I grew up in an immigrant family and spent most of my best times in our country of origin. The older I get the harder it becomes for me to stay connected with my family thats far away as Im also introverted and my social battery is very small.. at times like christmas it feels as if its ripping me apart inside. To whoever is in a safe country thinking of moving to another country, I recommend to not do it because it is so damn complicated and painful
Eh, I think you've combined the concept of wisdom with Nostalgia.
I think Nostalgia is actually closer to a poison, when taken in moderation you can feel the pleasant feelings of being drunk by it, destabilized by it to create new possibilities, but too much and you can be sick, paralyized by it, and reality becomes entirely distorted by your inability to take the present as truth because the past is so marred in the lie of your emotional necessity.
Nostalgia, imo, is in MOST cases in the modern age…an incredibly dangerous symptom of a larger disconnect with the present for any number of reasons. Failure, alienation, trauma, exhaustion, etc. We go back to escape the present and by doing so without WISDOM don't acknolwedge that the past is a lie, that it's a story we tell ourselves to satisfy what we need in the present. The problem isn't nostalgia, it's "nostalgia culture", and this obsession with the past somehow having some value that it doesn't, and this false idea that we could get back to it or that it was ever even real. I find conservative people do this to EXTREMES, to the point that reality has no meaning anymore. The past is just a series of cherrypicked good things that were never living alongside the bad. The bad then becomes a lie, it wasn't real, because the picture in my head of the past doesn't include it and somehow my image of the past is infallible while YOURS isn't.
So when you experience pleasant nostalgia, you should instead look for WHY you need the past to be that way, and what does it say about the present…and how can you improve the present by understanding what you need from the past? But at the end of the day, too much nostalgia can make it impossible to enjoy even the best of times in the present because the present is always marred in the reality of each passing second, whereas Nostalgia always is a montage of only the moments you needed to keep.
I do take solace in the idea that one day I will look back on the times I live now and pull away the bad, and that will give me comfort. But I also know that even in my past now I can see such a high concentration of periods where what I thought was "happy" was very much trapped in a hall of mirrors of my own self-loathing and suffering that I just thought was normal. I didn't know what I was doing to myself, and I sometimes wonder if I will continue to do that as I look back. I hope that I'm at a point in my life that I'll begin to look back into the past and remember these periods fondly, because I do so very much love being in the present and the past is, to me, a spectre of truth and lies that never really has helped me beyond comforting moments to know that good can again come again.
2:05 "The pain of returning home." "the jarring dislocations and inarticulate grieving of coming back, to something that is no longer as you imagine it during the homeward journey."
I watch a lot of these videos to drive me forward in life. Being reminded of the fleeting nature of it all helps me take the steps I need to in order to secure the future I want. Making that phone call, scheduling that appointment, applying to this position or school, even just making a healthier choice for a snack and going for a walk.
Definition of Nostalgia: Random things teenagers and young adults with a superiority complex find from a certain time period that isn't the present, and shows it off like a trophy, rewarding everyone who relates and harassing all who don't.
@RandomLuck12345
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Okay, but why do I not feel it?
@CheseeBurgers
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Nostalgia hurts bad, real bad
@maglenka.
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
I grew up in an immigrant family and spent most of my best times in our country of origin. The older I get the harder it becomes for me to stay connected with my family thats far away as Im also introverted and my social battery is very small.. at times like christmas it feels as if its ripping me apart inside. To whoever is in a safe country thinking of moving to another country, I recommend to not do it because it is so damn complicated and painful
@magvad6472
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Eh, I think you've combined the concept of wisdom with Nostalgia.
I think Nostalgia is actually closer to a poison, when taken in moderation you can feel the pleasant feelings of being drunk by it, destabilized by it to create new possibilities, but too much and you can be sick, paralyized by it, and reality becomes entirely distorted by your inability to take the present as truth because the past is so marred in the lie of your emotional necessity.
Nostalgia, imo, is in MOST cases in the modern age…an incredibly dangerous symptom of a larger disconnect with the present for any number of reasons. Failure, alienation, trauma, exhaustion, etc. We go back to escape the present and by doing so without WISDOM don't acknolwedge that the past is a lie, that it's a story we tell ourselves to satisfy what we need in the present. The problem isn't nostalgia, it's "nostalgia culture", and this obsession with the past somehow having some value that it doesn't, and this false idea that we could get back to it or that it was ever even real. I find conservative people do this to EXTREMES, to the point that reality has no meaning anymore. The past is just a series of cherrypicked good things that were never living alongside the bad. The bad then becomes a lie, it wasn't real, because the picture in my head of the past doesn't include it and somehow my image of the past is infallible while YOURS isn't.
So when you experience pleasant nostalgia, you should instead look for WHY you need the past to be that way, and what does it say about the present…and how can you improve the present by understanding what you need from the past? But at the end of the day, too much nostalgia can make it impossible to enjoy even the best of times in the present because the present is always marred in the reality of each passing second, whereas Nostalgia always is a montage of only the moments you needed to keep.
I do take solace in the idea that one day I will look back on the times I live now and pull away the bad, and that will give me comfort. But I also know that even in my past now I can see such a high concentration of periods where what I thought was "happy" was very much trapped in a hall of mirrors of my own self-loathing and suffering that I just thought was normal. I didn't know what I was doing to myself, and I sometimes wonder if I will continue to do that as I look back. I hope that I'm at a point in my life that I'll begin to look back into the past and remember these periods fondly, because I do so very much love being in the present and the past is, to me, a spectre of truth and lies that never really has helped me beyond comforting moments to know that good can again come again.
@K_M_I_C
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Looking at something from the corner of your eye and getting a sudden wave of nostalgia for unknown reasons is the best thing in the world
@gnatdagnat
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Can we act fast enough to save some figs?
@kanyewestlover8530
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
2:05
"The pain of returning home."
"the jarring dislocations and inarticulate grieving of coming back, to something that is no longer as you imagine it during the homeward journey."
@viliusbankauskas7020
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
what an enjoyable watch, thank you
@sullenbergershannon2970
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
In the words of John Cusack..you can't go home, but you can shop there.
@livkao
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
I wish you publish a book of the transcript of all your YouTube videos.
@tinycat9794
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
you're bring up thoughts i was not aware of. thank you
@1ute
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
this video is nostalgic now… shit…
@torin8871
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Nostalgia is one of my auras in my epilepsy. I always get scared when I'm feeling nostalgic that I might be about to have a seizure lol.
@likelyladsss
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Marmalade and tea, proust
@urphakeandgey6308
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Nostalgia isn't negative or positive. It's bittersweet.
@penguinsea9810
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Just discovered this hidden gem
@onkelirohsjasmintee5613
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Man time is going faster and faster. Pls take me back and just stop the time. Stop it forever…
@chaanbeen-music
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
I lost myself.
Ill feel nostalgic the day i find myself again
@Urwithech
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Nostalgia is a lying bitch who tells you your past was amazing while it was not.
@adriantoogenuine
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
https://youtu.be/o3FQ7ueIWq0 ❤️
@zachlorenz7100
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
fuck nostalgia all my homies hate nostalgia
@discospider4120
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
I watch a lot of these videos to drive me forward in life. Being reminded of the fleeting nature of it all helps me take the steps I need to in order to secure the future I want. Making that phone call, scheduling that appointment, applying to this position or school, even just making a healthier choice for a snack and going for a walk.
@parazita89
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
I love this channel! Thank you for the great video Sisyphus 55.
@slothyyteen-lg7me
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Why are people still buying yeti michrophone lmao
@akbdyang
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Definition of Nostalgia: Random things teenagers and young adults with a superiority complex find from a certain time period that isn't the present, and shows it off like a trophy, rewarding everyone who relates and harassing all who don't.
@PhilBill707
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Video really hits home. Makes me nostalgic for the start of lockdown in March, and puts into perspectives that it wasn't all bad.
@marcocaloi8599
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Got me crying.
@marcocaloi8599
April 23, 2026 at 2:50 am
Got me crying.