Nostalgia / myLot

St. Catharines, Ontario

April 1, 2007 6:42pm CST

In "Waiting for My Cats to Die" Stacy Horn writes: "Nostalgia is both a self-inflicted wound and the morphine you take for the pain". I'm not sure why this line stuck out for me. It's not like I agree with it. Then again, I don't disagree with it either. Nostalgia does have a component of pain to it but I don't think the hurt is great enough to warrant morphine. To me, it's more of an aching sadness. Up the street from me is a house with an old-fashioned wire fence in front. It's about three feet high, and every time I pass it I'm brought back to the days of my childhood, when such fences were common. And I think of my grandmother, now long gone. But the 96-year-old woman who lived there, up the street, was placed in a nursing home early this winter, and the house has been sold. I wonder how long before the fence is taken down, and the yard paved over for parking. Pass the Prozac.

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noah2413

@noah2413 (404)

• United States

2 Apr 07

I think nostalgia can take many forms. I love feeling the good nostalgia when you do something you haven't done but had a blast doing when you did. I get this each summer when i go to france; i am french!

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sumofalltears

@sumofalltears (3988)

• United States

5 Apr 07

Nostalgia can be like a flea sometimes and how you choose to treat it can make it good or bad. I think it is the thought or event that triggers the nostalgia that determines whether it will be a sad trip or a happy trip. I also think that is it a healthy thing because it gives you an emotional release you may not have otherwise tried. Sad or glad I usually let the tide take its toll because either way I end up feeling better.

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@sumofalltears (3988)

• United States

16 Apr 07

Thanks for the best response vote, I appreciate it..:}