Nostalgia

[Ernie]

I'm curious if anyone else deals with or has dealt with heavy nostalgia? I am in my mid 40s and have had nostalgia feelings since my late teens, specifically for my 11sh to 15sh years give or take. I think I actually am now using it as some sort of coping mechanism for my life long battle of anxiety. Its not just a "good ol days" feeling but very strong.

 

[Pearl]

Memories can often come uninvited and we have a choice whether to dwell on them or briefly enjoy them and then move on. It's lovely to have pleasant memories but not good to hanker after the past. As Christians we need to be living in the now and looking forward to our tomorrows instead of spending too much time in the past.

 

[markalan]

Memories can often come uninvited and we have a choice whether to dwell on them or briefly enjoy them and then move on. It's lovely to have pleasant memories but not good to hanker after the past. As Christians we need to be living in the now and looking forward to our tomorrows instead of spending too much time in the past.

Your comment echoes Philippians 3:13-14

I count not myself to have apprehended:
but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling of God
in Christ Jesus.

 

[Riven]

I'm curious if anyone else deals with or has dealt with heavy nostalgia? I am in my mid 40s and have had nostalgia feelings since my late teens, specifically for my 11sh to 15sh years give or take. I think I actually am now using it as some sort of coping mechanism for my life long battle of anxiety. Its not just a "good ol days" feeling but very strong.

38 here. Yeah, the 90's were pretty great.

 

[SavedInHim]

Memories can often come uninvited and we have a choice whether to dwell on them or briefly enjoy them and then move on. It's lovely to have pleasant memories but not good to hanker after the past. As Christians we need to be living in the now and looking forward to our tomorrows instead of spending too much time in the past.

+1

 

[Angelina]

I'm curious if anyone else deals with or has dealt with heavy nostalgia? I am in my mid 40s and have had nostalgia feelings since my late teens, specifically for my 11sh to 15sh years give or take. I think I actually am now using it as some sort of coping mechanism for my life long battle of anxiety. Its not just a "good ol days" feeling but very strong.

Hi @Ernie, yes, I get flashbacks of nostalgia often. Mostly about family gatherings and the close-knit community I lived in as a child. I miss those times. It was when we were more social rather than separated by constant work schedules, cell phones, or computers.

 

[quietthinker]

I'm curious if anyone else deals with or has dealt with heavy nostalgia? I am in my mid 40s and have had nostalgia feelings since my late teens, specifically for my 11sh to 15sh years give or take. I think I actually am now using it as some sort of coping mechanism for my life long battle of anxiety. Its not just a "good ol days" feeling but very strong.

Ahhhh, the transience of life. We come out of childhood bursting into the world of adulthood with so many new discoveries....but alas, all too soon it's same ole, same ole.
What we want is that feeling of new; the unplanned (I remember it well) and yes, my youth had its challenges but what shines through most is its energy never knowing with what the next day or next month will show up.

Today in my mid seventies there is an acute awareness that I might have another twenty years if I don't get hit by a bus.....but there is peace and hope.....yes, I have come to KNOW my Saviour.