anemoia

anemoia:  nostalgia for a time you've never actually lived through

most often, anemoia is a longing for a different attachment or way of being, not necessarily a different historic time period.

our nervous systems know the difference between proximity and actual connection, even when our conscious minds don't.  what we actually may be craving:

1) loyalty that costs something

2) consistency we can set our clocks to

3) physical presence that can't be faked

if you've ever felt like you were "born in the wrong era" which of the above might your deep self be trying to find nourishment for?