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Quite often they say “how many people have so many opinions”, the same can be applied to characters. It is especially difficult to understand girls who, due to an excess of sex hormones, behave extremely inconsistently and unpredictably for any sane guy. For the feelings that a woman will experience during her emotional experiences, many designations and names have been invented. However, not all citizens are able to understand the meaning of such words. Therefore, I strongly recommend adding us to your bookmarks so that you can continue to understand most words from street and Internet slang. Today we will talk about something else, about feelings, or rather about the concept Sentimental, which means you can read a little lower.
However, before continuing, I would like to show you a couple more news on the topics of education and science. For example, what does Pathos mean, what does Indifferent mean, how to understand Equipenisual, what is Melancholy, etc.
So let's continue What does Sentimentality mean?? This term was borrowed from the French language" sentiment", which can be translated as "feeling".
Sentimentality- this is a property of the human psyche, characterized by daydreaming, receptivity, vulnerability
Sentimental- this is a person who takes much of his surroundings to heart, who subtly senses the manifestations of reality
All external impressions of such individuals act more on feelings than on thoughts and reason. The predisposition of such individuals to such feelings as touch, enthusiasm, and tenderness on occasions that leave other citizens completely indifferent. In extreme cases, sentimental individuals may express mawkishness and excessive sensitivity as well as tearfulness.
Sentimental people, usually highly moral, and understanding the beauty of life. However, as soon as they remember some problems, or see on TV how children are suffering, sadness immediately takes over their consciousness. People like this always try to help people who are in trouble. They like to philosophize and talk about life, taking everything to heart. Their gentleness and positive qualities are a great help in family life.
Although a sentimental person changes his mood very easily, and often suffers greatly from this. Essentially he" speaks first and thinks later", because they make decisions based on their feelings, and not on reason.
Sentimentality can be either selective or directed at animals. True, it is worth noting that showing your feelings to people is bad manners for them.
The ability of an individual to subtly sense the world around him is certainly excellent! Although this process is not without extremes. Sometimes sentimentality can include pity, which in some cases is a substitute for love, as well as affection, strong love, some bright feelings, etc.
If sentimentality is based on the most ordinary attachment, then this implies that he values his own feelings highly, while he does not care about the emotions and experiences of other people. Because in fact, this is simple selfishness, which in no way combines with true love.
After reading this article, you will now be aware of What does Sentimentality mean?, and what kind of “beast” this sentimental person is.
Sentimentality(from fr. sentiment- “feeling”) - a property of the psyche, receptivity, daydreaming. A mood in which all external impressions act primarily on feelings, rather than on reason and thoughts. This is a predisposition, an emotional and value orientation towards the manifestation of such feelings as: enthusiasm, tenderness, touch and empathy for an issue that does not cause a strong emotional reaction in others. In extreme manifestations - tearfulness, excessive and cloying sensitivity.
Sentimentality can be selective, for example directed towards animals but not towards people. It can be combined with cynicism or aggressiveness. For example, Fyodor Karamazov in F. M. Dostoevsky is “angry and sentimental.” Close, but different from sentimentality, a personality quality can be called compassion.
Accusations of sentimentality
Sentimentality is often seen as a negative quality; accusations of sentimentality are not uncommon in literary and socio-political criticism. For example, Friedrich Engels about German workers' poetry: “Cowardice and stupidity, womanish sentimentality, pathetic, prosaically sober petty-bourgeois philistinism - these are the muses that inspire this lyre...”
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Sentimentality
What is sentimentality? Is it harmful?
Sentimentality is a person’s manifestation of excessively strong emotions where they are inappropriate. Empathy, admiration, tenderness, grief - these are just some of the quite common experiences for a sentimental person. However, all this appears in an exaggerated, inappropriate form, which makes such people weak or unrestrained in the eyes of others.
Manifestations of sentimentality
The desire to know what sentimentality is is understandable, given how often this word is used in literature and cinema. Sentimentality can manifest itself in different ways, depending on the person. Some people tend to be overly empathetic, constantly putting themselves in the shoes of some kind of victim. For example, while watching a sad, dramatic film, a sentimental person may burst into tears at a particularly emotional moment. This display of affection may be sweet if performed by a woman, but a man's reputation can be seriously damaged after such an incident. 
A sad book or a soulful song can also touch a sentimental person. Naturally, excessive sentimentality concerns not only negative emotions. Admiration or tenderness can also overflow, even if others see no reason for this. Therefore, excessive sentimentality can become a problem if it is not brought under control.
Control over emotions
It would seem that since sentimentality brings so many troubles, it would be better to keep a tight rein on oneself and restrain the flow of inadequate emotions. But this approach only seems correct at first, because constant suppression of strong emotional impulses can lead to disaster. The repressed material will be deposited in the depths of the subconscious, so that one day it will break out from there in a terrifying torrent. To avoid having to resort to the services of a psychotherapist later, you need to act gently, trying to better understand your own emotions and understand the reason for such intense experiences.
You should allow your emotions to come out, just do it alone, then over time you will be able to take control of your sentimentality without suppressing or torturing yourself.
Sentimentality in women
Women are affected by emotions much more than men. When thinking about what sentimentality is, images of sensual, unbalanced ladies come to mind, whose lives are subordinated to feelings, and not to the voice of reason. Such women are able to loudly admire every little thing, keep memorabilia for years, reverently remembering the past days. 
A small child, kitten, puppy or other cute things evoke such strong affection in sentimental women that it can simply shock others.
Over time, sentimentality has become firmly associated with the standard image of a woman, but this is just a stereotype, because not all of them are overly sensitive. However, usually the older a woman is, the more sentimental she is. Everyone has come across compassionate aunties, ready to faint at the first opportunity or melt into emotion as soon as they see a child.
Sentimentality in men
If a sentimental woman is a fairly common phenomenon that does not cause disgust or hostility in most people, then a man showing extreme sensitivity is a completely different matter. To understand what sentimentality is for a man, just imagine a grown man crying over a melodrama or squealing with delight in the middle of the street. A man who is too sensual looks ridiculous, it is difficult to gain respect for him, because a stereotypical male representative should be a strong and stern titan, and not a wimp who pities all living things around him. 
Too intense expression of feelings is considered a weakness in the cruel world of men, and women are also looking for strong, viable partners. However, anyone who believes that a sensitive person is always such simply does not understand what sentimentality is. Only the sensual side of personality cannot constantly dominate in a person - usually it manifests itself and immediately fades back into the background. Therefore, the sentimental subject can be cruel and inhuman in everyday life, and unbridled surges of sympathy or delight only temporarily hide his true nature.
Is it bad to be sentimental?
There is nothing wrong with someone being driven by sentimentality. The importance of such human qualities as pity or empathy is greatly underestimated in a modern society built on competition.
The modern world encourages the ruthless removal of any obstacles to wealth. Over time, a person may completely lose qualities such as empathy or kindness, in favor of a meaningless race for material well-being.
Therefore, if you know how to empathize with living beings and feel sorry for those who are in difficult situations, this can become your advantage and fill your life with meaning and beauty. It is only important to competently manage your feelings, otherwise they will begin to control you. What is sentimentality - a gift of fate or a curse? Depending on the person, it can either bring positive experiences or cause negativity and depression. Everything depends on you.
SENTIMENTAL is:
SENTIMENTAL SENTIMENTAL sensitive, otherwise sentimental.A complete dictionary of foreign words that have come into use in the Russian language. - Popov M., 1907.
Sentimental ( fr. sentimental) 1) sentimentalistic - associated with sentimentalism in literature; 2) overly sensitive, cloyingly tender, tearfully touching.
New dictionary of foreign words. - by EdwART, 2009.
Sentimental [fr. sentimental]. 1. Sensitive, cloyingly tender, in the manifestation of feelings reaching the point of sweetness (usually disapproved). Sentimental girl. 2. Adj., by value. associated with sentimentalism in literature (lit.).
Large dictionary of foreign words. - Publishing house "IDDK", 2007.
Sentimental oh, oh, flax, flax ( fr. sentimental sensitive).
1.
full f. Based on principles sentimentalism. WITH. novel.
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About a work of art: sweet, one that is easy to touch. WITH. movie.
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About the person: capable of being easily moved and emotional. Sentimental young lady.
Sentimentality -
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sentimental property 2, 3;
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sentimental 2 act, sentimental behavior, expression.
get sentimental (decomposition) -
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to be sentimental3, to be tender;
2)
treat someone too soft, condescending.
Explanatory dictionary of foreign words by L. P. Krysin. - M: Russian language, 1998.
What does the expression “sentimental person” mean?
Let's be kinder!
Dictionaries of the Russian language tell us that: “Sentimental - 1) Excessively sweet, which is easy to touch (in relation to literature and poetry); 2) capable of easily becoming emotional, moved (person). Sentimentality – 1) Sensitivity, excessive tenderness in expressing feelings, tearful compassion.”
The opinions of the greats on this matter:
* The mind of the heart is its pain. (Leonid S. Sukhorukov) (Leonid S. Sukhorukov)
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* The more you take everything to heart, the less desire remains to beat. (Leonid S. Sukhorukov) (Leonid S. Sukhorukov)
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Doctors are the least sentimental. (Boris Paramonov)
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Blowjob was invented by mermaids! (NN (Unknown))
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Am I sentimental? And how! When you remember youth cynicism, tears well up in your eyes. (Stanislav Jerzy Lec)
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Sentimentality is sensuality bought on the cheap. (Arthur Schnitzler)
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Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of people who are incapable of any feelings. (Norman Mailer)
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Heart, don't you want to? ! (Igor Sivolob)
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It is necessary to distinguish sentimentality from sensitivity. A sentimental person can be extremely cruel in private life. A sensitive person is never cruel. (Vladimir Nabokov)
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Theatrical tears wean one away from everyday ones. (Vasily Osipovich Klyuchevsky)
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Someone else's heart is always a dark forest, no matter how close it is to ours. (Willa Kader)
Sentimentality is a special type of sensual mood, when external events and impressions affect a person’s feelings and emotions to a greater extent, practically without affecting the mental sphere, the tendency of the psyche towards increased receptivity and daydreaming. A feeling of sentimentality can manifest itself as touch, tenderness, delight or empathy in moments that do not cause such reactions in the majority of others, and in its extreme manifestations it can be expressed in increased tearfulness or cloying enthusiasm, bordering on ignoring shortcomings.
The presence of such a worldview does not negate the fact that a person can be aggressive, angry, cynical and skeptical, since sentimentality has a selective meaning and does not apply to all life events. A person can be overly touched by animals and empathize with them, while hating people; he can be moved by a film, but remain indifferent to the events in the store line. Most often, this feeling and sentimental character lends itself to criticism, both in society and in literature, and in society borders on weakness, recklessness and stupidity.
What does sentimentality mean?
Being a property of the psyche, sentimentality is an innate quality, but at the same time its expression and direction can be adjusted, since the prerequisites are exclusively increased sensitivity. When such sensitivity is combined with logical reasoning and accepted responsibility, it takes on the image of sympathy and complicity, helps to better understand people’s behavior, but if it is deprived of the control of reason, then what remains is an exclusively sensual, uncontrolled sphere of sentimentality. In such a state, a person will empathize with others, but also easily succumbs; his experiences are usually devoid of effective activity to change the situation.
In the perception of different people, sentimentality can take on completely different meanings - for some it is a sign of humanity, and for others it is stupidity and inadequacy. This division is caused by the fact that this personality quality immerses a person in the full experience of any feeling that has arisen, to one hundred percent saturation, while absolutely not involving the mental sphere. No matter how it may seem, sentimentality is akin to sympathy, they are radically different, since the main focus of sympathy is on another person, his needs and problems. In the case of sentimentality, all attention is directed towards oneself and one’s experiences; a person seems to revel in one’s feelings, leaving unattended what caused them.
Striving for constant living and enjoying the experience of feelings, a sentimental person easily catches the mood of others and joins in, while he may not completely share the reasons that caused such a state, but this is not the main thing. Roughly speaking, if you find yourself at the funeral of a complete stranger, and find yourself among those crying, a sentimental person can also sob angrily with everyone present. The difference is that for others the sadness will remain for a few more days, but for such a sensitive nature it can be lost when confronted around the corner with other experiences and stories.
Pity during sentimentality arises quickly and sharply, so much so that a person may not hold back his tears, but the moment of relief comes just as quickly.
Sentimentality is not an active motivating feeling; this is due both to its transience and to the direction of the vector of attention on one’s own experiences. In a combination of such factors, a person can remain cruel in principle, even just crying over the fate of a stray dog (in ten minutes he will most likely forget about it or maybe even kick it, but he certainly won’t go to the store to buy the dog a sausage).
Sentimentality has a destructive effect on both the establishment of social contacts and the health of the person himself. Such sensitivity can cause irritation among people around you, and lack of action can cause misunderstanding. The person himself usually tries to restrain excessive manifestations, and even more so tears, which leads to the appearance of psychosomatic diseases or exacerbation of chronic conditions.
Sentimentality in women
The feeling of sentimentality is more characteristic of women and has a completely biological justification for this. Since the woman always remained in the house and had to monitor the slightest changes not only in the surrounding space, but also in the condition of the offspring, developed sensitivity was consolidated at the hormonal level. It was this increased compassion and the ability to vividly experience someone else’s pain as one’s own that ensured the survival of the offspring for many years. Even now, such sensitivity helps maintain health and relationships.
It is natural to consider cases when it is sentimentality that destroys relationships and success in a career stands alone, and here we will talk about increased sentimentality, which makes sense to reduce a little.
When assessing your condition, remember that it is your success and inner sense of self that are markers of a normal level of sentimentality. Women are more sensitive and show their emotions more often, this is normal, and moreover, a woman who tries to constantly keep everything to herself eventually turns into a stone statue or acquires a huge number of diseases, the basis of which will be excessive stress.
When trying to listen to your man’s reproaches for increased tearfulness, remember that the hormonal system affects not only our appearance, but also our behavioral and emotional manifestations. By trying to reduce their sensitivity (or its manifestations) to that of a man, women go against nature. It makes sense to learn to realize this quality differently than constantly crying into your own strong shoulder. Perhaps these will be meetings with girlfriends, or perhaps, when you feel that you have become hypersensitive, watching a melodrama alone will help relieve these feelings.
Sentimentality in men
Men's sentimentality causes a lot of controversy, and they are conducted both in women's circles and with various combinations of representatives of different sexes. The idea that a man should be an indestructible rock that will not move or cry, no matter what happens, continues to exist. Manifestations of courage and a logical assessment of the situation are the main male qualities, but gentleness, indecisiveness and tearfulness are rightfully given more to women. Here, not only public opinion, but nature itself worked on the distribution.
Sensitivity and sentimentality are regulated by hormonal levels, which is why with age, when male hubbub decreases, men become more sensitive and softer, for some this may be due to an initial imbalance. But all the other excesses were introduced by upbringing and the classic “boys don’t cry.” The truth is that men are not as insensitive as they appear to be. In addition, such a performance usually turns out to be of no use to anyone. Most women want more sympathy and warmth from their chosen one, and out of two candidates they will choose the one who, being touched, will take home a stray kitten, and not the one who will drive it away. A woman will not be next to a very courageous and strong, but heartless man who is unable to sincerely experience the pain of other people. The only good thing is that this stereotype is conditionally imposed and efforts are being made to implement it.
It is necessary, on a social and personal level, to give men permission to show their sentimentality, since most often we are talking about its lack in life. It’s another matter if male sentimentality begins to exceed even female sensitivity. Such cases are quite rare, but they do occur and then it is possible to say that the man is in an unstable condition or is going through a period of crisis, perhaps he received a serious injury. Take a closer look at your partner and if you notice a sharp increase in the level of sentimentality, be as careful and delicate as possible. If nothing serious happened and you initially see such a man, then there is a high probability of developmental and educational problems - perhaps he is simply accustomed to using an exaggerated expression of feelings for manipulation. Women are really touched by men's tears and experiences; this can quickly bring them closer together or force a woman to take actions to save a man's fate.
Before reacting to something like this from your sensitive-sentimental part, you should try to include a logical analysis of the situation and fully evaluate what is happening. Cases of manipulation and artificial enhancement of sensitivity are truly rare, and men try to hide their manifestations.
How to get rid of sentimentality
By completely erasing sentimentality from your life, you turn into an insensitive and rather cruel person. The inability to empathize will clearly reduce the circle of your contacts and reduce the number of people who treat you well. It makes sense to reduce or get rid of excessive sentimentality when it begins to interfere with building adequate relationships and spoils your well-being.
To better control these manifestations, you will have to get to know your sensory sphere in detail. To do this, set aside a certain time period every day when you will immerse yourself in your own world and get acquainted with the feelings that exist there. There is no need to try to cover everything that has happened to you in your life; focus on the present moment and track the feelings and thoughts that appear now. It is important not to go into the direction of only sensory or only mental experience, but try to perceive all this at the same time. Such training with the next situation that touches the strings of the soul will help you notice not only the emotional outburst, but also the arguments of the mind regarding the situation. In addition, the ability to navigate your feelings will also help you not to become immersed in other people’s feelings, because knowing your own nuances, you can already understand when it is sincere pity for a person, and when it is a similar situation and your own unshed tears. In the first case, it is important to help another; in the second, it is necessary to take care of yourself and make the events of the past less traumatic by living through them, possibly in the presence of a psychotherapist.
An important point is to learn to distinguish between situations when it is appropriate to show increased sensitivity and when it is not. If you are at work, then your tears are unlikely to be appropriate, just like with your family during a joyful event. It is necessary to learn to notice these impulses, but not in order to restrain them and store them in a dark box, accumulating your own internal tension, but in order to communicate with them at a more appropriate time. You can set aside special times for this or simply take advantage of moments when you are alone to fully release what has accumulated inside. Then you can cry and laugh, scream and beat pillows - the main thing is that the feelings are poured out completely. The more often you carry out such events, the easier it will become to control periodic attacks, since the more pent-up emotions, the higher the likelihood that they will burst into an unrecoverable avalanche at the most inopportune moment.
While learning such control, develop sensitivity to your emotional sphere, and if tears roll in from serious and real pain, then you should not endure it and hold it back. When a loved one dies, a loved one leaves, you are fired from work, or when your child has taken the first step, the examination results are good, an important project is approved - crying, screaming with joy, fighting in hysterics, hugging everyone who passes by is a normal and adequate reaction regardless of the situation and your location. It all depends on the relevance and real importance of the situation; there are living people around you who will understand and support your experiences regarding something important, but are unlikely to be accomplices of your more far-fetched experience.
Sometimes tears suddenly roll in for no particular reason - I just suddenly remembered something or the music I heard is so beautiful that it’s hard to keep the feelings inside, but I can’t express them in any other way. In all these cases we are talking about such a feeling as sentimentality.
What does sentimentality mean?
The meaning of the word sentimentality becomes clear once you look at the French root “sentiment”, which translates as “feeling”. That is, this is a certain property of the psyche, which is characterized by high receptivity and daydreaming. If a person is in a sentimental mood, then all the impressions that he draws from the world around him have an impact not on the mind and thoughts, but, first of all, on feelings.
Sentimental people can show enthusiasm, tenderness, emotion and empathy for no particular reason. They are not indifferent to what others do not pay attention to or do not react so sharply to.
Increased sentimentality
In general, the concept of increased sentimentality is quite individual and depends on the norms of an individual person. For some, it is normal to shed a tear over a book and squeal with joy when accidentally meeting an old acquaintance, while others cannot afford to show their feelings at the funeral of a loved one, because they consider it a sign of weakness.
But if emotional reactions are too strong, a person cannot control them, and shows them inappropriately, then such sentimentality can be defined as excessive.
Increased sentimentality is usually characteristic of women. Men also become more sensitive over time, this is due to age-related changes, in particular, with a decrease in the production of male hormones, but they rarely reach the level of the fair half of humanity.
Excessive sentimentality can be constant and situational. If you are used to not keeping feelings to yourself, but openly expressing them in sometimes eccentric ways, and this does not interfere with your life at all, then you should not worry.
But situational sentimentality can manifest itself even in reserved people in connection with a certain mood, state of health or event. We always become more vulnerable under the weight of problems or when something hurts. There is also a risk of losing control over the expression of emotions if you hold them back for a long time. Convincing yourself that strong people don't cry and ladies always behave with restraint, you are literally dooming yourself to a breakdown, which can happen suddenly.
How to get rid of sentimentality?
Let's start with the fact that you need to get rid of it only if it really bothers you. Otherwise, such violence against one’s nature is completely unjustified.
Try to realize that you don’t always need to restrain your emotions; there are situations in which they are not only possible, but also necessary, because at the very least it brings people closer together. Most likely, you should control yourself at work, but with your family and alone you don’t have to be ironclad. Do not avoid close contacts; it is extremely important for any person not to experience all moments of joy and sadness alone.
Clearly identify those situations in which you can show emotions and try to experience as many feelings as possible in them and concentrate more strongly on them. This will help you better understand yourself and examine your reactions. You will always know what to expect next. In addition, emotions will not accumulate and will not be able to 
suddenly burst out.
Try to make this change in your life and after some time give yourself a kind of “sentimentality test”. After all, if you consider yourself a too unrestrained person, you probably have situations in which this manifests itself. Now it’s easy enough to get into them, for example, turn on a movie that you couldn’t watch to the end because of rolling tears. The reaction may not change, but in this case, you should again think carefully about whether you need to fight sentimentality or whether you should accept it.
Hello dear readers! Question from Elena: please tell me – what is sentimentality? Apparently I’m a sentimental person, but I don’t think this is very good. Is sentimentality a manifestation of love or something else? How should we feel about this?
The main sentimentality can be both positive and negative values, those that make a person vulnerable and that contribute to the accumulation of negative emotions, suffering, and pain in his soul.
What is Sentimentality?
In a good sense, it is the ability to subtly feel and appreciate something truly positive, including memories and experiences. This also includes moderate spiritualization of some material things with which important memories and bright feelings are associated with a person (joy, etc.).
The ability to feel and appreciate subtly is good! But in this matter it is difficult to avoid extremes. After all, sentimentality can be based on bright feelings, on pure love, or maybe on attachments, on the inability to let go of something (for example, your past) or on, which is often a substitute for love.
Thus, if a person truly loves, he appreciates both the feelings and values of other people. And if his sentimentality is based on ordinary affection, he values “his own”, but he may not give a damn about the feelings and values of other people. Because the basis of attachment is the most common egoism, which, by and large, is enemy No. 1 for true love.
A pity- This is also a 100% negative quality, which should not be confused with Sympathy and. A person has compassion for the soul, for the light that exists in another person or animal. Compassion is a deep understanding of the suffering of another, but not pandering to his weaknesses. And a person feels sorry for problems, evil, negativity, stroking them, justifying them, and thereby feeding and strengthening them.
Here's some insight into sentimentality I found on the Internet. From Nabokov:
“We must distinguish between sentimentality and sensitivity. A sentimental person can be extremely cruel in everyday life. A sensitive person is never cruel.”
A sentimental person is ready to cry at the sight of a sick dog and, at the same time, will remain deaf and indifferent to the suffering of millions of people, if only he does not see this suffering. Often sentimentality has nothing in common with love, but is only a painful impressionability that replaces love.
On the negative side, sentimentality can be based on deeply buried internal grievances, pain, self-pity and the usual habit of suffering, beautifully called nostalgia and sentimentality. This often happens to people who accumulate their disappointments with life and themselves. People who are not used to solving their problems and becoming stronger, who do not want to look into the future and build it, but prefer to live in the past, suffering for it.
The recommendation is this: don’t be deceived! If desired and sufficiently honest with oneself, each person can determine whether his sentimentality is based on positive, bright feelings or ordinary self-pity, any attachments, etc.! The latter definitely destroys a person and blocks his future and the new opportunities that may enter his life.
And if we speak from the point of view of human qualities, then it is better to develop not Sentimentality, but ordinary human, which is a true strength, in contrast to sentimentality, which often hides a bunch of internal weaknesses and human vices that make a person vulnerable.