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Nostalgia and obsession with the past

Hope

I live in the past. I fear the responsibilities that adult life brings; I endure bittersweet nostalgia for my childhood and schooldays, when things were safe, predictable, structured, choice was limited and my anxieties were safely contained. My past seems like a golden age, a perfect time, like a perpetual summer.

I am immature, emotionally, that is. I don't feel my age, and I am anxious nearly all the time. It is because of my anxiety that I yearn for a simpler time.

Are there others who are trapped in the past?

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  • Hi Hope, 

    I know exactly where you're coming from. I too have HFA and OCD and am too live in the past. I am really scared with future responsibilities especially once i'm no longer a teenager. Currently I'm glued to digimon, as I used (and still) love it.

    The past is escapism and we don't want to leave but keep getting reminded to leave.

     

    Take care, Smile

    urspecial

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  • Hi Hope, 

    I know exactly where you're coming from. I too have HFA and OCD and am too live in the past. I am really scared with future responsibilities especially once i'm no longer a teenager. Currently I'm glued to digimon, as I used (and still) love it.

    The past is escapism and we don't want to leave but keep getting reminded to leave.

     

    Take care, Smile

    urspecial

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