Nostalgia- a good or bad feeling?

For you is nostalgia saddening or endearing? And what's your sign?


Explain.

Personally nostalgia is a bit heart wrenching for me. However, it's a sweet sort of longing that allows me to feel a wandering, unique, skewed form of happiness. It's a bit like addictive melancholy - dreaming of a far off place is comforting even though it has the capability of bringing down my chances of being content with the present. Watching Lord of the Rings yesterday, I was reminded of childhood and the dreams we have when we're young. The film is so beautiful to me that it makes me sob every time I watch it- and I must admit, I do like the obscured feeling.
And, Scorpio 🙂.

Nostalgia is sad, to me. I can't go back to the times I remember and think about, and it always comes with a feeling of longing. I'm not happy with my life, currently, so of course that would be the case. But, then again, even if I did become satisfied with my life, I might still find it sad. I always remember events to be better than they were.

There's some sort of opinion out there that we tend to remember the hurt more than we do the good. This is where I agree and I view nostalgia as something saddening. It's like a time lost never to be revisisted and never to be corrected which empowers us to move forward and see beauty in things. It could just be me personally but if I were to recount past memories I could recount more hurtful ones than happy ones.

So maybe we really all do take happiness for granted. *shrugs*

Aquarius

*revisited

Nostalgia, for what?!

Always when i think of Nostalgia I think of unpleasant feeling. I have been nostalgic for my home country, and it lasted for quite a short period of time. I overcome nostalgia with motivation and keeping myself as busy as possible.