I feel I’ve been living in the past, especially since after my second break. I pretty much only listen to music I have heard before/grew up with. I don’t listen to too much new music. It can be pretty hard for me to get into. I’m more comfortable with listening to what I know. Not that I don’t like recent music, it’s just hard for me to memorize lyrics as I like singing along sometimes to music.
I also live in the past when it comes to TV and movies. I pretty much just watch things I’ve seen before. I guess it’s hard for me to get a lot of enjoyment as I have terrible concentration and retention. Not to mention my focus isn’t good. I can only watch things in about 30ish minute increments. It’s sad, but the coincidence is a little funny, that I don’t even look at a clock or anything. I just pause and the status/display bar is almost always 30 minutes give or take a couple minutes. This even applies to older movies and shows I used to watch, the 30 or so minutes at a time.
Granted, living in the past isn’t the most terrible thing in the world. It just bothers me sometimes when everyone is talking about the latest and greatest TV shows and movies and I can’t participate as much (I’m looking at you GoT).
I do enjoy new things, but I almost instantly forget everything about it overnight. It’s just something I have to live with.
I do seldom reminisce on the past but only things that make me laugh or feel good about. I used to hold the past against me but that’s life you have to keep what’s dear and forget the regret. I recently got to unburden myself of breaking up horribly with my then fiancee while she was in Costa Rica. She recently approached me on facebook and I got to finally apologize for the way I acted. It was a big relief to get to actually talk to her and I feel so much better. I think the past should be left where it is, in the past. better days ahead everyone…just gotta wait for it.
Like I’ve said before, too much older music is a death knell for me. Although I do notice that I haven’t been listening to the main station I’d tune into CBC Radio 2, pretty much ever since I moved out. It’s not that I don’t want to explore some older music, it’s just that they play the local FM retro station at the recovery center most of the time, therefore the playlist is limited. It’s enough to drive any serious music fan up the wall.
Better music, better movies, better fashion. Today’s pop culture can’t hold a candle to the 70’s and 80’s in my opinion. And I’ve lived through it all.
Yep. I live in the past. Hell, I can remember being told at 20 my entire house was living in the past, not just me put the whole place. Same with music, though I’d say at best I’m stuck in my mid 20’s, 08/09. I listen to the music from the 60’s on up but the last time I got into new music was then.
And stories, I finally get out and around people and nearly all I get to talking about is back in the day this, back in the day that. Nearly all I think about. What was and at times what could have been. I guess life would have to strike me once more and jolt me back into living but even back when I WAS I spent most of my time holed up alone anyway when life wasn’t happening. Life plowed me over and left me in the dust and I’ve failed at everything I’ve ever tried.
I don’t know. I agree with the above poster…what’s wrong with the past?
I don’t think there is really anything wrong with the past, it’s just that I don’t have as much past as the others that have responded here. I was born in 1988. I’m glad that I grew up with classic rock as I almost exclusively listened to that in my mid teens. If I only took part in the entertainment of my living years, it would be a bit limited.
As a (former) movie buff I watched movies released all throughout film history.
When I said living in the past, I guess I should have clarified that I meant more “sticking to your guns” and only sticking with what you have been exposed to before the schizophrenia manifested.
We never completely forget the past, and we shouldn’t. It’s just that living too much in the past can limit your growth as a person. A person needs to keep their mind sharp, be self aware, and stay engaged with the world around them. No, the past isn’t all that bad. It just shouldn’t be a constant companion.
I use to but one of my voices told me to specifically NOT look back but to look FORWORD and that has convinced me that what was ,was, what was has no nostalgic effect on you unless you let it.
Look Forword to a new world…and you being part of it.