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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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What makes you feel nostalgic?
Is it a feeling which reappears in your life frequently or one rather alien? Are you looking forward to the future or are you nostalgic about what been and gone?
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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago
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I love it when you listen to music or smell certain scents and they take you straight back to someone or somewhere in your life previously.
Also when you hear a song for the first time and it already has a nostalgic vibe to it, that’s a great feeling.
On the whole nostalgia for me is always a positive, cocooning and nurturing sensation that I experience reasonably frequently like a touchstone to reset me and remind me of all I have to be grateful for. |
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"What makes you feel nostalgic?
Is it a feeling which reappears in your life frequently or one rather alien? Are you looking forward to the future or are you nostalgic about what been and gone?
Please share. "
I think both are important. It's by knowing what I'm nostalgic for that I know what I'm looking for xx |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I love it when you listen to music or smell certain scents and they take you straight back to someone or somewhere in your life previously.
Also when you hear a song for the first time and it already has a nostalgic vibe to it, that’s a great feeling.
On the whole nostalgia for me is always a positive, cocooning and nurturing sensation that I experience reasonably frequently like a touchstone to reset me and remind me of all I have to be grateful for. "
I did wonder if for me nostalgia might be too close to sadness of missing rather than enriching experience of it. Thank you for showing there was another way of looking at it. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I don't really get nostalgic. I try to stay grounded in the present rather than thinking about what has been or what is to come."
That's very pragmatic. |
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Going to my friend's parents house who I've known since we were bumps in our mothers bellies. They are like my second family, and their kitchen beings so much warmth and joy I actually well up each time I leave. To them I'll always be the little bossy scrawny kid, and called the pet names I've always had. With them I'm transported to the happy times in my childhood and who can't get nostalgic over that  |
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"I love it when you listen to music or smell certain scents and they take you straight back to someone or somewhere in your life previously.
Also when you hear a song for the first time and it already has a nostalgic vibe to it, that’s a great feeling.
On the whole nostalgia for me is always a positive, cocooning and nurturing sensation that I experience reasonably frequently like a touchstone to reset me and remind me of all I have to be grateful for. "
Totally agree with both the music and different scents invoking feelings of nostalgia.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don't really get nostalgic. I try to stay grounded in the present rather than thinking about what has been or what is to come.
That's very pragmatic. "
Keeps me just on the right side of sane  |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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Many things can send me on a nostalgic journey, a smell, a sound, a particular song, or even just a mention of something that sparks a thought or a memory - today's "You know you're old" thread sparked loads |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What makes you feel nostalgic?
Is it a feeling which reappears in your life frequently or one rather alien? Are you looking forward to the future or are you nostalgic about what been and gone?
Please share.
I think both are important. It's by knowing what I'm nostalgic for that I know what I'm looking for xx"
I like the connection. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Going to my friend's parents house who I've known since we were bumps in our mothers bellies. They are like my second family, and their kitchen beings so much warmth and joy I actually well up each time I leave. To them I'll always be the little bossy scrawny kid, and called the pet names I've always had. With them I'm transported to the happy times in my childhood and who can't get nostalgic over that "
I love how long your friendship survived! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Many things can send me on a nostalgic journey, a smell, a sound, a particular song, or even just a mention of something that sparks a thought or a memory - today's "You know you're old" thread sparked loads "
That thead title brought me onto a path of nostalgia actually ! |
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Lots of dance music takes me back to various times in my late teens. Nights out, first loves, friends that didn't make it to my age, that sort of thing.
Above all wishing I had known myself back then like I do now & how much extra fun I could have had as Gemma. Starting to make up for it a little with a second attempt at getting out there.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Lots of dance music takes me back to various times in my late teens. Nights out, first loves, friends that didn't make it to my age, that sort of thing.
Above all wishing I had known myself back then like I do now & how much extra fun I could have had as Gemma. Starting to make up for it a little with a second attempt at getting out there. "
But you had all this time to grow into who you are. |
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"What makes you feel nostalgic?
Please share. "
For me nostalgia is a positive thing, I remember the good things.
Bad things are just memories.
As others have said, a song, a scent work for me too. As do old photographs and talking with my bestie. We've been 'together' since we were 12 |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"What makes you feel nostalgic?
Please share.
For me nostalgia is a positive thing, I remember the good things.
Bad things are just memories.
As others have said, a song, a scent work for me too. As do old photographs and talking with my bestie. We've been 'together' since we were 12 "
Old photographs! How have they change.
Pre selfies era! Love my high school ones |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Neds atomic dustbin every time
I hope it's a happy sort of nostalgia
https://youtu.be/gmD08Na5VKI"
That is the most nostalgic one of all!
Fresh faced teenager with no more worries than how to get my bike over the next set of doubles and how big can I pull this x-up |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Nostalgia to me means looking back and yearning for something. This is something I rarely do. "
I yearn for simplicity. I guess it's harder to focus on making things happen now and easier to get drawn to memories of the "better past" sometimes. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Neds atomic dustbin every time
I hope it's a happy sort of nostalgia
https://youtu.be/gmD08Na5VKI
That is the most nostalgic one of all!
Fresh faced teenager with no more worries than how to get my bike over the next set of doubles and how big can I pull this x-up "
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