What Is the Importance of Nostalgia in Life?

See how we are affected by this feeling and its psychological meaning

Christina Sponias
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A nostalgic girl remembering the past.
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Who doesn’t miss their childhood? Childhood is a happy, worry-free time when illusions seem to be truths and the world seems magical.

Our main activities at this time are playing and learning.

How wonderful was to have so much fun! How interesting was to learn what we ignored!

When we remember our childhood we miss it a lot, but that time never comes back. However, as an unknown person said:

Remembering a happy time is living happily for a while.

The longing for a good time in our lives shows us that living is still a fantastic experience!

Then comes adolescence, another formidable time, when we start hanging out with our friends and become somewhat independent.

Who doesn’t miss this special time?

There are many parts of our lives marked by joyful experiences that we like to remember with great affection.

Sometimes even periods that were not so good make us nostalgic, perhaps because at that time there was something good, although when we lived it we didn’t notice this fact. We then realize…

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Christina Sponias
ILLUMINATION

I’m a literature writer and a philosopher who became a mental health therapist through dream translation after continuing Carl Jung’s research.