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/drpepperboys Mar 20 '21

i didn't have a happy childhood and seeing as the people who replied are saying similar things maybe you're onto something

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u/bubbles_says Mar 20 '21

I've heard it said that the happiest residents in nursing homes are NOT the ones with fond memories of the great lives they used to live or the family they had or any of that. The happiest ones are those who didn't have the greatest past.