Do you daydream about years gone by?

Bretrick

Bretrick

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My last daydream was about all the good things about yesteryear.
There I was in my cossie at the beach eating an Eskimo Pie. Bay City Rollers were singing, Bye, Bye Baby on the cassette player.
I was showing off my skills with a YoYo, doing Loop the Loops,
Bay City Rollers give way to Skyhooks and their song Women in Uniform.
Then before I knew it, I was in my Combi van, racing home to watch Dennis Lillee destroy the Poms(again).
 

Curiousor and curiousor! I just now finished an email to an very close friend of 40 years ago. It will be a confirmation of rekindling our friendship. I am so excited. What a feeling. All the memories seem real suddenly. I still am those memories...amazing. So...I will be viewing my past for the next few months with a good friend...telling our stories with each other.
 
Yes!. I think about days gone by often.
Sometimes it’s good memories. Other time it’s fear of the future. I know it’s not good to ruminate about the past but sometimes I can’t help it. I can be a bad habit to be in
 
Not really. I didn't always have it so easy back then. I was sickly (heart condition...now corrected), I was stressed out much of the time for various reasons. I was also lonely much of the time and some not too nice things were done to me when I was younger. This is not to say there weren't good times at all, there were, but I'm in the best place of my life right now.
 
Yes, I enjoy revisiting happy memories from my past.

During the early years, so much time spent on or in the water. Adventuring with friends. Good times with family.

Those carefree years of "married, no kids". Poor, but we barely noticed it.

Moving my young family to Alaska. Exploring the natural beauty. Moose in the yard. Salmon fishing on the Russian River.

And so it goes. What's the point of making great memories if one doesn't enjoy them in later life. :)
 
PeppermintPatty said:
Yes!. I think about days gone by often.
Sometimes it’s good memories. Other time it’s fear of the future. I know it’s not good to ruminate about the past but sometimes I can’t help it. I can be a bad habit to be in
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Awww fear of the future. I try to remember the things my folks and grandparents did or said in their older years. Words of wisdom to help me make it through mine. Did they even say much or was I so self involved that I didn’t listen.
After mom died, I remember dad saying he hated being at home. He said he spent too much time at casino, but he said he kept his sanity. How much is your sanity worth? I sure miss them.
 
Yes. I use daydreaming/remembering the fun times of the past very vividly and deliberately. I use the technique to heal l from any current illness I may have because that is why I do it - to heal in the present. It has always worked very quickly for me and I get as much out of remembering clothes, colors, seasons, friends etc that it improves my memory also.

Healing fascinates me. Try this pleasant daydreaming if you feel unwell and see if it helps you too. I think it can. Please tell me if it does.
 
Yes, of course- but I wouldn't change a thing and feel very lucky to have had, and have- such an amazing family!

Because our family was so close and we absolutely enjoyed raising our kids together and of course our family dog & and crazy cat, it's hard not to reminisce about the days gone by.

But, I love today, and don't want to miss out on what I'll end up missing later on by living in the past.
 


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