Why do we feel nostalgia? - Clay Routledge

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Nostalgia was once considered an illness confined to specific groups of people. Today, people all over the world report experiencing and enjoying nostalgia. But how does nostalgia work? And is it healthy? Clay Routledge details the way our understanding of nostalgia has changed since the term was first coined in the late 17th century.
Lesson by Clay Routledge, animation by Anton Bogaty.

[@allthingsbaseball2731]

Nostalgia is the wierdest thing. It makes you feel happy and sad at the same time

[@timelapsesofsingapore5674]

It can be known to be the most interesting emotion ever

[@mhymhylakwatsera2854]

Husband:HEY HONEY! I bet you can't say something that will make me happy and sad at the same time... Wife:What? Husband: I bet you can't say something that will make me happy and sad at the same time! Wife:You have the biggest di- (oh wait). Its nostalgia. Husband: Astonished

[@seanswright]

luz pineda EXACTLY WHAG I THOUGHT

[@firehazemusic]

true

[@thatguy7117]

Happy that you had those beautiful moments and sad that you won't get them back;)

[@Kinkybaerice]

What triggers my nostalgia the most is music. If I hear a song from like 10yrs ago I reminds me of that time in high school or a girl or a video game, family whatever its like a bookmark in my life

[@standoughope]

Same here. I recently watched Disney's _Beauty and the Beast_ from the early 90's after I hadn't seen it since I was 10 years old. The feels of nostalgia from just the first few seconds of music were overwhelming is such a good way.

[@LOOMING_WRAITH_OF_BAD_OMEN]

Uh, almost everyone feels nostalgia from music, actually...

[@LOOMING_WRAITH_OF_BAD_OMEN]

Huh? I'm a cunt for pointing out that the vast majority of humans can have nostalgia triggered from music? Alright, man. Whatever helps you feel better, I guess...

[@Autotrope]

I feel nostalgia about old TV shows. Eg Inspector Gadget

[@standoughope]

Autotrope "du de duppa dupe Inspector Gadget!" =)

[@ilyguyss6289]

nostalgia really makes my heart ache. who else took for granted the life they had just a couple of months ago?

[@flipnshifty]

thats not nostalgia. 3 months ago. more like 10 years.

[@ayoutubechannel1413]

@@flipnshifty nostalgia doesn’t have to be that long ago

[@flipnshifty]

@@ayoutubechannel1413 im pretty sure nostalgia has to be kind of a different time period. I dont think you really understand what nostalgia is/feels like.

[@laddttt6808]

Everything was going perfect up until late 2017. God I miss the old days😭😔

[@ZSpieg]

@@ayoutubechannel1413 I feel like it has to be something that is so long ago you barely remember it, but when you hear some sort of trigger like a soundtrack, you remember it and try to hold onto it

[@KawaiiPandass123]

When you look back at a good memory, it seems stronger than it was when you actually experienced it

[@hi-qj9vz]

@@dutdut2.059 nah its not a lie. I think the emotions are connected to how much you have grown and how everything has changed. You kinda wish you stayed in that time loop in the past forever. But you dont realise how much things are gonna change in the future. Nostalgia is real...

[@dutdut2.059]

hi think about it in 2030 you will be talking about how much you miss 2021.

[@hi-qj9vz]

@@dutdut2.059 maybe because you gained a different perspective of your past you might realise damn thos were the good times and i missed out on alot. Maybe you dont realise in the moment how precious things really are.

[@dutdut2.059]

hi “gained a different perspective” aka painting it as something it really wasn’t

[@jessicacooper3236]

I my nostalgic energy in photography

[@BroCactus]

Nostalgia can be toxic. We like to romanticize the past. Our memories portray a false reality. We too often remember the good whilst forgetting the pains. And the good is depicted as better than it actually was. We are left in a state of melancholy, believing that the past was always more enjoyable than the present moment.

[@DarkCartoon_music]

That literally describes everyone's life! Thanks Eric

[@davegenest45]

Max Gamer SOOO!!?! Isn’t that the point?! Only remembering the Good memories..... doesn’t sound bad to me- 🤷‍♂️

[@SPOOPINATURAL]

dave genest It’s important to remember past mistakes so you don’t repeat them

[@neverending9803]

dave genest for me personally this resonates with me as I usually have a lot of self pity for myself in the present. Saying things like "I wish I could go back to the past it was so much nicer" this nostalgia prevents me from seeing the actual negative bad parts from my past and focuses on making the present the worst possible moment. My mind is just negative in that way and I make up pretty much all of the problems I have. I hope that explained it a bit more.

[@isha9771]

omg..u descibed it perfectly

[@JaysFan2024]

nostalgia makes me want to go back to specific times and re live them. usually it comes from music, but it generally makes me sad lol

[@MissNayNay]

That is exactly and precisely how it is for me, too. Music is the one that triggers my depressing nostalgia because it makes me long with heartache for a time that I know I'll never return to. I hate it.

[@feliciapattinson9591]

😭😭😭😭😭😭 this happens with me every year in January cause I have some sad memories related to it and it's happening right now!!!!!! And I'm heartbroken 💔 I listen to the music that I used to hear that time and I can't describe this feeling😭😭💔💔💔

[@deletedaccount9159]

When ever I hear the Minecraft music I get memories of Minecraft... Playing with my friends. And then one day we grew up and just don't play Minecraft anymore

[@megantarney9161]

Susie McCallister exactly the same for me... minecraft was my childhood & i miss the days where i would just come home and play it all evening with my friends.. some of the best times of my life 😔

[@youhavearesuck1584]

Yeah like five nights at freddys

[@CHILLAX30]

Nostalgia is the perfect example of "Don't be sad it's no more, but be happy that it happened"

[@afriendlycampfire260]

“Dont be sad because its over, be happy because it happened”

[@marumaru1699]

Berserk much?

[@b1battledroid589]

among

[@sheetalmishra7549]

Yes

[@STB4G]

Mine isnt no more, its just that i cant feel the same thing anymore

[@Xuurls]

Nostalgia is one of the most pleasant and painful experiences ever.

[@spaceytree3099]

Honestly nostalgia makes me sad

[@MissNayNay]

idk Me, too.

[@renelallan2645]

6

[@akiraelai8053]

Same here :(

[@russellsorrentino4756]

Sometimes I listen to these three songs and start to cry rocketeer, drive by, and hey there Delilah 😢

[@noursarhan8695]

idk Same

[@catherinecalunod1866]

I miss being a child so much.

[@subscribe2dieinstantly728]

Help im 11 and i wanna go back

[@Emily-es2xf]

@@subscribe2dieinstantly728 you're still a child. Enjoy it while it lasts.

[@subscribe2dieinstantly728]

@@Emily-es2xf I dont even know how to spend my time.......

[@Emily-es2xf]

@@subscribe2dieinstantly728 well when I was your age I didn't have youtube and I would use my imagination with toys or video games

[@youhavearesuck1584]

Me too

[@nevaehfischer34]

*when you realise the movie ratatouille has examples of nostalgia.*

[@avatarchannel8439]

Anton Ego's flashback when he ate the ratatouille 😊

[@vincemcdonie9590]

*Old Barbie Movies is an example of Nostalgia*

[@gutsjoestar7450]

when i watch old movie i watched when i was 5

[@imjustthaticy9795]

Ratatouille is my favorite movie

[@BurningSorrows]

Oh yeah

[@abbas8567]

I just miss my grandma she loved me so much now I've grown up and still hasn't forgot about her.. She will always be in my heart

[@clokki8378]

That's so sweet, she'll always be by your side :)

[@ljsalvoro4680]

Condolence

[@DZMBRYT]

How do u bot ur subs?

[@faethefairy2274]

I'm Sorry for You're loss.

[@NiteStorm324]

Roblox gaming i wanna say a question, why did u buy subs?

[@mitsuki2504]

I feel sad whenever I hear any song on which I used to dance with my friends in childhood.. nostalgia always brings tears to me

[@mouthofthesouth80]

Same here. If there was a time machine, I'd go back to the 90s. Best decade ever.

[@Chris-zx1ez]

Megha Sharma Same, songs released around when i was 16 make long for the past, i was so free and able to do what I wanted.

[@puurrrr]

*I feel sad when teletubbies come up on tv.*

[@maloka_khoja]

Now I'm not that old, but I always find nostalgia to be overwhelming for me.

[@Topunito]

Thanks for triggering my nostalgia with this comment lol

[@PartisanGamer]

Well I find Nostalgia to be very fucking annoying, always makes me longing for things that are gone and will never come back - I find it to be very saddening.

[@janmorosesteban3785]

PartisanGamer same here, it always makes me feel sad

[@carlac6914]

is really sad for me too. The simple part of the kid and his dad, at the end, make me emocional

[@carlac6914]

emotional*

[@MissNayNay]

PartisanGamer That is exactly why I hate it, too. You described perfectly why I hate it and why it depresses me.

[@matthewalvis9729]

PartisanGamer This video literally made me cry for the inanimate characters feeling nostalgia.

[@ikarmax3]

"I wish there was a way to know that you're in the good old days, before you've actually left them." -Andy Bernard, The Office

[@venkatraypai5229]

Oh god this hit me so bad 😭

[@eminakaratas11]

Sometimes I wish that too, but if you would know that it wouldn't be the same in the future then it's actually better to not know that youre in the good old days.

[@zehrazahoor7855]

I think a more weird feeling is when you are happy in moment and realize that it will pass and things wont be the same, Basically feel nostalgic about the present :/

[@ayoutubechannel1413]

IKR , That feeling that goes “your gonna be nostalgic of this in the future”

[@jvnotfound5358]

I can relate.

[@brummbar7251]

Yep, I had this 5 years ago, and I was very much right...

[@mistyseas]

UH IM NOSTAGIC ABOUT THE FUTURE AND PRESENT-

[@Gameinger16]

@@ayoutubechannel1413 that's called des vu, the awareness that the present will be a memory.

[@bgonf]

I feel nostalgia everyday. Idk how to stop

[@filbertvancemartin8236]

girl sameee

[@lucasbeverly3123]

It goes through stages, trust me it usually just happens at night, but eventually you’ll just start getting so stressed out you won’t even have time to feel nostalgic

[@coemcoem7070]

Every. Single. Time. I. Play. PVZ.

[@kapiljain5933]

Same🥺

[@angelinaxiang6222]

Yes same ur not alone I always think that going back to the past is the best.

[@jayfawn8478]

who also miss early 2000's??

[@MissNayNay]

jay fawn Me! As a matter of fact, that's the time that I intensely long to go back to the most. I can't listen to music from that time because it makes me want to break down and cry. I wish it were possible to go back to that time as a child/teenager, but Stephen Hawking says no.

[@GigaDarkness]

when i want to go back, i turn on my n64 and dive in

[@BlaBla-sz2dv]

Yep. I remember it with fondness. In reality though lol, Bush was elected, 9/11 happened, the war on terrorism commenced and America went into Iraq for very "questionable" reasons, not to mention all the shitty goddam reality TV shows which dominated the media. But I'm still nostalgic for all those skater/pop-punk bands like Blink- 182 and Sum 41, the garage revival bands like the strokes and the white stripes, the cartoons, and me just being a young kid. Ahhh it's odd this nostalgia thing isn't it?

[@alec8451]

I hear ya. Late 90s/early 2000s were my jam. It says a lot about the resilience of children and how we could have a great time despite these shoddy things happening. I was in 1st Grade during 9/11. We were sad about it, and we never forgot it, but after maybe two weeks, we were back to smiling on the playground, getting excited about the new live action spider-man movie with Toby Maguire, playing Pokemon, watching Dragon Ball Z, wearing puka shells, and listening to Good Charlotte and Eminem. I think just being a kid with at least a halfway decent childhood at any point in time can trigger nostalgia.

[@impalabeeper]

@Bla Bla Alec Friedman We were kids back then, we only cared about playing and having fun and nothing else.

[@jayzhelleserano9928]

Nostalgia taught me that life isn't that bad than how I thought it to be, it made me remember and see the beautiful moments in my life that I couldn't see before. It makes me appreciate my life even more.

[@nahalalala]

omg I feel exactly like this

[@wangwinona]

😢

[@gyeomibear]

It's a beautiful feeling, and it makes me excited to experience a new day so I can make more happy memories

[@esclance]

Nostalgia is very weird indeed. You feel sad because those memories can never be recreated the same way but you feel happy that they existed.

[@glenhoban9888]

Yes but maybe some can Hmm some buttons are missing still can play and comment and pause but no buttons for hrs PS SPEAKER thanks & any relation to Suzanne??

[@okbasto9541]

Among us

[@evansuddreth388]

Copied

[@unitedtoys857]

@@evansuddreth388 It's not copied it's how everyone feels

[@evansuddreth388]

United Toys no he literally took the same comment as someone else

[@unitedtoys857]

@@evansuddreth388 You got a point he should've just made it into different words

[@evansuddreth388]

oKBASTo that sounds good

[@FAYureiii]

Whenever I get nostalgic I get really depressed but it feels good knowing that I had those great moments in my life that will always be a part of me and in my memory

[@JanischMaximilian]

@Karen luvs Jesus Which won’t affect you just like it doesn’t affect you that you don’t think about all your memories when asleep 🙂.

[@aestheticsvibes6435]

@@JanischMaximilian That's the scariest part

[@JanischMaximilian]

@@aestheticsvibes6435 The scariest part is sleeping? Not so scary then I suppose.

[@aestheticsvibes6435]

@@JanischMaximilian the scariest part is that you forgot all of the joy,tears, sweat, all of moments and memories that you have, your family, your best buddies, your favorite books and films ect. and even you forgot if there's humanity on earth

[@aestheticsvibes6435]

@@JanischMaximilian when we fell asleep we often dreams, the problems is what dreams will you get? beautiful or nightmares... since it would last for eternity.. good theory though

[@therencejamesc.jumaran8282]

It hits different when you feel nostalgic for memories you never even experienced.

[@hagggxdj7103]

This make me cry thanks

[@yourcommentisntfunnyv2709]

usually provoked by music

[@croqueblackie2426]

when i watch Ghibli/old movies or read old books be like… the life I never had and will never have 😭

[@QuantumNetwork]

It’s probably anemoia you’re experiencing, I feel the same, I feel a nostalgic feeling for the 80s even though I was born in 2000

[@billuthespy6900]

​@@yourcommentisntfunnyv2709absolutely true....

[@EmmoF2]

I once heard someone say "Nostalgia can feel like a knife your back." As someone living in a different country and missing his teenage/college years those words ring true to me.

[@Liz-in8lu]

I feel the knife (pain) in my heart.

[@danielv1505]

we feel nostalgia because our life is shit compared to what it use to be

[@amsd1231]

I don't know. People who have improved their standard of living significantly from the past do talk about their old lives with fondness. It wasn't always the case but my parents can travel anywhere in the world and eat at any Michelin star restaurants whenever they want to, and they have. But when I ask them what the best food they ever had they say it's the fresh donuts from the donut shop right next to the school they used to go to. The shop is gone of course so I can't say for sure, but if I were to venture a guess the donuts would not be objectively better than the churros we had in Barcelona. Nevertheless my parents still insist that the donut shop by their school made the best food they have ever had.

[@maldito_sudaka]

amsd1231 When we're younger we're more capable of absorbing new sensations and feeling them. I can remember so many smells from my childhood (my favorite scent is pine trees from where I used to go camping

[@alvin_row]

And you say that cause people remember mostly the good.

[@caleb6248]

Or maybe we can think of our lives as a legacy? lol

[@mynametrong5508]

Not really. I feel nostalgia about old games I used to play such as Spongebob the Movie game. But if I could go back, I would have never played video games and done something better with my time. So in a way, I regret it, but the sounds of the games give me a sense of nostalgia. I'm not sure if that's how it works but it definitely still feels like nostalgia lol.

[@roachdoggxv8920]

I get hit with nostalgia so much when I listen to old music

[@nikoniemi1323]

RoachDoggXV yes. And old games and stuff

[@jazmin.ayala1]

Same

[@aarons.parker2854]

Same

[@maheshnautiyal9750]

Yeah really whenever i listen to lose yourself i just tear up in pieces that reminds me so much of the good ol' days

[@isaiahwalking]

Same dude

[@freddurst5277]

It’s like you want to go back and relive the past so bad, but you know those simpler times are over. It’s an overload of sadness and happiness

[@Liz-in8lu]

Yes. A heavy heart I have

[@stella0ctangula]

is it bad that I’m getting nostalgia from being at school during quarantine

[@bigtoefungusvs.friedpochun7612]

Nope, I think

[@tomfaygo]

this quarantine thing ruined my friendship between my best friend and i and recently i’ve been listening to the music we used to listen to together and am looking back at photos of us staying out late and skating all the time together. now he ignores me and i get annoyed of him. nothing big happened, but without quarantine and covid i’d still have my best friend and i’d still have the good ol days to this day.

[@uhksu4526]

Me too man me tooo

[@iFlashersAwesome213]

Same

[@mythirdy26]

NOPE I AM CRYING I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE OF NO SCHOOL BUT I JUST WANT SEE MY FRIENDS AGAIN ANG GO BACK TO SCHOOL DOING ACTIVITIES, AND HAVING FUN

[@dazeslays]

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be...

[@sitangjai9216]

Daze รยาสาช

[@human_bing]

Daze nostalgic

[@mathewhastings9485]

pannoni4 The 90’s were great, it was the last great decade.

[@samarthsingh8735]

@pannoni4 I'm a millennial, and trust me, we're all the same. Some may like football and some may like vampire diaries, but we're all connected together through pop culture, and the fact that we're all human. And yeah sure, you may at the surface think while watching some DnD geeks how 'niched' their interests are, but the same could be said if you were to watch a group of investment bankers or astrophysicist in 'your' time. I'm sure that that the previous millennia was awesome, by how my father describes his childhood. But I can relate to him sooo much, like yeah there werent phones in that time, or video games, but when he was telling a story of how his friends and he would play under the summer sun,carefree, I relate to it because I too went to my friends' houses to play some ps2. We're weird, but we're your kids. Good day man, and don't let the nostalgia for the past curb the excitement for tomorrow, and for the right now! Cheers!

[@alexisruiz9051]

Mathew Hastings “last great decade” you know that just your opinion man

[@stanleyray]

Nostalgia is actually a bittersweet feelin. It can make you feel both happy and sad.

[@snowfall5919]

sometimes, I remember the 2014-16s where it was much better. now in 2020, we have covid and it's just much worst.

[@riah418]

I agree I just wish we could’ve cherished it 😕

[@taffyvago]

2014-16 were such good years, I would give anything to go back! Wish I would've appreciated it more ):

[@mudded_singularity7832]

Fix:worse

[@snowfall5919]

@@mudded_singularity7832 thanks for the fix, but i don't really care if i got it right or wrong.

[@manellemaiouf7389]

Yeah with nintendo top

[@ahmedgamez6425]

Never appreciate the moment until it becomes a memory. 😖↗️

[@ronytheronin7439]

Oh member when we weren't so nostalgic all the time?

[@Needformadness2]

I member

[@blobdragon2678]

Rony Theronin member when people could write.

[@theoligarchstepper]

member when people don't get references?

[@wael1990]

oh yeeeah i member

[@reanukeaves]

member where we're going?

[@Phantoms3709]

Nostalgia makes me literally cry...because of that one song i used to hear when i was young...I miss the old times where my grandpa was still alive and the time that I would go to my family and friends almost everyday now I'm just sitting alone thinking about those beautiful memories that will never come back...I think I'll never be able to live such moments in my entire life again...

[@kaldrz4328]

Same :'(. My life now is just dull , boring and depressing.

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

@@kaldrz4328 same. I miss my childhood so much. I miss life before the internet and before social media.

[@winstonthespartan5593]

Sad to think I’ll never get those moments back ever again. If I had one wish it will be to go back in time

[@scazab6408]

That is how Im feeling right now😭😥 respect

[@scazab6408]

@@glock61 I feel just negative emotions XD

[@part9952]

Always remember that in 10 years you will be very nostalgic about moment that are as of now still ahead of you. Thats at least how i cheer myself up everytime after being too nostalgic again. Sadly you rarely know what moments will feel nostalgic in future. But when you realise that you are currently having a blast and a day you'll remember always embrace it and make the most of it :)

[@ihatepeacocks3503]

Nostalgia doesn’t make me feel happy at all. It hurts so much

[@brandonf1260]

Yeeeeessssss. I never get any positive emotions when expierencing nostalgia, just pure crippling dispair.

[@ihatepeacocks3503]

@@brandonf1260 honestly, idk how ppl enjoy it at all. I try not to think about the past at all because it physically hurts 😅

[@shas1nov]

@@ihatepeacocks3503 Exactly dude. I miss my old days so much. I remember having fun with my old buddy. In 2011 I moved to another school after 5th grade. I still have the paper he gave me in which he says 'he'll miss me' on last day of my class. After an year in the 6th grade he called me but I didn't took so much interest talkin to him because of new friends and schoolmates. Now I have reached halfway through high school and when I look back 8 years ago when my buddy called me, it makes me cry so much because my new friends were exact definition of a***oles. They were so jealous of me. They only talked me for their own sake. Now in college they don't even call me. I cry so much like a kid thinking my old days. I just wish he would be alive and we'll meet someday. I'm literally crying writing this comment. I can't even tell this to my parents because I know they'll think I have gone nuts.

[@jm7859]

@@shas1nov I did the same thing to my childhood friends. 2009 when I moved to another place, after a year I went back home but ignored them. I was thinking that I should now be getting used to without them because it's probably the last time that I'll visit my hometown. One of them said to me that I've changed. We moved on. Grown apart. It's been 10 years since I last visited my hometown. Now, I'm thinking I was so naive back then. Never had friends like them. Now I have no friends. All I've met along the way are temporary and shallow. All I've got are memories of place and people.

[@tafseerahmad7383]

@@shas1nov I feel you bro , I feel you . You must be crying. What was the name of your buddy ?

[@jamesgrey13]

Nostalgia kicks me right in the gut when I listen to old video game music!

[@william97able2]

yeah, i'm playing old anime songs and musics like digimon... feels really really good.... :)

[@noursarhan8695]

Tony James Gilpin I know right! I feel like crying cause I don't have my PS2 anymore

[@bigdoggo5827]

Nour Sarhan hearing the ps2 start up sound or the win xp/7 start up sound males me feel happy and sad because my ps2 and my old pcs are dead

[@leviathandiabolo6296]

@@noursarhan8695 I still got my PS2 and it's in fully working condition...you should sell something like it!

[@SAMEntalhealth]

Ocarina of Time:( i can't hear anything of it

[@notkirk4834]

I've been feeling Nostalgia alot lately, from old music I listened to as a kid, to games I used to play after school, to even the shows I watched and loved.

[@About36Greekss]

Kirklechoake ! Music really does it for me too . It hurts

[@bigtoefungusvs.friedpochun7612]

@@About36Greekss smells as well for me

[@edrianbulao688]

Me too...I miss my childhood days where I am free and have friends but now I don't.😓

[@hkar4385]

I go too google maps once in a while and try to find the street I lived in my home country.

[@musalamabduallah6800]

HKAR I Relate

[@MRALEX9870]

Its weird How nostalgia works Its like You can remember vividly How happy Times where for you Yet you're instantly Overflood by Sadness for no longer being in that time period. its an interesting Emotion

[@wbcx4491]

I just graduated high school less than 24 hours ago. My class was small and I have known them all since childhood. This video is perfect for me.

[@TruFire710]

How’s the nostalgia now a year later? Not asking as a joke genuinely curious if you’ve felt it.

[@wbcx4491]

@@TruFire710 Absolutely crippling. I used to be really defensive of my small town world, but now I am more and more convinced it had a net negative on me. Not to mention all of my classmates have basically tried forgetting about me for the same reason.

[@peternguyen4722]

@@wbcx4491 wouldn’t you still feel less nostalgic now knowing that it had a net negative on you?

[@wbcx4491]

@@peternguyen4722 I'm not still fully convinced it was a net. I said I was starting to incline in that direction, but not fully decided.

[@Wonky2]

Last night I dreamed of listening to a song I haven't heard since childhood, but forgot what song it was a few minutes after waking up. It was enough to make me feel extremely nostalgic though, it was such an amazing experience... I've never felt so sad and happy at the same time before.

[@nanobotjr]

Furrik How old are you? I think I may be able to help

[@Wonky2]

Armando Hernandez I'm 19. I listened to many songs from 90's and early 2000's when I was young, like "Believe" by Cher and "Nas ne dogonyat" by tatu. What I heard in my dream could one of the more popular songs from that time, I think

[@nanobotjr]

Furrik Hmm... Yeah, songs from those eras are really common for other people too, including me. Do you remember anything about the song? Are you sure it was an actual song?

[@Wonky2]

Armando Hernandez I think so, I always knew which songs my head made up and which are real. It hardly ever happens that forget the song though, so I have no idea :/

[@nanobotjr]

Yeah. Tough one.

[@sam-ue6eg]

I get nostalgia when I see a sunset... Like any sunset just makes me want to break down and cry for hours, but like in a good way...

[@jiddern973]

I don't think it qualifies as nostalgia, i mean where's the memory part?

[@spacecowboy1603]

Me too, when i used to walk from school

[@omar-ms3ip]

@@spacecowboy1603 where are you from? ☺❤

[@ayoutubechannel1413]

I Like Crying for some reason

[@kapitansino9718]

Same, but I also feel so nostalgic during dawn. That first sunrise with my favorite music and comfort food, just keeps reminding me of my childhood days with my family, especially with my grandparents in the countryside. Away from the bustling noise in the city. It makes me happy and sad to remember the past, but I'm thankful for every moment that I had back then.

[@spark_ways2387]

I loved those times when we thought life was so easy, so simple and fun but as time passes, we eventually grow older. So to the future generation or to anybody who's young, enjoy your childhood and hang on to it as long as possible.

[@Athenabadassinthearena]

Recently i started crying because I was remembering a cartoon I used to watch a few years back and I eventually stopped watching it. Actually I came across a verg sad comic related to the cartoon I watched and that just triggered all my past memories, how I used to be so happy in the moment. I never even realised that a day will come when I will stop watching it. The cartoon is Doraemon. I guarantee 99% of the teens from India (my country) have watched Doraemon in their childhood. I'm 16 now and I KNOW it is not that old but idk man I just feel sad always nowadays.

[@ESFilms77]

Damn i remember coming home everyday to watch hours of Doraemon and rewatching the same episodes over and over. That was a way of life for me from 2015, when i was 7, up till i was about 11 or 12 in 2019/20. I started to lose interest as the old voice actors went and the “New Doraemon” took over. I watched it sometimes but it was not the same as watching the older(and lower quality) doraemon on tv. Gradually, as i entered my teenage years, my love for it started to lessen and now, i am turning 15 in June. The last time i watched Doraemon was over 6 months ago. But i recently watched an older episode of it and it just refreshed so many memories for me. I wish i could go back to the old times where i watched Doraemon all day and i had no tension of studying 😢

[@Athenabadassinthearena]

@@ESFilms77 I can relate so hard. I'm just a year older than you (I'll be 16 this year). Newer Doraemon is nice I guess but nothing will match the old doraemon with the og voice actors. I miss watching Doraemon. And I also used to watch Doraemon for hours after coming from school, not giving a damn about anything else. I had practically no stress. Now it's just the opposite,I'm overloaded with stress about my 10th grade board exams. I'm not even done with my syllabus and so many of my friends are and it's stressing me out. Only god help me at this point. I just want to time travel and go back to the time where all I did was watch Doraemon and studying was the side thing lol. Sorry for the rant I said a lot in the flow.

[@Athenabadassinthearena]

@@mathamphetamine noooo thats the saddest news I have recieved in a long time. Rip. No one can replace him.

[@diactionza5864]

I watched an edit on Pokemon where brock, Misty and Ash parted their ways . And i broke down in the toilet the next day thinking how brock doesn't actually exist. Also i was missing the time back in 2014 when i was in 6th grade, used to get back home and watch Pokemon in the afternoon. I wish I could experience that again.....

[@princessmariposa4128]

This describes how hearing an old song brings so many emotions and memories back

[@cicadafun]

Taha Shahzad one example is owl city fire flies.

[@veranet99]

Taha Shahzad Like suddenly being at "that" place in "that" time with "that" person. (nostalgia creeping up)

[@relm.5934]

Taha Shahzad Am I Still the One by Daniel Powter for me

[@zoro2266]

Taha Shahzad Isn't music haram in Islam?

[@princessmariposa4128]

It is haram

[@tahsintasnim9440]

Those TV shows, no mobile phones, no stress. I miss the younger me

[@cookies_jungkookie3909]

Me too:(

[@yeetusjesus8385]

I badly miss my childhood

[@montanahward4061]

i miss my childhood so much

[@nexkennyy1398]

Me too bro😭

[@strong3402]

Honestly, me too

[@poiused]

I swear it makes me feel so sad cause I took those good times for granted

[@fingerbang666]

I'm 51 years old, and I just want to be with my grandparents again as a younger kid. I want to have the excitement of a kid again, where I could pick up a stick and that would entertain me for hours. Where I once felt invincible and with my whole life ahead, I now feel scared and longing for when life was a simpler game. Perhaps Heaven will have a hand in this equation when it's my time.

[@lovefaith1856]

It will be ok. 51 is still young enough

[@eriya181]

The idea of living in a nostalgic paradise forever after you die honestly sounds so beautiful

[@Marniuhhh]

1:53 It reminds me of Ratatouille

[@ZVEKOfficial]

Thats because the story of Ratatouille was inspired by the actual story portrayed in this video

[@Marniuhhh]

***** Yeah, that's what I imagined

[@randomyoutuber2824]

+Ministry of Memes moon man moon man black lives matter

[@chasealt2439]

random youtuber What the actual fuck

[@jardelcarey410]

Ministry of Memes 😄thats true

[@sursr2820]

That adult playing with Lego, is an accurate description of how I like to end a shitty day.

[@celeste3761]

Here's how I trick people Read more

[@Real_vanGogh]

android killer fuckk

[@naozumi_nao]

But stepping on a lego might make your day even much shittier

[@r_ex_7]

"Hey let's build that diamond house tommorow" "Yeah I'm so excited!" *Last seen 3 years ago*

[@cristian9447]

You're gonna make me cry, man

[@Lea-ov8vq]

:(

[@mudded_singularity7832]

:(

[@wokk9543]

ive... never played minecraft but dang this made me sad

[@wokk9543]

maybe its because i used to play roblox witha freidn in 2018 and she quit roblox now

[@BbkEddy16]

Nostalgia is the most beautiful form of pain, take me back to bebo and msn days 😢

[@deletedaccount9159]

Nostalgia then: **here sounds of old home trigger sickness and depression** Nostalgia now: Halo 3, Minecraft and last seen Xbox 360 friends

[@Matt_6781]

Ah, a fellow intellectual.

[@moonwolf8470]

His intelligence is superior to illuminate

[@leopoldoancheta8340]

Club Penguin

[@leopoldoancheta8340]

iCarly

[@harizazrin4059]

Ah, so you have 1 8 9 iq too 😊

[@thatxelle]

i just miss the early 2000’s when everything were just so simple & now we’re about to enter a new decade where everything’s gonna be complicated

[@Contagious93812]

yeah Scary movie 1, 2, 3, and even cassette tapes were still used in early 2000s (: i miss everything before 2006

[@erika-bs2fn]

U predicted the future

[@lukethenuke0018]

Future predicted

[@ifyoureadmyusernameyourgay5586]

Way before coronavirus

[@Yarethzis_music]

Dude wtf you literally predicted the future

[@Hallows4]

Proust's experience sounds like the inspiration for Ego's flashback moment in "Ratatouille".

[@MoonSpeaksTV]

I love nostalgia, and I can honestly say it makes me happy and feel safe. I moved from my hometown about 6 years ago , only 2 hours away . But I love older videos, music, and things that remind me of my childhood . With the world today and how everything goes fast especially with my anxiety, I love to remember things when they were more slowed down. Great video!

[@TearFoX]

💯

[@82pythons85]

I find it hilarious when people under thirty say they feel nostalgic, especially for decades they never step foot in. The problem with today’s youth is they live their lives vicariously through the screen of a computer or a phone, so it’s not nostalgia you’re feeling, it’s jealousy and boredom.

[@MoonSpeaksTV]

@@82pythons85 I'm not under 30. I do understand that point you're making though. Just like in my post I stated feeling nostalgic for my childhood. Before all the technology, smartphones and social media.

[@user-zx4rd2bc3y]

@@82pythons85 Your point is flawed. Even if you're young and under 30 you still don't have your childhood anymore, a time where people have a carefree nature, have fun all the time and truly experience unconditional love and care. How can someone reminisce about all that and not feel nostalgic?

[@billuthespy6900]

I also like this feeling....

[@gurdi]

I live in a constant state of nostalgia, and now I am studying abroad, so I have nostalgia (homesickness) and nostalgia (longing for the past)

[@MissNayNay]

Sara I'm in a constant state, too. And it's torturous.

[@higgs3458]

you might wanna see a doctor, that sounds terrible to deal with!!!

[@Sxda157]

@Sara same, its my first time as well, so sad to dream about your hometown, friends and wake up knowing it was just a dream and u miss them so much

[@moxictasculinity]

Close to 4 years abroad and I can relate

[@XxSLIPKN0TxX13]

I don't wanna grow up

[@muhdumar2524]

xSwisher same here

[@sexyvato801]

How old are? You might have some time left.

[@gabbyburke9897]

Yeah same, I mean seriously, if neverland was real I'd be living there

[@Dr_Right2]

mee too D:

[@juhyuned8439]

Same sksksk

[@larica208]

Man this hits me so hard. The strongest feeling I have is nostalgia. It hits me every day a lot. Almost everything is nostalgic to me...

[@snehgupta5720]

I had nostalgia thinking about memories that give me nostalgia while watching this video about nostalgia.

[@adventureawaits3860]

I don't want to Grow up! 😢😢

[@chloemay5392]

Adventure Awaits I know how you feel man

[@kilo393]

I know how you feel girl.I turned 20 in November.

[@miggyOhara]

Im Sorry it is just a part of life

[@adventureawaits3860]

Chloe May well i am a girl

[@adventureawaits3860]

Heptonic48 i am actually a girl

[@illuminatedspark5396]

I don't want to go. I want to stay where I am, as a 14 yr old teen. I'm scared and I fear growing up and having heavy responsibilities.

[@krisc7587]

Enjoy it while you can! It's s funny that every day just feels the same and suddenly 5 years have past 😅. I graduated university last year and I'm feeling super nostalgic right now with the back to school fall weather!

[@justinandy8055]

@@krisc7587 haha same thing happened with me these kids should enjoy rather then being worried

[@Peacemaker-96]

You're still a kid, enjoy while you can. Don't be like us

[@seanvasquez523]

So that means I'm 5 years away from entering my 20's. I hope I will do good by then.

[@Lea-ov8vq]

It' okay, remember that life is what you make it :)

[@Fluffyolphert]

I miss being a kid playing Spyro the Dragon going out to play with my friends and watching WWF, my childhood was amazing and I fear my life will never be half as good again.

[@jararacavoadora5868]

yeah I feel that. And nowadays, how do you feel?

[@MimikMaya]

The worst nostalgia is when you hear a old song and it reminds you of your good old times with your parents and super boring but beautiful summer days. Those days in which you knew everything was ok because you had your mum or dad.

[@journeyinspirit]

Started crying during this.. Who's with me?

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

Yep. Crying before i even clicked.

[@kefefaki]

yep same here

[@leopoldoancheta8340]

me

[@isaiahwalking]

👋🏼😭

[@raymond333youtube7]

Yep...its wierd tho

[@vintagepotato653]

This video is nostalgic itself.

[@anamfarooqy3756]

I feel nostalgic about two places where I have lived during my childhood and early teenage years

[@odie-wankenodie8607]

The years I feel nostalgic for: 2006-2012 and mid 2015-2018.

[@UnknownUser_10]

For me it’s 2004-2017. After that it wasn’t the same anymore.

[@gaminggen5807]

When a fragrance brings back a lot of memories..

[@YuutaShinjou113]

Filipinos quoted this in their memes. Filipinos have a very extraordinary meme culture. But yeah, a fragrance is worth a thousand memories....

[@shrutis]

I know it sounds weird but I really feel nostalgic when I lay down on my bed facing the wall. The smell and the coolness of the wall reminds me of my grandma's house where I used to lay down near to walls to deal with summer heat

[@dgavinin]

@@YuutaShinjou113 Im filipino and i know nobody asked so please dont insult me thats all i can say bye

[@Posimistic]

so that's why Disney and Pixar are still continuing franchises like incredible 2 and toy Story 4.

[@patton5283]

Still doesn't explain why they are making a third Cards movie.

[@Posimistic]

Patton528 nostalgia, it's also why they made a sequel to finding Nemo after +10 years because the longer they wait, the more meaningful it is to the viewer and the viewer gets to experience the delight of when they watched the first movie.

[@patton5283]

Elvis Del Rio But nobody liked Cars 2

[@donotscantheqrcode8700]

But people liked Cars 1

[@spaceman9929]

@@patton5283 that movie was a bit dark

[@joaoii1082]

Nostalgia before used to make me sad and depressed, but now as I've grown, it makes me feel grateful for all the things I've experienced and everyone I've met. It's still frequent and strong as ever. Use it to your benefit

[@dominicsdailyvlogs178]

Nostalgia makes me cry sometimes when I'm thinking about it, it feels like it was just yesterday. It's one of the most pleseant and painful things time flies like the speed of light! When were having so much fun all day everyday you forget about time then you realize your almost all grown up and you say "What happened to the old days"? It's so sad to think about 😞😭

[@informitas0117]

Nostalgia just makes me want to exit this world. Feels like I'm done with it.

[@bapposp5]

@TechMasterJason if your gonna consider suicide then everyone that cares about will have experienced the same thing that your feeling right now or even worse go to a therapist or something there's still more to do you haven't completed the journey of your life yet :)

[@zac1002]

@TechMasterJason Yes, you can. Most therapists (depending on where you live) have moved to online webcam appointments. Even if none of YOUR local therapists in your area are doing online help, the beauty of technology is that you can chat with another therapist who could be anywhere in the world. Don't be afraid to seek one out. Best wishes.

[@stormanteater344]

@TechMasterJason are you still alive bro?

[@seanvasquez523]

@@stormanteater344, Also he's still alive and well. I checked his channel and he's still making videos and comments so this means he's still alive and well. 2020 which is the most boring year of my entire life is coming to an end so thank god for that. Let's just see If 2021 will actually be a good and interesting year for once since it will be the first time in two years that now I can set my mind to the present.

[@ronaldpagar6513]

@@seanvasquez523 I don't know because of the New strain virus but let's hope with it

[@fovos7359]

I missed the vivid memories of early 2010's. Now my life is so dull what more to this 2020 decade ._.

[@kawaiixd1254]

2010s was the best decade of my whole life!

[@mellamoskippy7948]

Yea....

[@seanvasquez523]

Yeah the 2020's so far just feels so dull and pretty empty. With all these bad events happening in 2020 it's no wonder this year is so boring and not good at all.

[@isaiahwalking]

@@kawaiixd1254 mostly every 2000's baby (including me)

[@mayabostick9838]

my childhood was extremely well documented, and i just looked through tons of old photos and videos. makes me miss my childhood so much, and how happy my family was. really is sad :(

[@icecreammachine7636]

For those whos sad of nostalgia, Im reminding u, u can always make more good memories in the future

[@Iseeyou0165]

That’s what I did but it’s never enough.

[@huhhh8668]

In around 40 years I’ll watch this video again just to feel nostalgic

[@78_mary31]

I saved it too. it's been 2 years hope u are doing great

[@huhhh8668]

@@78_mary31 HAHAH ain’t no way it’s been 2 years. Damn

[@78_mary31]

@@huhhh8668 lmao it says 2 years on ur comment i-

[@Bluntbunne]

@@78_mary31 they're just saying its been lonf

[@Bluntbunne]

Long

[@reinehahaha000]

I realized when the video finishes that I didnt catch the words of the video because I'm having nostalgia...

[@thatfroginpeppapig2543]

I suffer nostalgia all day long, it began when I started to appreciate things, I was around 8 when it happened to me, its like this deep feeling of sadness in me, it keeps reminding me of "this and that", like how I always wonder if a person living a better life than me has been in this place where I am or has done the same thing I did, It also reminds me of memories I never experienced, I call it my "Nostalgia aesthetic" bc it really has consumed me. I think it started out when I appreciated little things, then the appreciation grew deeper to even the tiniest thing. It feels like a neverending wonder, a neverending wonder of appreciation that is happy, but it brings me sadness or sorrow.

[@coolidgedollar2154]

The Proust example reminded me of the food critic character from _Ratatouille_.

[@jahdai_abdiel]

I tought the same

[@robertsimon2885]

Coolidge Dollar His name is Anton Ego.

[@PurpleCloud619]

It's like a natural high mixed with "Ying & Yang" emotions. The good times and the bad times. I'll feel happiness, depression & regret all rolled into one. Those thoughts of "What if?" or "What could have been?". Feels like Nostalgia hits us the hardest when we reach a certain age & time. When we slow down or stop creating what could be future memories and we fill that void with memories of the past.

[@computerpurple]

Excellent post comment you made. I so agree.

[@DBK__]

Amazing perspective, this happens with me as well

[@Spaceprince72]

This was wonderful. I have found as I grow older and more and more disillusioned with life that I've grown more and more interested in surrounding myself with things that I grew up loving. Something about having them around me takes me back to a time when I believed in the world, that there was still so much left to be discovered and I was still hopeful.

[@yolanankaine6063]

Me missing home so much right now. To be with my family, the sounds, the smells ,sights and feels. Contemplating those memories make me appreciate the simplest moments in time that have only increased in value the older I get and the further away I am. Nostalgia begs me to be present in the most non present way. I get transported into another time and come close to feeling those sensations all over again. And when my mind fades back into the present, I find myself incredibly grateful for the things I have and people I truly value. It’s such a humbling and wholesome form of human expression.

[@joywinho]

HBO is nostalgic. They play the same movie repeatedly. :D

[@moltencrusher3491]

Leshon JL omg exactly. HBO makes me feel so nostalgic

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

You mean deja vu. Not nostalgia.

[@paralysleeps]

Ik right! When will they show new movies??

[@Nickk81]

Especially when they played happy feet

[@Ezekiel400lux]

Can we all agree that nostalgia is one of the best feelings we could ever feel?

[@The_One_Eyed_Rouge]

Jack Skellington Yes...

[@MissNayNay]

Until it makes you depressed with the reality that those times you love and long for, you can't go back. Story of a "friend"... ahem.

[@nn-dz9zj]

Nostalgia is the best feeling ever

[@Rickcn]

Ngl but Nostalgia sucks it reminds us of the happy times we had and that makes us sadder you remember your past just to realize you cant go back anymore

[@astrokun4718]

Yeah but It can also make me sad sometimes

[@RyanRapid]

Man I’m 16 right now I remember living in my childhood home for around 5-6 years then I left and the moment I came to the new area in school at “home” I just cried and felt so nostolgic..

[@leizlteodones5898]

This is exactly what I feel. It gives me a happy mood whenever I had a terrible anxiety or losing track. But also it does giving me sadness knowing that it wont happen again or we were living in a crazy world.

[@KBZ3000bc]

So should one reject the feeling of nostalgia! bc it hurts sometimes.

[@thekingmeruem]

Haithere wtf are you doing in youtube ? get in THE fucking ROBOT!

[@noursarhan8695]

Haithere And it hurts real bad, this year I was so depressed for not having seen my classmates in elementary school for years. I couldn't find peace until I got their numbers and arranged a diner with them, and it's strange because we didn't even get along back in the day

[@Dr_Right2]

my nostalgia : playing with my friends me and my friend splited up :( having fun with my dog watching spongebob playing lumber tycoon 2 (ROBLOX) etc

[@TheEndless_]

@BECAUSE IM BATMANi had a dog once, i would choose my dog over online games, computer and toys, we were best pals, one day my family had to move far away and we couldnt bring our dog, i havent seen my dog since, then after 9 years, we finally go back home(summer vacation), and the first thing i want to do is to see my dog, but he died......... RIP Jaymer.

[@catherinewylie6959]

My greatest moments of nostalgia are often over times I wasn't aware I was enjoying as much as I was. Now I appreciate what is in front of me that moves my soul in even the most nuanced and subtle of ways.

[@Vlisk90]

Christmas nostalgia really hits deep. I have lost alot of people whom i loved in my life. I lost my mom when i was 15 my Grandpa when i was 20 ☹️

[@DeadManRising36]

is it weird that I want to be a stress free little child again just eat, shit and sleep all day long?!... I mean fuck this word we live in right?!..

[@emiliaholappa7864]

DeadManRising don't we all?

[@markoneill2447]

"and just eat shit"

[@DeadManRising36]

Mark1nc bruhhh 😂😂😂😂

[@scottholt7562]

"this word we live in"

[@pictureBigger]

+DeadManRising according to this "expert" half our age, dreams of being a free child again that eats shits and sleeps all day is a mental condition known as nostalgia. i'm sure they'll have a pill for it by the end of the day.

[@xoxoj]

Whenever I’m feeling nostalgic it makes me feel sad and happy and excited at the same time. I can’t even decide the feeling. I’d even say it’s a good and bad feeling. It’s so complicated but I love it ❤️

[@joer6766]

Joyy same, but I don’t know if I love it or not it can hurt sometimes but it can also make you feel sort of happy too

[@flipnshifty]

Idk

[@flipnshifty]

that all i had to say i feel the same

[@flipnshifty]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqCmh5WEfMR0fqc this for me

[@brehbreh1067]

Sometimes it makes me motivated

[@WhateverNullPointer]

Nostalgia is so different for everyone, I ran into a childhood friend once. I'm a pretty nostalgic guy, and I enthusiastically recalled some of the memories I had with him. Seems like they meant more to me than to him.

[@saamou_]

12 hours have passed since I turned 18 today, and yet I already feel nostalgic

[@YoungJusticeLuv]

Remember when nostalgia wasn't a popular topic before? I think its because of generation y is growing up and they have the internet now to share about their past. And so making nostalgic posts and such, making it very popular. Thats just me.

[@MissNayNay]

Baekhyun No, you're right. And I'm in that group you're talking about. Everyone yearns for the past once in a while. It's natural. But I've notice that there is a persistent and chronic feeling of nostalgia in my generation. I thought that I was one of the few with struggle, but I am seeing that I'm not.

[@amacbook6565]

I remember having a nostalgia moment when my parents couldn't stop slapping turkey on their chest in the fourth of July

[@ilt255]

your parents are weird

[@JCPatrick]

Huh

[@juhyuned8439]

WILD

[@stupiidbee]

WTF

[@Kazmll229]

What was in your parents minds at that moment?

[@billuthespy6900]

I love the feeling, it occurs when some kind of instrumental music or places, spots apper, in that very moment I forget everything literally each and everything even myself but it's not nostalgia, deja vu or something that happened before but something new. I feel extremely happy in that moment....... I just love it.... 😊

[@YaaAm0001]

i just found an old camera (sony) in my basement and i watched the videos and i found old videos belongs to me and my family , i think more than 19 years ,,, and i was 3 years and i really cried because i saw my grandpa (RIP) and he was carrying me and he was happy and i saw my father and mom and they were young ,,, i felt happy and sad at the same time i don't know what to say ,, then realized this life is short ,,, i just can't get rid of this feelings , sorry my english is not that good ,,

[@carpo719]

I love Nostalgia, it takes us back to our youth when are hormones were flying high. Those memories can make us happy