The other day I smelled a certain kind of soap and was instantly back in my grandmother’s house when I was like 7. It was such a small thing, but it hit me out of nowhere. I just stood there in the store, weirdly emotional over a bar of soap 😂
It happens with old cartoons, music, even random snacks sometimes. Like your brain has these little memory bombs it just drops on you at random. Anyone else get hit with these? And what triggers them for you?
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OK, I have a recurring really random wave of nostalgia: Sometimes, when the air conditioning comes on, I get a hankering to play MVP Baseball 2005.
(It makes sense, technically–the summer I started playing MVP Baseball 2005 was the summer my family first got air conditioning, and my family is the kind that only turns on air conditioning when it’s really hot, and I’ve inherited that now that I live on my own. And MVP Baseball 2005 was a great game, and they stopped making the series after that, so I can’t play it now.)
I just spent a ton on a bunch of Matchbox Connectables from EBay because my brother and I got some for Christmas when we were around 5-7 years old. We secretly opened a pack before Christmas as we (he) couldn’t wait, and got busted by our dad. Anyway, he turns 40 next week and I can’t tell you how much fun I’ve had playing with them and being excited about seeing his face when he opens them.
For me otter pops and a lot of summer related items bring a lot of memories from summers off as a kid
I can totally relate to this, recently few days back when i was having some cookies it had a very distinctive flavor which reminded of a favorite cookie which i always loved to have during my childhood.
Not sure if its relatable but i do like the smell of soil when it rains and it instantly takes me back to my childhood memories where i was there enjoying my days staying with my grand parents.
Go on YouTube and look up Hardrock, Coco and Joe. I play this and there will be tears literally flowing like a river down my face every time. I’m 3 years old again in a split second.
This happen to me alot.
Scents, flavours, sounds, colours, images, texture.
Sometimes even just the wind blowing and touching my skin at a certain temperature and I’m right back to a particular moment and can feel it as if I’m there again.