From dictionary.reference.com:
nostomania
[nos-tuh–mey-nee-uh, –meyn-yuh]
1. intense homesickness; an irresistible compulsion to return home.
Two blog entries in a row about words. What can I say? I love words. That’s why I’m a blogger.
This one strikes a particular chord with me because I have recently moved 3000 miles across the country. But am I homesick? Not really. To be homesick you have to first feel like you had a home, and I haven’t really had that feeling in many years.
There is a related word, though.
nostalgia
[no-stal-juh, -jee-uh, nuh-]
1. a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life.
Do I feel nostalgia? Definitely. I miss Popeye’s Chicken, sunshine, manatee, and friends (not necessarily in that order). I miss being a home owner once upon a time. I miss good tomatoes and knowing my way around without using a GPS. I miss driving past places that spark memories within me.
Fond memories I have. A longing to go back, I don’t. Go back to what? There’s nothing to go back to. So I guess I’m not a Nostomaniac. I’m just a sentimental old fool. 🙂
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