Nostalgic Emotional State
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A Nostalgic Emotional State is an emotional state that involves bittersweet longing for past experiences combined with positive affect and personal meaning.
- AKA: Nostalgia Emotion, Sentimental Longing State, Wistful Remembrance State.
- Context:
- It can typically blend positive emotions with melancholic undertones.
- It can typically enhance social connectedness through shared memories.
- It can typically provide existential meaning through life reflection.
- It can typically serve psychological functions including mood regulation.
- It can often trigger autobiographical memory retrieval of significant events.
- It can often increase prosocial behavior through social memory activation.
- It can often provide continuity of self through temporal connection.
- It can range from being a Personal Nostalgia to being a Collective Nostalgia, depending on its memory source.
- It can range from being a Recent Nostalgia to being a Distant Nostalgia, depending on its temporal distance.
- It can range from being a Spontaneous Nostalgia to being a Triggered Nostalgia, depending on its activation pattern.
- It can range from being a Sweet Nostalgia to being a Bittersweet Nostalgia, depending on its emotional mixture.
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- Example(s):
- Social Nostalgic States, such as:
- Achievement Nostalgic States, such as:
- Cultural Nostalgic States, such as:
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- Counter-Example(s):
- Present-Focused State, which lacks temporal longing.
- Future Anticipation State, which involves forward orientation.
- Regret State, which involves negative rumination.
- See: Emotional State, Temporal Emotional State, Autobiographical Memory, Emotional Memory, Bittersweet Emotion, Saudade, Longing, Reminiscence, Memory Retrieval, Self-Continuity, Memory Trigger.