What is Rosebud Syndrome? In a sentence, it's extreme nostalgia for something that, by any reasonable standard, you should have put behind you long ago. The name comes from "Citizen Kane", in which the title character amasses all the wealth and power anyone could want, but he has nostalgia for the Rosebud Brand sled he had as a boy.
It's as simple as that, but it's about powerful feelings, a longing, and true nostalgia for something dumb, or silly, or obsolete and so irrelevant to your current life. It's not wrong to feel such feelings, but one does wonder why we harbor such longings.
Read a few posts and it should become clear what Rosebud Syndrome is all about. Then, send your own stories about your own Rosebud Syndrome!
Big thanks for starting this page. I think the Rosebud Syndrome is a clear indication that all that one needed in life to be happy, one probably already had, or prayerfully, can be easily gotten.
ReplyDeleteIn part, Citizen Kane is a cautionary tale about the futile pursuit of achievement for achievement sake. In the end, all that matters is to be happy with things that makes us happy.