What is nostalgia good for?
   say nostalgia can give meaning to our seemingly dull lives.
   Businesses and advertisers have known for years that nostalgia sells,
   "psychological underpinnings of nostalgia".
   nostalgia makes us feel good.
   Once nostalgia was considered a sickness - the word derives from the
   A 17th Century medical student coined the term "nostalgia" for
   recent years suggesting that nostalgia is "good psychological
   "Nostalgia is a way for us to tap into the past experiences that we
   Because the psychology of nostalgia is a relatively new field of
   nostalgia is a "fundamental human emotion" and "not something that
   nostalgia.
   While highlighting the benefits of nostalgia, a 2006 report in
                                                     A NOSTALGIA 'WORKOUT'
                                                                 nostalgia
   Nostalgia is usually involuntary and triggered by negative feelings -
   But, just as businesses aim to exploit nostalgia in consumers,
   psychologists suggest people could employ nostalgia "workouts" to enjoy
   nostalgia 'workout' did have a significant increase in psychological
   "But one of the interesting things about nostalgia is that most people
   under 40 are probably prone to nostalgia as everything seems bleak at
   "Once nostalgia was considered a sickness... Understanding has moved on
   Hearing one word does it for me and the nostalgia all comes flooding
   past two or three years, a wave of nostalgia has overwhelmed me, from
   you. Your "nostalgia" is part of your soul. Without it? Well.