What is Nostalgia?
[[File:Small Office, Home Office Nostalgia.jpg|thumb|Small office with technology before computers were invented. For people who were used to offices without computers, it often provides nostalgia to them.]] '''Nostalgia''' is an [[emotion]]. It is the feeling of enjoying events from the past. People with nostalgia will often look at or use old things that they were familiar with years ago. This is because people feel more connected to those past times that they enjoyed, usually because it reminds them of how long it has been since they last connected to such past times. Examples where people may have the feeling of nostalgia includes watching old TV shows, using old technology that was very enjoyable, and playing with toys that you played with as a child. These memories are usually misleading, and can make someone wish that they could be young again, even if their childhood was mediocre. Human brains often leave out boring or bad memories, which can cause incorrect feelings about their childhood.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Farrimond|first=Stuart|date=2012-07-23|title=Nostalgia: Why we think things were better in the past|language=en-US|work=Doctor Stu's Science Blog|url=https://realdoctorstu.com/2012/07/23/nostalgia-why-we-think-things-were-better-in-the-past/|access-date=2022-03-25|archive-date=2022-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331184332/https://realdoctorstu.com/2012/07/23/nostalgia-why-we-think-things-were-better-in-the-past/|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the early Greek times, nostalgia was treated as a mental condition primarily based on extreme [[homesickness]].<ref name=NYMag20160225>{{cite magazine |last1=Dahl |first1=Melissa |title=The Little-Known Medical History of Homesickness |url=http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/02/homesickness-was-once-considered-a-medical-diagnosis.html |magazine=New York |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301021127/http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/02/homesickness-was-once-considered-a-medical-diagnosis.html |archivedate=March 1, 2016 |date=February