Episode

Nostalgia - a hidden element of wellbeing?

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Saving Lives In Slow Motion
Published
Mar 12, 2026
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921
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Summary

Nostalgia is not strictly medical although it was coined a term of a condition of melancholy but in more recent years studies show that it may be a more important part of wellbeing than we thought. Links: Nostalgia as a disease:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352250X22002573 Clay Routledge:  https://www.clayroutledge.com/ Nostalgia and wellbeing:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36669249/ Man’s Search For Meaning:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning The past makes the present meaningful:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21787094/ Music and nostalgia:  https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~crsi/Sedikides, My own nostalgia tips: music, photos, places, journalling and rituals. Save your life in slow motion and those of others by subscribing now and sharing. Thank you for listening and for your support. It means a lot to me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.