Me too. I'm miserable on a daily basis through my own internal conflicts. But when I step outside of emotion I recognise that "these days" are probably going to be among the best of my life. Something to lull me to sleep on my deathbed in years to come.
I wouldn't be life is short, and death will come obviously. So I'd enjoy this current moment to last as long as possible, then I'll enjoy its nostalgic feel in the future but I dont want the future to come to soon as I already know it'll come and it'll only mean I'm closer to death.
@@symbungee "Lost in yesterday" by Tame Impala does a really good job of capturing that emotion imo, the line "eventually terrible memories turn into great ones" is very encouraging in a weird way
I am not looking forward, because I am afraid I am gonna regret a lot of decisions I am consciously or unconsciously making right now. I just hope things turn out fine for me in the end.
@@symbungee Some of us have it terrible right now- lots of people will have extremely good reasons to loathe the existence of this year for the rest of their lives. If this is good, that means even more horrific experiences are coming
As a man who succumbs often to the bittersweet trap of nostalgia, this is too true. Always remembering better happier times. Days more simple then now. But as said in the video it's all seen though rose tinted glasses. Gone forever but never forgotten, always appreciated.
Nostalgia probably my greatest weakness. My love and rival. Bittersweet is she? But so is much of life. Great video. Believe it or not watching some of your videos has helped me though tough times in my life over the years. I discovered this channel years ago when I lost my father. He took his own life and your videos about suicide and depression. Idk I found a comfort in it. It's terrible to experience these things, but your videos gave me an understanding, which in turn allowed me to make my peace and accept what is, is, and to move forward with my life. Because even for all it's pains and sorrows, life is worth living, it's fascinating and strange. The many concepts of philosophy and psychology only prove this in my eyes. How we endlessly try to understand it all. Anyway I'm rambling just wanted to thank you, keep making videos they're great, I love them. I'm never this early to a new video so figured I'd give my thanks to you in hopes you see it.
in my opinion, nostalgia is your subconscious trying to manipulate you -the persona- to doing things it wants using memories you value. so for example if you are nostalgic of a feeling, it may as well be your subconscious that you need to chase that feeling again or that you should be more like who you were when you felt that feeling. but, what do I know
Your videos are legitimately one of the most effective ways to snap me out of a shitty mood and start re-thinking things. I have symptoms of ADHD that make it difficult to read entire philosophies and I wouldn't know where to start; these are perfect bite-sized compilations of philosophical ideas both original and borrowed without leaving out the most important details. Thank you for this.
I catch myself thinking sometimes, "This will be one of those rosy memories of the 'best times', even though I'm unable to enjoy it now". I miss my teenage years. This video is making me sad ;-;
Can I just point out that the mad men quote is actually a reference to the Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zhou who said, “happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness”
2:05 "The pain of returning home." "the jarring dislocations and inarticulate grieving of coming back, to something that is no longer as you imagine it during the homeward journey."
I have my own theory on nostalgia. I have felt a heightened awareness of the present moment when I know a finite situation is nearing its end. For example, my last month of college was full of admiration and love that resulted in a constant state of bliss most of the time I realized how temporary the situation was. It’s almost an anticipation for the present to be reflected on and seen as nostalgic leads to be a positive motivator that makes you grateful for everything you have in that moment knowing that it’s so impermanent. Anticipating nostalgia I have found to be a strong motivator to enjoy those last moments and to strive to accomplish great things. It’s almost a different appreciation for life, but my question is why do I need to see the near end to experience such bliss? Could I access this state more often without anticipating a lot of change in my life? A thought worth pondering..
it's nice that i find this video right as im starting to come to terms with holding onto my childhood and fearing true adulthood and financial independence as well as the realization that my childhood really was not as incredible as i remember (not sure why it took me this long considering i have CPTSD from a lot of it) thanks for the closure, sisyphus
I watch a lot of these videos to drive me forward in life. Being reminded of the fleeting nature of it all helps me take the steps I need to in order to secure the future I want. Making that phone call, scheduling that appointment, applying to this position or school, even just making a healthier choice for a snack and going for a walk.
Gnossienne 1 by Erik Satie always gives me the deepest nostalgia imaginable. I think it's because its been used as the backdrop to a ton of movie scenes, but it reminds me of childhood.
Is nostalgia underrated though? I recall it being the main creative force behind almost every major movie franchise of the last decade. Great video either way
Perhaps misunderstood. He clearly has disdain for nostalgia bait, and wishes people to make use of a thoughtful considered form of it. Those movies are mostly just referencing things they hope will induce nostalgia in order to make money: they're not necessarily nostalgic in content or design
Because I've been experiencing a lot of this feeling we call nostalgia and you talked briefly of the etymology of the word. I personally found interesting; the idea of fear in relation to returning home. However, in mine own experience, this might initially be confusing or even seem paradoxical. Only to be found wanting, in the end, & upon further investigation, that it is merely abhorred due to the frustration whence one realizes that they cannot stay and must return to the world which they sought so desperately to leave and find refuge in the fantasies of yesterday; where there is no worry nor dread of tomorrow and the excitement and wonder of all that the world had to offer was not faded or out of focus due to the tears welling up from a stern punch in the nose. Still, this was the reality of the true source of fear in returning home.
always a mixture of a deep sense of being understood, but also jealousy at not creating such content myself whenever i watch your channel. beautiful video- gives me genuine hope, mixed with longing; but how else to describe nostalgia? thank you :)
You are awesome! You are an amazing and brilliant creator. I love your content and I know I’m not the only one. Please don’t ever stop making videos. You are a youtube channel I’ve been looking for for so long, and I am glad I found you!
Idk if anyone has seen that "a tribute to minecraft" video by jschlatt. But he talks about how much nostalgia the music by c418 gives him. He talks about how all the updates made the game seem unfamiliar and more confusing and there was this "different feeling" to everything. And he explores his own nostalgia in the music. And he said that with all the updates and snapshots..... the music was the only thing that didn't change. And nostalgia is just when you realize the world is rapidly changing all the time and the only comfort you can get from this change is the things that dont.
bruh I try to oppress this as much as possible because it makes me sad, will all my bottled up emotions explode 1 day? im kinda concerned but not so much since I have not been struggling with emotion handling the past months
As someone who wishes they could let all those emotions flow out of them, I would hope you can bring yourself to refrain from bottling them up. You might find one day that you can’t let them go when you want to.
I hate nostalgia. I remember a show from my childhood, and in that instance, all the pain from that time comes back. no friends. no real relationship with my family except siblings and my mom, an abusive dad. I had no concept a social life. the feeling of crushing isolation. the reason for why I have it better than ever is because I didn't really feel like I have "the good ol days". but at least it can only go up from there :)
Thinking about the past is especially weird when you lived in psychosis for quite some time. Especially if there were moments of bliss in that period. Recapturing them would require you to be the exact mad that you were. Which all things considered wouldn't be preferable.
I've been watching a lot of your videos in the past couple weeks and many seem to take a shot at understanding true happiness and how to achieve it. So I'm really curious, since you know all of this and more; are you happy?
Sure, nostalgia is an emotion like no other, that is great to experience and healthy to indulge in. But over indulging in it can really mess you up, so don’t live in the past for too long.
Eh, I think you've combined the concept of wisdom with Nostalgia. I think Nostalgia is actually closer to a poison, when taken in moderation you can feel the pleasant feelings of being drunk by it, destabilized by it to create new possibilities, but too much and you can be sick, paralyized by it, and reality becomes entirely distorted by your inability to take the present as truth because the past is so marred in the lie of your emotional necessity. Nostalgia, imo, is in MOST cases in the modern age...an incredibly dangerous symptom of a larger disconnect with the present for any number of reasons. Failure, alienation, trauma, exhaustion, etc. We go back to escape the present and by doing so without WISDOM don't acknolwedge that the past is a lie, that it's a story we tell ourselves to satisfy what we need in the present. The problem isn't nostalgia, it's "nostalgia culture", and this obsession with the past somehow having some value that it doesn't, and this false idea that we could get back to it or that it was ever even real. I find conservative people do this to EXTREMES, to the point that reality has no meaning anymore. The past is just a series of cherrypicked good things that were never living alongside the bad. The bad then becomes a lie, it wasn't real, because the picture in my head of the past doesn't include it and somehow my image of the past is infallible while YOURS isn't. So when you experience pleasant nostalgia, you should instead look for WHY you need the past to be that way, and what does it say about the present...and how can you improve the present by understanding what you need from the past? But at the end of the day, too much nostalgia can make it impossible to enjoy even the best of times in the present because the present is always marred in the reality of each passing second, whereas Nostalgia always is a montage of only the moments you needed to keep. I do take solace in the idea that one day I will look back on the times I live now and pull away the bad, and that will give me comfort. But I also know that even in my past now I can see such a high concentration of periods where what I thought was "happy" was very much trapped in a hall of mirrors of my own self-loathing and suffering that I just thought was normal. I didn't know what I was doing to myself, and I sometimes wonder if I will continue to do that as I look back. I hope that I'm at a point in my life that I'll begin to look back into the past and remember these periods fondly, because I do so very much love being in the present and the past is, to me, a spectre of truth and lies that never really has helped me beyond comforting moments to know that good can again come again.
Huge fan of the channel here. I would have to disagree with the "pain of looking back and seeing that something you once loved is twisted due too your matured perspective" and while I believe from experience that this can both be a product of nostalgia and can create nostalgia, I think it is a sense separate from nostalgia itself. I prefer the idea that it is a painful yet almost euphoric at times, tear inducing longing for something unattainable(a past experience or memory [sorta]), soley because you have already attained it in the past. Edit: this can probably be easily misinterpreted as my wording is very poor but I'm going to leave it up anyway, take it with a biggggg ol grain of salt edit2: please disregard this comment entirely, what I was trying to say is everything after 5:00
"Ignorance is bliss but not all forms of bliss require ignorance"
Very well said sir.
I loved that so much
I’m looking forward to be nostalgic about where I am now.
Me too. I'm miserable on a daily basis through my own internal conflicts. But when I step outside of emotion I recognise that "these days" are probably going to be among the best of my life. Something to lull me to sleep on my deathbed in years to come.
I wouldn't be life is short, and death will come obviously. So I'd enjoy this current moment to last as long as possible, then I'll enjoy its nostalgic feel in the future but I dont want the future to come to soon as I already know it'll come and it'll only mean I'm closer to death.
@@symbungee "Lost in yesterday" by Tame Impala does a really good job of capturing that emotion imo, the line "eventually terrible memories turn into great ones" is very encouraging in a weird way
I am not looking forward, because I am afraid I am gonna regret a lot of decisions I am consciously or unconsciously making right now. I just hope things turn out fine for me in the end.
@@symbungee Some of us have it terrible right now- lots of people will have extremely good reasons to loathe the existence of this year for the rest of their lives. If this is good, that means even more horrific experiences are coming
"Nostalgia is truly one of the great human weaknesses. Second only to the neck." - Dwight Schrute
As a man who succumbs often to the bittersweet trap of nostalgia, this is too true. Always remembering better happier times. Days more simple then now. But as said in the video it's all seen though rose tinted glasses. Gone forever but never forgotten, always appreciated.
Hahahaha
A man who sees his childhood home burned and pillaged will either be broken or go wild. Like cutting open a neck.
i remember watching this like it was yesterday and it's already been 1 minute since it was posted
Haw haw haw :^]
hue-hue-hue.
This is the perfect video to watch after the sun starts to rise after staying up all night
( which is what I’m doing )
Same
Opposite for me, just got back from a 10h shift watching the sunset with a cold beer, having my first weekend off in 6 months.
@@marcus0johansson opposite to me. i just did acid and cycled 20 miles lol. mad respect bro
@@Noxin_Sacul cycling on acid
I like the feeling brought on by this comment. Very nostalgic ;)
Nostalgia probably my greatest weakness. My love and rival. Bittersweet is she? But so is much of life. Great video. Believe it or not watching some of your videos has helped me though tough times in my life over the years. I discovered this channel years ago when I lost my father. He took his own life and your videos about suicide and depression. Idk I found a comfort in it. It's terrible to experience these things, but your videos gave me an understanding, which in turn allowed me to make my peace and accept what is, is, and to move forward with my life. Because even for all it's pains and sorrows, life is worth living, it's fascinating and strange. The many concepts of philosophy and psychology only prove this in my eyes. How we endlessly try to understand it all. Anyway I'm rambling just wanted to thank you, keep making videos they're great, I love them. I'm never this early to a new video so figured I'd give my thanks to you in hopes you see it.
There’s no pain like nostalgia.
Watching this high is a whole activity for me, I love these videos.
in my opinion, nostalgia is your subconscious trying to manipulate you -the persona- to doing things it wants using memories you value. so for example if you are nostalgic of a feeling, it may as well be your subconscious that you need to chase that feeling again or that you should be more like who you were when you felt that feeling. but, what do I know
I can agree with that observation.
Your videos are legitimately one of the most effective ways to snap me out of a shitty mood and start re-thinking things. I have symptoms of ADHD that make it difficult to read entire philosophies and I wouldn't know where to start; these are perfect bite-sized compilations of philosophical ideas both original and borrowed without leaving out the most important details. Thank you for this.
It's so easy to be trapped by the yearning of nostalgia - yearning for a "different" world, some remembrance of the way things used to be
Not everyday that a youtuber references Sylvia Plath - colour me impressed!
@@block4412 I get what you're saying and share your enthusiasm but what platform is this? UA-cam, right?
One of the most famous poets of all time? Why is that impressive?
you should check out contrapoints
Uhhh, lots of people do?
@@pastellexists because UA-cam and poetry do not go hand in hand...
I catch myself thinking sometimes, "This will be one of those rosy memories of the 'best times', even though I'm unable to enjoy it now". I miss my teenage years. This video is making me sad ;-;
i’ve been dealing with nostalgia a lot lately, and it kind of does hurt. thanks for this video.
Can I just point out that the mad men quote is actually a reference to the Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zhou who said, “happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness”
Nostalgia isn't negative or positive. It's bittersweet.
2:05
"The pain of returning home."
"the jarring dislocations and inarticulate grieving of coming back, to something that is no longer as you imagine it during the homeward journey."
The most precious moments are when you don't even realise how rare and special the moments are when you live them
I have my own theory on nostalgia.
I have felt a heightened awareness of the present moment when I know a finite situation is nearing its end. For example, my last month of college was full of admiration and love that resulted in a constant state of bliss most of the time I realized how temporary the situation was. It’s almost an anticipation for the present to be reflected on and seen as nostalgic leads to be a positive motivator that makes you grateful for everything you have in that moment knowing that it’s so impermanent. Anticipating nostalgia I have found to be a strong motivator to enjoy those last moments and to strive to accomplish great things. It’s almost a different appreciation for life, but my question is why do I need to see the near end to experience such bliss? Could I access this state more often without anticipating a lot of change in my life? A thought worth pondering..
Ah im so glad you uploaded this video. So many memories, Thank You!
it's nice that i find this video right as im starting to come to terms with holding onto my childhood and fearing true adulthood and financial independence as well as the realization that my childhood really was not as incredible as i remember (not sure why it took me this long considering i have CPTSD from a lot of it)
thanks for the closure, sisyphus
I watch a lot of these videos to drive me forward in life. Being reminded of the fleeting nature of it all helps me take the steps I need to in order to secure the future I want. Making that phone call, scheduling that appointment, applying to this position or school, even just making a healthier choice for a snack and going for a walk.
thx for the video dude, i was just writing my bachelors thesis on the haunthological nature of citypop
Gnossienne 1 by Erik Satie always gives me the deepest nostalgia imaginable. I think it's because its been used as the backdrop to a ton of movie scenes, but it reminds me of childhood.
Your mic quality is proof that you don't need the best gear to make amazing content. I have no excuse lol just laziness
i think in this video at least, it adds to the nostalgic quality
shitty mics hit different
Is nostalgia underrated though? I recall it being the main creative force behind almost every major movie franchise of the last decade. Great video either way
Perhaps misunderstood. He clearly has disdain for nostalgia bait, and wishes people to make use of a thoughtful considered form of it. Those movies are mostly just referencing things they hope will induce nostalgia in order to make money: they're not necessarily nostalgic in content or design
Video really hits home. Makes me nostalgic for the start of lockdown in March, and puts into perspectives that it wasn't all bad.
Because I've been experiencing a lot of this feeling we call nostalgia and you talked briefly of the etymology of the word. I personally found interesting; the idea of fear in relation to returning home. However, in mine own experience, this might initially be confusing or even seem paradoxical. Only to be found wanting, in the end, & upon further investigation, that it is merely abhorred due to the frustration whence one realizes that they cannot stay and must return to the world which they sought so desperately to leave and find refuge in the fantasies of yesterday; where there is no worry nor dread of tomorrow and the excitement and wonder of all that the world had to offer was not faded or out of focus due to the tears welling up from a stern punch in the nose.
Still, this was the reality of the true source of fear in returning home.
***Mark Fisher Joins the Chat***
Did somebody say lost futures?!
always a mixture of a deep sense of being understood, but also jealousy at not creating such content myself whenever i watch your channel. beautiful video- gives me genuine hope, mixed with longing; but how else to describe nostalgia? thank you :)
You are awesome! You are an amazing and brilliant creator. I love your content and I know I’m not the only one. Please don’t ever stop making videos. You are a youtube channel I’ve been looking for for so long, and I am glad I found you!
I love this channel! Thank you for the great video Sisyphus 55.
Idk if anyone has seen that "a tribute to minecraft" video by jschlatt. But he talks about how much nostalgia the music by c418 gives him.
He talks about how all the updates made the game seem unfamiliar and more confusing and there was this "different feeling" to everything.
And he explores his own nostalgia in the music. And he said that with all the updates and snapshots..... the music was the only thing that didn't change.
And nostalgia is just when you realize the world is rapidly changing all the time and the only comfort you can get from this change is the things that dont.
Looking at something from the corner of your eye and getting a sudden wave of nostalgia for unknown reasons is the best thing in the world
Great vídeo as always, havent been following for long but been loving each video! Thanks for the inisghts and sharing!
I, one day, will have nostalgia for watching all of your youtube videos for the first time.
i should be watching my online classes, but this was worth it
I’m really happy I found your channel! You have GREAT content and I hope you continue to make more!
you're bring up thoughts i was not aware of. thank you
I hate/nostalgia. It reminds me to savor the present despite it being uncertain and cold at the moment.
first youtube video to give me a internal crisis, great vid!
such an underrated channel, absolutely love your content
I never feel happiness. I just remember it.
Needed this, this morning
bruh I try to oppress this as much as possible because it makes me sad, will all my bottled up emotions explode 1 day? im kinda concerned but not so much since I have not been struggling with emotion handling the past months
As someone who wishes they could let all those emotions flow out of them, I would hope you can bring yourself to refrain from bottling them up. You might find one day that you can’t let them go when you want to.
I hate nostalgia. I remember a show from my childhood, and in that instance, all the pain from that time comes back. no friends. no real relationship with my family except siblings and my mom, an abusive dad. I had no concept a social life. the feeling of crushing isolation. the reason for why I have it better than ever is because I didn't really feel like I have "the good ol days". but at least it can only go up from there :)
Nostalgia is one of my auras in my epilepsy. I always get scared when I'm feeling nostalgic that I might be about to have a seizure lol.
Dude these videos are amazing man I cant belive I've just stumbled across you
Thinking about the past is especially weird when you lived in psychosis for quite some time. Especially if there were moments of bliss in that period. Recapturing them would require you to be the exact mad that you were. Which all things considered wouldn't be preferable.
As I was moving ahead occasionally I saw brief glimpses of beauty
We change so much yet we are the same....
I lost myself.
Ill feel nostalgic the day i find myself again
"Here lies Squidward's hopes and dreams"
. . .what a baby.
This was a good video. Thank you.
Increíble video, cheers from Mexico
great stuff. your illustrations are so funny too
this is my new favourite channel
Excellent. Thank you for your work.
i never would have thought that the simple things ive done in the past would be a much bigger deal in the present. . .
wow!! this changed my life!! awesome!!
^
keep it up, we all love the new content!!!!!!!!!
Love you man.
Love how this channel is part philosophy and part an excuse to dish out and analyse the best quotes from history
You are the only youtuber that i’ve turned on notifications:) But I gotta tell you,
get a new *M I C*
what an enjoyable watch, thank you
I've been watching a lot of your videos in the past couple weeks and many seem to take a shot at understanding true happiness and how to achieve it. So I'm really curious, since you know all of this and more; are you happy?
this video felt like eating a nice steak at a candlelit dinner with an empty chair across from me
I'm 14 and somehow have a bunch of nostalgic memories.
I'm glad to have UA-cam recommended this today
I wonder if you have a recommendation reading list posted somewhere?
Would love to see this
Man time is going faster and faster. Pls take me back and just stop the time. Stop it forever...
Phyconaut well spoke, you only get to stay awhile .
love you
Sure, nostalgia is an emotion like no other, that is great to experience and healthy to indulge in. But over indulging in it can really mess you up, so don’t live in the past for too long.
Give me your address. I'm buying you a Zoom microphone.
Honestly that or at least an SM58 lol
One too many years some tattooed eyelids on facelift Mind over matter is magic I do magic - Frank Ocean
I look to be content with my work and have happiness as a byproduct
I can pursue it but not over indulgently
In the words of John Cusack..you can't go home, but you can shop there.
Talk about a UA-camr underrated
Got me crying.
Your video = good content, good visuals, bad audio
Better mic = good good good = real deal bim bam boom = yes
Damn that piano solo was kind of lit though
Just discovered this hidden gem
Yet another escape, another distraction, another way to put more hours behind me. Some escapes are more "healthy" than others. Nostalgia's not so bad.
Holy shit dude you have so few subs , I know this shit be blowin up. Haha I hope you get to grow because I love the content !
This is not what I needed on my lsd comedown
What is the source for the cartoon from 0:53? I've been searching for a series that I can't remember the name of but the palette looks familiar.
you’re my favorite youtube philosopher. you know that, right?
what software do you use to make illustraions and animations?
Adobe Animate :)
thank youu uwu
@@oofoofoofbambambam2044nah, get flash mx, it's basically the same. It's free too.
Nostalgia is underrated
I wish you publish a book of the transcript of all your UA-cam videos.
Nostalgia is what people with a superior complex post to appear older. As if age matters.
Thanks
"Im nostalgic for a place that dosen't exist"
Man fuck this shit i wanna be a kid again forever. So full of life and free from responsibilities just gaming and shit. Not depressed from existence.
how do you make these drawings?? I mean like what software
Adobe animate
Eh, I think you've combined the concept of wisdom with Nostalgia.
I think Nostalgia is actually closer to a poison, when taken in moderation you can feel the pleasant feelings of being drunk by it, destabilized by it to create new possibilities, but too much and you can be sick, paralyized by it, and reality becomes entirely distorted by your inability to take the present as truth because the past is so marred in the lie of your emotional necessity.
Nostalgia, imo, is in MOST cases in the modern age...an incredibly dangerous symptom of a larger disconnect with the present for any number of reasons. Failure, alienation, trauma, exhaustion, etc. We go back to escape the present and by doing so without WISDOM don't acknolwedge that the past is a lie, that it's a story we tell ourselves to satisfy what we need in the present. The problem isn't nostalgia, it's "nostalgia culture", and this obsession with the past somehow having some value that it doesn't, and this false idea that we could get back to it or that it was ever even real. I find conservative people do this to EXTREMES, to the point that reality has no meaning anymore. The past is just a series of cherrypicked good things that were never living alongside the bad. The bad then becomes a lie, it wasn't real, because the picture in my head of the past doesn't include it and somehow my image of the past is infallible while YOURS isn't.
So when you experience pleasant nostalgia, you should instead look for WHY you need the past to be that way, and what does it say about the present...and how can you improve the present by understanding what you need from the past? But at the end of the day, too much nostalgia can make it impossible to enjoy even the best of times in the present because the present is always marred in the reality of each passing second, whereas Nostalgia always is a montage of only the moments you needed to keep.
I do take solace in the idea that one day I will look back on the times I live now and pull away the bad, and that will give me comfort. But I also know that even in my past now I can see such a high concentration of periods where what I thought was "happy" was very much trapped in a hall of mirrors of my own self-loathing and suffering that I just thought was normal. I didn't know what I was doing to myself, and I sometimes wonder if I will continue to do that as I look back. I hope that I'm at a point in my life that I'll begin to look back into the past and remember these periods fondly, because I do so very much love being in the present and the past is, to me, a spectre of truth and lies that never really has helped me beyond comforting moments to know that good can again come again.
Nostalgia is completely immobilising
Buddy, let's get you that 100k subscriber plaque :)
Huge fan of the channel here. I would have to disagree with the "pain of looking back and seeing that something you once loved is twisted due too your matured perspective" and while I believe from experience that this can both be a product of nostalgia and can create nostalgia, I think it is a sense separate from nostalgia itself. I prefer the idea that it is a painful yet almost euphoric at times, tear inducing longing for something unattainable(a past experience or memory [sorta]), soley because you have already attained it in the past. Edit: this can probably be easily misinterpreted as my wording is very poor but I'm going to leave it up anyway, take it with a biggggg ol grain of salt edit2: please disregard this comment entirely, what I was trying to say is everything after 5:00