The History of Nastalgia

The word nastalga was coined by a swiss physician named johannes hoffer in 16 88. He combined the greek nostros, or homecoming, with a os, or pain, and he classified it as a disease. The seventeenth century medical explanation for nostalgia went like this: When someone is always longing for their past, then the vital spirits are surging in the part of the brain where those images from the past are located. But i think his point should still be taken to heart. Nestalgia inhibiting growth and progress, that actually was right? Something to be ashamed of? No, it's actually quite understandable. And yet, what else can we