Nostalgia can be remarkably powerful. As gamers age, the role of video games in personal and family health is evolving.
“When we feel nostalgia we feel a sense of connection with our past selves as well as others in our memories. Nostalgia can serve as short-term relief from psychological pain, and can help us navigate turbulence in our livesâ€.
Video games create vivid memories accompanied by intense emotions, so it stands to reason that nostalgia could be a critical component in the therapeutic power of gaming.
This Psychology Today article takes us through the evolution of understanding around nostalgia and lands at all the ways video games can make us feel, connect and reflect.
Source
