Nostalgia

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Nostalgia, reminiscing, retrospecting.. or however you like to call it, is something so unique and mind blowing in everyones lives, yes?
Assuming that we all agree on this, let's move on.

I'd have to admit, despite my shitty past (terrible grades, horrific habits, etc.) I admire so many different aspects of it. The biggest part of my past would definitely have to be friends. I had an assload of friends (or so I think) and they were all very important to me. There was some down parts with these friends of mine which I rather not mention, but I had one hell of a time anyways. Even though I had decent social skills, I always stayed home. Therefore, I didn't have a beautiful.. 'outside' life like I should have.

What's weird is that even though I never had much of an outside life, I feel like I did. I would listen to music from M83, Boards of Canada, or Nujabes and imagine amazing landscapes or simple outside activities. Aside from daydreaming, I would also have dreams about things similar to this. I would feel like a completely different person, or maybe just a person I would want to be?

Thinking about things like this reminds me of past lives and reincarnation quite often.
Some people say that if you close your eyes and relax you can start seeing places, people, or activities that aren't even familiar to you. Well, there's more that rather than just laying down with your eyes closed since anyone can do that, haha. Point is, how is it possible that we can imagine these detailed images without knowing how we thought of it? Is it because we've seen things similar to them and just recreated it as our own?