Is it normal to try to recreate life events?

[Anonymous]

Like I find myself always with the desire to go back and relive events I moved back into a previous apartment I lived in back in 2018. Now I’m thinking about going back to a job I met my ex girlfriend at. I ski also think about driving by the apartment we used to live together in I’m also on the autism spectrum

[GreenLanternI0I]

It depends on those type of life events. If those particular points in life brought you happiness and created permanent memories that made you a better person in whichever way, it absolutely is normal. It absolutely is normal to want to experience the same feelings and emotions again. The problem is, this is not how life works, life constantly flowing forward, everything always changes for better or worse, so same spots and or same people will never be as they were when you experienced them for the very first time.

[DarkWinterNights]

I think it’s normal to miss an earlier time where things were better, or less complicated. There may be a desire to try and reclaim those feelings and recreate the situations that resulted in a better time. But going too far, like getting an old job back that pays less or getting lost in the past isn’t healthy.