Dictionary of obscure sorrows - anemoia

**Leigha** · (This post was last modified: Jan 1, 2022 10:23 PM by Leigha.)

Interesting that there is a word for this peculiar feeling of nostalgia...

https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.c...ouve-never

**Magical Realist** · Jan 1, 2022 10:43 PM

Beautiful! Thanks for that.

**Leigha** · (This post was last modified: Jan 2, 2022 04:56 AM by Leigha.)

(Jan 1, 2022 10:43 PM)Magical Realist Wrote: Beautiful! Thanks for that.

I thought it was interesting, too. I wouldn't go as far as to say that the feelings are an ''altered state of reality'' or something...but, more along the lines of yearning to experience being there, if that makes sense.

**Syne** · Jan 2, 2022 05:02 AM

I'll stick with:

wistful - having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing.

**Leigha** · (This post was last modified: Jan 2, 2022 11:44 PM by Leigha.)

Hmm, yea maybe. That feeling of wishing you had done something differently coming through when you see photos of say your own ancestors. (?) It’s a feeling that is hard to pinpoint - but, I think “wistful” fits.

Then there is something known as “restorative nostalgia,” when you’re longing to rebuild the past or bring it back to life. Sometimes shopping in a consignment or antique store can conjure up those feelings or even the familiar smells during the holidays that take us back to childhood.