Feeling sentimental

Tender feelings stirred by memories, keepsakes or old places.

Where it sits on the wheel

Sentimental is in the outer ring, under Reflective › Nostalgic.

Is there an object you keep for the memories it holds? Tell its story.

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More gentle questions, one at a time, if you’d like to keep going.

Nostalgic (one ring in)
Sentimental is tenderness stirred by memories or keepsakes; nostalgic is the pull back toward that time.
Wistful (also under Nostalgic)
Wistful longs for something; sentimental is warmed by a memory or an object.
Bittersweet (also under Nostalgic)
Sentimental is mostly tender and warm; bittersweet has more sadness in it.

Sentimental is one of the 104 words on the Slow Days feelings wheel, and the list of feelings has them all. The wheel isn’t a test or a diagnosis.