How Nostalgia Can Be Good for Your Health and Well-Being
Taking a walk down memory lane can have hidden benefits for your mind, health and relationships.
By Stacey Colino, Contributor Dec. 26, 2018, at 3:22 p.m.
We all know people who love to reminisce about memories from the past. Sometimes it’s charming, but if it’s done too often, you might feel tempted to shake your relative or friend and say, “Snap out of it! Come back to the here and now.†Well, you may want to think twice about doing that because research has found that nostalgia can be good for your health and emotional well-being.
Whether you listen to music you used to love, look at old photos, page through yearbooks or watch movies that take you back to happy times, you can evoke nostalgia to benefit your state of mind in myriad ways. Strolling down a pleasant memory lane can improve your mood and stimulate inspiration and motivation, research has found. Nostalgia can provide you with a window into your authentic self, according to a series of studies published in a 2015 issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and it can give you a greater sense of meaning in your life.
https://health.usnews.com/wellness/mind/articles/2018-12-26/how-nostalgia-can-be-good-for-your-health-and-well-being
