Nostalgic music accesses emotional and memory systems that operate below the level of conscious thought, providing a pathway around the cognitive patterns that maintain anxiety.

Nostalgia can be a painful emotion, yet it rises out of love. Here’s how to step into the best parts of nostalgia while letting go of the worst.

This found that the participants became more nostalgic as they got older. When questioned in 2013, they scored an average of 3.95 for nostalgia, out of a possible seven. By 2019, this had risen to ...