Word for a person who lives in the past [closed]

Someone who is highly nostalgic and is stuck in the past, better days


Solution 1:

I do not think you can do much better than to describe such person as 'a nostalgic'. According to the Oxford Dictionary of English it exists as such a noun.

Solution 2:

backward-looking

concerned with the past rather the present and future
a stagnant, backward-looking culture

To be even more contrived, you can try:

back-harker/backharker/hark-backer/harkbacker

I hate to be a hark-backer but I'm sure mainstream rock and pop had better to offer in the way of lyrics before the noughties.