| Five Ways | Nostalgia | Can Improve Your Well-Being |
| recent studies suggest that experiencing | nostalgia | about our past can |
| While I find | nostalgia | pleasant overall and even inspiring |
| considered | nostalgia | to be a mental illness |
| But more recent findings on | nostalgia | suggest it can be good |
| being a problem, | nostalgia | can help bring happiness and |
| are some of the ways | nostalgia | can benefit us, according to |
| Nostalgia | makes us feel socially connected |
| Nostalgia | about our past often includes |
| Nostalgia | also seems to help us |
| one study found that inducing | nostalgia | helped people feel |
| nostalgia | , people (especially those who find |
| Nostalgia | helps us find meaning in |
| Fortunately, research suggests | nostalgia | can be an important resource |
| In one study, researchers compared | nostalgia | to two seemingly related |
| of | nostalgia | for relief from that sense |
| findings and others suggest that | nostalgia | not only heightens |
| too. As one study found, | nostalgia | can increase your motivation to |
| Nostalgia | can make us happier |
| nostalgia | is by definition a blend |
| assigned to a six-week | nostalgia | program where they were asked |
| The researchers found that | nostalgia | was generally beneficial, leading |
| the experiment already engaging in | nostalgia | |
| For them, going through the | nostalgia | program brought them |
| happiness may be connected to | nostalgia | ’s |
| nostalgia | helps us see ourselves in |
| Nostalgia | puts us in touch with |
| nostalgia | helps us to see our |
| make people engage in more | nostalgia | . Half of the participants read |
| as well as feelings of | nostalgia | |
| nostalgic. This suggests that | nostalgia | helps put us in touch |
| for this reason, engaging in | nostalgia | can lead to personal |
| one study found that feeling | nostalgia | made people |
| Nostalgia | may help people who feel |
| nostalgia | when they are feeling down |
| studies have found that | nostalgia | seems to protect people from |
| that doesn’t mean that | nostalgia | is always good or can |
| have a downside. If | nostalgia | makes us spend too much |
| we tend to engage in | nostalgia | when |
| example, one study found that | nostalgia | made people |
| Inducing | nostalgia | could be an advertising ploy |
| Still, chances are that | nostalgia | is more a blessing than |
| So, why not tune into | nostalgia | now |