Melancholy, nostalgia, longing, missing... there are many terms that serve to express a feeling of longing and emptiness. Suddenly, there is something that evokes the past, it does not have to be even a distant past, that is, it can be recent.
In any case, you realize that you miss someone or something. Not only can you miss friends, family, or someone you like, but also cities, situations, landscapes, music, smells... Life is made up of a lot of different nuances, therefore, longing can also occur in multiple degrees and demonstrations. The feelings of melancholy and nostalgia they have many similarities and differences, get to know them below in this article.
Melancholy and nostalgia They are feelings that lived in one way or another can make you feel good or bad. For example, a scent can bring back memories of your childhood. In that case, you will surely feel great recreating summers in town by visiting your grandparents.
Instead, you may feel nostalgic for a first love that you have not been able to forget. In that case, the suffering is inherent in the memory itself insofar as you feel powerless for what could have been and was not. In the best of cases, you can also feel nostalgic for the fact of missing a person that you have not seen for a while, but that you want to see again. In that case, it is nice because surely you take advantage of this positive feeling and then enjoy the reunion much more and savor each moment.
What to do with nostalgia and melancholy? Living these feelings that favor both introspection and help you discover what your wishes are and what would you like to do with your life. You can even encourage yourself to write and create a poem even if it is imperfect or reflect your experiences in a journal.
This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
