It’s strange but listening again to music from about 20 years ago, during a time when I was mostly sad and depressed, and where the musical choices reflected that, gives me a weird sense of nostalgia and longing for that time.

I know it’s not unusual for music to do that, that’s just run of the mill, it’s just odd that, it has me longing for a time and associated mood that, on the whole, I kind of didn’t really enjoy very much. The angsty tracks were what I listened to because I was so bummed out and dissatisfied.

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    8 months ago

    Sure, and interestingly, it’s right there in the name. Nostalgia is from Greek and could be crudely transliterated as something like “homecoming pain.” Even if home wasn’t perfect, there is a draw.

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    8 months ago

    I think it’s more that I’m nostalgic for the situations that used to make me sad because they were more simple than the problems I have now (although they never feel that way at the time). Being sad about sports and girls in high school looks way more fun in retrospect than being sad about health problems and the state of the world.

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    Once every year or two I’ll pull up the song that I attempted suicide to and cry my eyes out for a while. It’s good to flex your emotions in a controlled space. Helps keep you well rounded, IMO.

    For anyone curious, since I’m sure someone will be - 3 Doors Down - Away From the Sun

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    8 months ago

    Holy shit, I opened Lemmy with the intention of making a post exactly like this. A relative of mine is graduating soon and is super stressed and saddened by it, and as a result I’ve been listening to music from around the time I graduated lately. remembering how I felt, and despite knowing I was not well, just longing and wishing and beautifying the feeling. I suspect it’s because I just want a chance to redo some fuck ups. I’ve been listening to a LOT of the very sad, dark types of songs from back then once more, and just remembering the feeling so hard it started to unfortunately come back for real.

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      8 months ago

      It’s just like that. Actually it’s an interesting point about wanting to try it again and get it right. I think that’s a layer that probably explains some of the feeling like I miss something that actually wasn’t great to experience.

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    8 months ago

    I am kinda nostalgic for the year 2013, despite the fact that I hated that year so, so much due to how insanely suicidal I was. But it did have some fun stuff, such as Random Access Memories (see what I did there?)

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      8 months ago

      I opened up my post again the next day and immediately thought of that. Don’t know why I didn’t when I wrote the title haha