Inside Out 2: Beautiful Things That We Learnt

If you’ve never heard of Inside Out, it’s an animated film directed by Pixar that attempted to depict the nature and functioning of emotions in a really beautiful way. It was initially intended for younger audiences.

Inside Out 2 is the follow-up to the original Inside Out, and while both share the same basic premise, the second installment is a bit more complicated. It’s currently the biggest Pixar film ever!

Riley, the protagonist of the novel, is now thirteen years old and has grown up. Although this video was intended primarily for children and teenagers, adults are also enjoying it since it depicts a real-life situation in an oblique yet skillfully rendered manner.

Inside Out 2 depicts several elements that accurately reflect the experiences that each person has in life. How various emotions cling to one another and hug us so tightly. This is a brief blog on how Inside Out 2 effectively explains and illustrates the workings of difficult emotions like melancholy and worry. Please find a quiet spot, take a seat, and read this as though you were having a one-on-one conversation with us.

One-on-one conversation based on Inside Out 2

You’re maturing. Something changes every day. You get new knowledge. about other people and yourself. Puberty strikes at the age of twelve to thirteen, which may seem like a long time ago to some of you, but it’s when you start forming new behaviours. You start to experience new emotions, your perspective on the world shifts, and you start to feel things you haven’t felt before: jealousy, humiliation, and worry.

You’ve got a fresh idea about who you are. You begin to form a sense of self that is influenced by how other people and you view yourself. Your self-presentation suddenly becomes very important to you. You want to be liked by everyone. You want others to take notice of you and your actions. During this process, you come to hold many views about who you are. These beliefs are a result of your experiences, including the successes and disappointments you had when you were younger.

I have a lot of bravery.

Yes, I’m a decent person.

I’m not worthy.

I am such an idiot.

I wish I could be like her.

Anxiety begins to take over. The shame begins to seep in. We start doing things that might not be the greatest for us to protect ourselves and our self-esteem, but we do it anyway because, well, we want to protect ourselves — the apprehension of future events.

The dread that I am unlikable to people. Everything blends and has a significant impact on our emotions and actions. Our emotions, both happiness and grief, become bottled up when anxiety takes hold of us. Everything. Our goal is to have total control. And we bottle up our emotions in an attempt to protect ourselves from this worry. Is that correct, though?

The movie has a scene where anxiousness takes a bad turn. (This contains plot spoilers; it has nothing to do with the movie.) Riley’s anxiety stems from wanting to be loved by everyone and appears to be her best self. However, anxiousness spirals out of control while one tries to bring everything under control.

It spirals out of control and is unable to prevent Riley from feeling unworthy. Sometimes feeling nervous is acceptable. If worry creeps in and causes you to make mistakes, that’s also OK. However, the key takeaway is that anxiety cannot rule you.

Not one of the feelings can. Not even happiness. You read correctly. Not even happiness. We both believe that since joy is a pleasant feeling, it ought to be in charge. You are always pleased when you are joyful. But are you the person you are now just due to the joyful times in your life?

You need all of your emotions — angry, disgusted, afraid, and depressed — to be the person you are today. Surprisingly, there was also a tiny bit of envy, shame, anxiousness, and WEE-WEE. (Who is wee-wee right now? A small amount of each emotion is required to get you completely charged up — watch the movie to find out).

Therefore, it is okay for you to experience all of your feelings, including the difficult ones. Your feelings are unique to you. You can proceed as long as you take excellent care of them. If you’ve seen the film, you probably gasped at the character’s misery as well because she is the prettiest and sweetest-looking character imaginable. Don’t you want to hug her? Didn’t you want to comfort her and tell anxiety to stop worrying so you could simply sit with her? Did you not want to let Envy know how wonderful you are just the way you are?

The best part is that you experience all of these feelings, too, so the next time you’re down, hug yourself and treat yourself with the same kindness you would her character.

If you are unable to deal with anxiety or emotions in general, try talking to a mental health professional and watch this movie for sure