Nostalgia and obsession with the past

Sorry to open up a decade old thread. I'm not diagnosed myself but my two kids have recently been diagnosed. I'm mid 40s and the penny's only just dropped regarding autism. The kids are like a mirror.

Anyway. I've been talking about a similar thing to your post with people I know for over maybe 20 years. People tell me it's just normal rose tinted specs "things were better in my youth" stuff but I don't agree. It's an incredibly strong feeling and an immense sadness that these things are gone. I can surround myself with old, nostalgic objects and try to recreate what it was like but it's not the same, modernity has pervaded everything outside my control now and I almost detest dealing with it. The irony being that I've worked in IT for over 25 years and am forced to keep up with it as part of the job. Obviously, there is no way back. I'm just at a loss really as what to do about it.

Anyway, just felt compelled to comment on this as it came up in Google while I was searching for this very topic, and it really struck a chord. Obviously, I might not even be autistic but I think the chances of that, and my mother for that matter, being so are quite high knowing what I now know about the subject. I'm also at a bit of a loss as to what to do about it all. Anyway. Just wanted to say thanks for the post. Even if it's over a decade late  :)

Hey there Snowman.  Based on what you have written, I would recommend that you creep around some of the old threads on these pages and see what else resonates with you.  The dichotomous feelings you have towards the past and present are very familiar to me.  I wish the world could have ceased it's endless onslaught of progress in circa 1995 - 2005 = this was the period when I felt most in control of my world and didn't hate it because I had finally worked out how to exist in that world.  Using an analogy that you can probably identify with......in 2006, I was completely on top of C as a programming language - I was king.  Knew it inside out.  Then, whilst I begrudgingly accepted that C+ would eventually come along........WTAF...they skipped to C++ and I was lost again!  It has gotten worse and worse ever since - endless accelerating progress and rapid disposal of the past.  I'm not a fan!

For the avoidance of doubt, I neither work in IT nor have competencies in the field....moreover, to save any pedants the time, I am aware that C and C++ does not fall into the dates of my analogy.

Keep searching Snowman.........and keep aware from the fire of progress as best you can !  Melty !!

Kind regards.

Hey there Snowman.  Based on what you have written, I would recommend that you creep around some of the old threads on these pages and see what else resonates with you.  The dichotomous feelings you have towards the past and present are very familiar to me.  I wish the world could have ceased it's endless onslaught of progress in circa 1995 - 2005 = this was the period when I felt most in control of my world and didn't hate it because I had finally worked out how to exist in that world.  Using an analogy that you can probably identify with......in 2006, I was completely on top of C as a programming language - I was king.  Knew it inside out.  Then, whilst I begrudgingly accepted that C+ would eventually come along........WTAF...they skipped to C++ and I was lost again!  It has gotten worse and worse ever since - endless accelerating progress and rapid disposal of the past.  I'm not a fan!

For the avoidance of doubt, I neither work in IT nor have competencies in the field....moreover, to save any pedants the time, I am aware that C and C++ does not fall into the dates of my analogy.

Keep searching Snowman.........and keep aware from the fire of progress as best you can !  Melty !!

Kind regards.