Nostalgia therapy, people attempt to comfort themselves, and protect themselves from bad days by recalling the sweet memories.
“Nostalgia is infectious for a group of people who have shared experience.”
“We pick and choose, the memory process not only is selective, but it also distorts to some extent. We do idealize things on occasion.”
“Nostalgia helps to unite our sense of who we are, our self, our identity over time.”
“Nostalgia serves an essential psychological function; it’s a highly social emotion.”
“Nostalgia can be a stabilizing force and comfort us during times of change and transition.”
In a way, Nostalgia is like a measurement. It’s a way we keep track of things, we monitor progress through life.
‘One of the healthiest forms of nostalgia throughout human history has always been to connect each generation to the next. In that sort of bond, you pass down to the next generation, the best of the past.’
‘The sweetness entices us to revisit our past. Once we’re there, the bitterness of knowing that actually it no longer exists reminds us that we must return to the present. That makes us want to return to the present.’
“Nostalgia is a bitter-sweet emotion.”
Nostalgia Psychology
Nostalgia psychology, it depicts the motivations, purposes, and effects of nostalgic behaviour by visualizing the feeling of nostalgia based on the research of nostalgia psychology.
