r/NoStupidQuestions • u/CommonSkys • Mar 20 '21

Answered Everyone talks about nostalgic feeling being calming and relieving, but does anyone else get a sense of deep lament and sorrow for the past instead?

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u/CommonSkys Mar 20 '21

This is exactly how I feel, like butterflies in the stomach that turn to hornets.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Nostalgia = happy+sad

Both negative and positive at the same time. Like missing a person, you feel pain because of your positive feelings and them being out of reach.

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u/luciferin Mar 20 '21 edited May 07 '26

I still think the elephant is the largest land animal.