Nostalgia is a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past. It is cosy and comforting, Psychologists have defined nostalgia as a self-conscious, social emotion, bittersweet but predominantly positive. It develops out of happy memories mixed with a yearning for the past and the close relationships we had back then. Often, nostalgia involves sensory stimuli.

Nostaligia is often triggered by encountering a familiar smell, sound, or keepsake, by engaging in conversations, or by feeling lonely.

he word nostalgia is a learned formation of a Greek compound, consisting of νόστος (nóstos), meaning “homecoming”, a Homeric word, and ἄλγος (álgos), meaning “sorrow” or “despair”, and was coined by a 17th-century medical student to describe the anxieties displayed by Swiss mercenaries fighting away from home.

Nostalgia portrayed through photography

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