An emotion which creeps into you from your past. A sadness of being with someone once, or may be that feeling when you were kissed. Nostalgia has extended its meaning to a wider aspect. The term came into existence when Swiss physicians expressed the homesickness of soldiers as ‘nostalgia’.
Reasons For Nostalgia Being Good For You
1. Not Just A Mere Emotion
Nostalgia is something which more than a past emotion. It helps you to connect to a person and the events which connect you two. It helps in moving forward with more confidence and less fear.
2. Keeps You Going
We can really re-live a past memory but these past memories help you keep moving forward with a sense of happiness. A few studies suggest that re-living your happy past memories help you in improving your sense of well-being.
3. It Makes You Optimist
Nostalgia strengthens you with keeping your self-esteem intact which in turn results in high optimism level. This concept works with a logical reasoning of past memories keep you reminding of your self-worth and which helps you to look at the brighter side of any situation.
4. Improvement In Memory
A few of the studies done on pensioners which made them experience a significant improvement in their memory level. Even the people affected with dementia can also be treated with the effects of nostalgia. An almost 7 hours nostalgic talk can improve your memory with an average of 12 percent.
That is what the studies suggest and that is why being a nostalgic person is good for your personal growth.
Tiru Dehariya
