Why do we feel nostalgia? - Clay Routledge
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Nostalgia was once considered an illness confined to specific groups of people. Today, people all over the world report experiencing and enjoying nostalgia. But how does nostalgia work? And is it healthy? Clay Routledge details the way our understanding of nostalgia has changed since the term was first coined in the late 17th century.
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Nostalgic memories are often seem.
It seems to me that the old medias, which is widely broadcasted in present, are stimulating our deeply memorable memory. And also, the related-situation, either the inferior or superior one, on that time is coincidentally come along with.
they have their old things that they can memorize thier youth
Access to these things through social media gives them the ability to view such wherever and whenever they want. Maybe someone could be going through a tough moment in their life, so they can play old music to take them back to their childhood and remember or play happy music that brings back good memories.
So that we are always in contact with our memories
These memories are easily accessible. It increases the chance of revisiting "the old times" and feeling nostalgic.
By sharing a bit of their past along with a song or movie. It will show how they experienced that same time.. Like seeing past through someone else's eyes..
Frequency engaging in nostalgia.if excessive might effect living and enjoying present and making plans for future. Also too much nostalgia if compared to present and judged against can bring on depression.
Always using memories, maybe things of past, things that did good at that moment, day, week, weekend, month, year or cemtury... with a meaning special like a parent, place, flavor, odor, texture an so on, all it depends of each person.
I think that people always are influenced for their memories. And it is importand sometimes.
My family moved around a lot when I was growing up. Usually we moved far enough that I was unable to visit old neighborhoods or keep in touch with friends. I often have described my memories of those locations as "snapshots." My memories were of specific friend groups and fun things we did together. I was in my mid 30's when Facebook hit the scene and at first I felt excited and nostalgic finding old childhood friends but that quickly ended. Almost none were still friends with any other old friends and almost none remembered any shared fun times in much detail. I discovered that I was always the "kid that moved away" and they had gone on with their lives. I still think back to some of the fun times. I'm sure I've also been a big disappointment to other people I barely remember that have enthusiastically friended me. I guess nostalgic memories don't always have to be shared...
I have witnessed the start of computer, internet and social media; I used to watched black and white television and listened to radio; I once had a walkman and bought myself a minidisc player; gave a MP3 player to my daughter as a gift; now every other year I have to update everyone's smartphone in the family. I left my hometown at the age of 18 and since then I have kept moving from place to place. I meet and make friends with people from all over the world. My nostalgia memories about my families and my friends haven't stopped growing for one day. Through the magic social medias, I am connected with the families and friends everywhere in world. We talk about the moments we have in past beyond time, distance or space. Moreover, the easy accessible digitalized movies, music and photos enables people who don't know each other to share a nostalgia moment beyond language, culture, religion or custom. I think today having a nostalgia moment is part of our daily life.
You can share memories with picture and social media.
I think that because social media connects everyone from all over the world, that if someone does have a specific thing that brings them a flood of nostalgia they can relate to another person who has that same feeling for that one thing. I think it's great and can allow many different people from many different cultures and regions to connect on a simple but very emotional level.
When you experience seeing old photos, movies, or music you get a sense of happiness because you remember what you were doing that exact minute of the photo, or who you were with the first time you saw that movie or heard that song. By growing this popularity it may bring back happiness in people.
Social Media will make nostalgic moments less "nostalgic" since it is online, and will not go anywhere overnight usually. It just isn't as special as experiencing something first hand and having the satisfaction of living through the event.
I thin social media makes it easier to experience nostalgia as "throwback" posts are very common and an get you thinking of older times and experience those feelings of nostalgia.
I believe that social media provides a great opportunity to expand how people relive nostalgic memories. Social media is a way for people to connect with old friends that they may have not had the resources to contact them. It is also a way for people to share their memories, with the hopes of stimulating nostalgia in others who also have that memory.
It depends on what social media platform they are on. They might feel different feelings and feel a different connection to different platforms. If they are going through their social media platforms they might play a song from their childhood so they could feel/remember something while reading or looking at the post.
For example, if you want to listen to music from your childhood that triggers nostalgic emotions, it is easily accessible on social media and can be shared with others.
You can always look back on music, photos or movies to get you to feel nostalgia. It can release good vibes in your body and make you feel a happy way. It can also connect you to the past and when you connect to the past you can relate to many more memories. You can share it with your family and friends as well. For example, if you play a song you haven't heard in a long time and everyone could get a memory of when they first heard the song and have the feel good feeling.
music triggers memories for me of times that are fun and worry free. I often here a song and relate it a positive time in my life. I can also relate it to a negative time as well. either way, I reflect on what that song does to me.
Social media has the ability to have someone create themselves all over again. The sense of control and confidence come from social media. This lets people create and post memories saved on an online database. Facebook, for example, will show each person a memory they posted an x amount of years ago bringing back a sense of nostalgia.
these forms of media help people to remember their best moments and experiences through movies, old music ,etc...
The growth in the popularity of social media and access to old pictures and movies can more broadly influence how people experience and share nostalgic memories. This is because when you see an old picture pop up on your phone or even listen to a song that is being played on social media, that can make you reminisce the old times and bring you back to when you felt those memories. Sharing those with your friends via social media can also bring them back into those nostalgic memories as well. The impact media has on your mind and remembering the past is definitely what brings most of these thoughts.
They might come across an old song or movie they used to watch or listen to all the time and it could trigger a nostalgic memory.
Usually nostalgic memories come to mind when you feel anxious or when youn are worried about something.
nostalgia is not something negative on the contrary it generates positive changes
As immigrants almost moved on their hometowns, pictures that are spread remind them of how they miss them, letting them experience nostalgia. The elders watch videos of the time they were teens, so it makes them experience nostalgia.As old photos are widely shared and videos of different places spread. People are more likely to experience nostalgia frequently.
Older forms of media such as a record player or a Nintendo 64 could bring people back to times when they had less stress in their life. when all of their needs were cared for. and the onslaught of memories give people purpose. and it can also help people find others that can relate to the same thing.
It might influence people with nostalgic memories because they might think of the memories they had in there childhood.
You can share and rewatch old family videos, old movies are easy to find and share with family so memories are easier to share and see.
It might influence people that have nostalgia memories because they might remember memories from when they were a child.
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Playing video games may bring back memories like super Mario bros or the show called or the Netflix show the twilight show Michel Jackson or pictures like when you were a kid.
nostaliga is that you remeber the stuff what you did since your a kid nostilga is that you miss what you used to do when your a kid.
it get's them off the Internet and they watch shows they are use to when they were kids
The more popular thees things are the more people have it and it can reduce sadness or loneliness because of nostalgia memories of sharing things in social media
People can share nostalgic memories online in social medias, discussing things they love with people who feel the same. Also, nowadays it's really easy to find old stuff we used to see, with a few a clicks we can watch that old commercial and it causes nostalgia. Using these tools are a good way to have nostalgia and improve your mental health.
Social media gives more reminders of past experiences.
People will be more likely to have nostalgic memories bc as kids we watched a lot of tv.