is it better to live with all the positive moments in once’s life more healthy then remembering that does memories existed in different context?

Essentially Nostalgia in my own explanation is just your brain playing would you rather, for example if your elementary days weren't that great but then your high school was even worse, you would be rather back in elementary hence nostalgia happens

I just watched a gameplay of Pokemon Rumble and I just started crying.

Me and my little brother were never really close. Every time I tried to play with him he would get mad about stuff.

I remember when we played Pokemon Rumble and for once we werent playing against each other. We were both helping each other. For once we had some fun.

This is only true for people with a bad memory.

Year ago I was depressed and miss the old days so I watched this video… A year later feeling the same, reminds me of those times and still all the good things in the past 😕

Everything we do will become the past. Eventually, your current experience will turn into a memory.

I'm a trader ofcourse I'll go back to the past.

I'm crying so much, I have a very good memory and it hurts so much more because I remember the things other people don't and then it's just idk I'm just sadd

My Nostalgia is Extremely Bad. It's a constant, every day thing with me. I look back at times in my life that I was most happy and times that I was the most sad. I break down in tears every single time. In my case I can only describe it as similar to the film, "The Butterfly Effect". The difference is, I'm not reading from a journal and then physically going back to that place (obviously) However I think soo damn hard about a specific memory from my past that I'm able to mentally project myself back to that place. It feels so damn real like a dream that you wake up from that takes half the day for you to come to grips that it was just that, a dream. When I'm mentally projected back to that place, my senses are on very high alert. It's as if I'm actually there again. It's such a surreal feeling that's difficult to put into words. It actually causes me to experience a mild headache and become lightheaded. I experience this daily. I've also suffered from anxiety and depression since childhood, so I'm sure that plays a part in it. Do any of you experience Extreme Nostalgia as I have described?