Is it normal that i still enjoy things from my childhood?

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I'm 22 and I'm overall a normal person. I'm doing graduate work and I have a good job at the moment. Lately I've been missing my childhood a lot. I used to play outside with my friends from morning 'till dusk. It was a great time. I've lately begun to re-watch Disney movies from when I was younger, I started playing my old Gameboy games (the old pokemon games I found in the attic), I've started going for walks in the woods again. Sometimes I even wish I could still "play pretend" like I did as a child. I used to do that all the time and had a really good imagination, I think that's part of the reason why I became a writer.

Is this normal? Why am I so nostalgic? Is it weird to try and keep your inner child alive.

I've always wondered why it's ok for children to "play" and not adults.

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  • Terence_the_viking
    11 years ago

    the fact that you have to ask isn't normal

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  • kelili
    11 years ago

    I think that happens to everybody at some times. Chldhood is such a great moment of life. SOmetimes I just look for the old cartoons to remind me of those times

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  • howaminotmyself
    11 years ago

    I go through phases of nostalgia, I don't think there is always a reason for it. Enjoy it.

    And let the inner child play. I recently started riding a bicycle after years of not doing so and it made me feel like a kid again. I don't know why adults are always so serious. I know I'm guilty of getting caught up with life and forget to nurture that inner child. But when I remember, I feel so much better. We should play more.

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  • just4momentum
    11 years ago

    Psychologists call this "mourning your childhood". The fact that you are feeling nostalgic is very common, especially for your age. Being in your early 20s, this is the time of your life where you're remembering and missing and feeling the things you felt when you were little. You are finding yourself, changing your identity even more. It's completely okay to "play" as an adult. Adult's in society just do this in a different, more "acceptable" way (drinking, drugs, sex). However, I believe it's important to engage in things you miss. Find pleasure in little things again. Hold on to that. I think it's a key to happiness. Go for walks, play gameboy, watch Disney movies, draw pictures, play with little kids (if you have nieces or nephews, friends with little kids, etc. this is a way to release you're "adult" image and simply play again - or at least see the innocence of childhood in a child). You seem fucking awesome, just saying. I love this question. (:

    Here's some stuff I found that you might be interested in:

    1. Use your past experiences to bolster your identity. Maintaining that connection with your early days can keep you grounded in the present.

    2. Stay on top of what's current now. If you're going to age successfully, you need to be vitally involved in today's culture, even if you don't think it's "as good" as yours was.

    3. Expand your reminiscence bump. Although most people focus on the positive from their early lives, it's important to balance those memories with others that may be less pleasant.
    (via PsychologyToday.com)

    Hope I could help! (:

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  • gargamel
    11 years ago

    I feel you dude. Childhood is the most awesome period of our lives except we don't have sex in that phase but still it rocks. The other day i was searching for something and found my old comic books and the gifts my friends gave me on my birthdays. Those silly things almost brought tears to me. We can't bring those days back.

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