Why Nostalgia Is Healthy

Published: June 15, 2018, 9 a.m.

Playing hide-and-go-seek with your best friend. Opening up fresh supplies on the first day of school. Going on your first date. People get nostalgic about the personal relationships they\u2019ve had, and the experiences they can\u2019t get back. But that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re living in the past. Nostalgia can, in fact, be a good thing. We talk with Le Moyne College psychology professor Krystine Batcho about how our perspective on bygone days actually affects our present.