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@ddtv394

3 ай бұрын

Can you pretty please do a Rango episode? Muchas gracias

@theparadoxicaltouristtrave9320

3 ай бұрын

You guys have to see yuru camp. If not for yourselves, because your fans deserve to see it too.

@DonovanBeveridge5875

3 ай бұрын

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@bakekay21

3 ай бұрын

Time and again throughout my life, people have used the vulnerablitities I let them see, to punish me when I've dared to stand up for myself to them. It's thanks to those who understand emotional integration & have emotional intelligence & use it to help themselves & others heal, who are the heroes of life.

@Vanityis2cute

3 ай бұрын

Lifetime’s Flowers in the Attic, Petals in the Wind WITH Heather Graham plezzzzz!

I saw this film when my eldest daughter was 1. After the film, my parenting when she was upset evolved to include the phrase “Oh, big sad.” Which then evolved to her being a toddler saying ‘Nah, little sad’ and picking herself up, to her being 8 now and saying ‘It’s actually healthy to cry, Mum.’ 😢❤

@trinaq

3 ай бұрын

Aww, that's such a beautiful story. It's really wonderful and inspiring that your daughter understands that it's healthy to show sadness, and not to suppress it.

@MakiiSan021

3 ай бұрын

Aww that so sweet, I’m glad the movie gave you a way to truly understand your daughter and have her to express her emotions in a healthy way

@mirelasemanjaku

3 ай бұрын

Good job mama 👏👏👏

@damedeviant1388

3 ай бұрын

@@trinaq Thank you! I was a sensitive kid and seemingly passed it on 😅 I needed that knowledge when I was small 💙

@theflowerhead

3 ай бұрын

That's incredible. Good on you for being open to change and advice. I know we don't know each other but you did so well and I'm so proud of your little one! I admire you. 😊 💕

That moment when Riley's hugging her parents at the end...and they welcome her to them, and she just kind of...exhales. And it creates the feeling that she'd been holding her breath THE WHOLE MOVIE, afraid to let it out. Afraid of what would happen if she broke down like this and if she'd still be able to be held like that. Even just remembering that moment breaks me down.

@clarasundqvist6013

3 ай бұрын

It reminds me of my favourite scene from Love, Simon. For all its flaws, the scene when his mom says ”you get to exhale now Simon” is one of my favourite scenes out of any movie. It captures the emotions around holding something in and being able to finally let it go so so well. You can see how being able to sit with the fact that he doesn’t have to hide anymore affects Simon and ot gets me every time

@existentialgamer9206

3 ай бұрын

Everyone always talks about Bing Bong but to me, what you described is the real emotional core of the movie

@alienatedlibrarian5017

3 ай бұрын

This is extremely well-written

@valsptsd814

3 ай бұрын

Riley’s sadness/joy in her parent’s arms is only comparable to Coco’s last song. Deeply moving work by animation.

@hayden6054

3 ай бұрын

Bruh second movie to make me cry ever

Saw Inside Out in theatre with hospice coworkers. While walking out, RN pointed at me, "you're Sadness!" As a Grief Counselor, I consider that comparison the highest honor. My mom thought it was mean until I made her watch the movie & then she agreed, I am Sadness!

@RutabegaNG

3 ай бұрын

Takes a special kind of person to do that. That is a high compliment indeed.

@KiwiiLoka

3 ай бұрын

They're literally telling you, you're so empathetic! So it's indeed, the best real Life badge of honor someone could give to you

@LuaanTi

3 ай бұрын

There's something broken in our society, isn't there? :D People are so afraid of being sad and try to pretend they aren't. It's okay. Sometimes we are sad. We are sad for a reason.

@kawaiichan9159

3 ай бұрын

you being sadness is the highest complement you could achieve

@CalamityCannon

3 ай бұрын

The show might not fit your sensibilities, but the portrayal of Keith (from Grief) in Big Mouth is pretty spectacular. Cathartic and reassuring and worth watching, albeit definitely not a Pixar movie. Plus Richard Kind is the voice actor, and he's just delightful

"Vulnerability, sadly, isn't always rewarded." I felt that. The only times I've ever been bullied is when I decided to share my feelings and the person I was talking to decided that it would be funny to mock me for having feelings.

@elaineb7065

3 ай бұрын

Exactly. Been there too. Bullies always punished me for crying, to the point I find crying hard even now, years later

@harleylinnX

3 ай бұрын

@@elaineb7065 I'm so sorry that people were cruel to you. Nobody should be bullied, especially for showing emotions.

@CardinalTreehouse

3 ай бұрын

@@elaineb7065You're not alone in that. For a very long time, I didn't even accept having emotions of any kind. While healing is in progress, it doesn't change what has happened and how difficult it was and still is.

@paleobc65

2 ай бұрын

I’m sorry that you were punished for being vulnerable, I hope you are currently around people that feel comfortable enough to express yourself too.

@OJorEm

Ай бұрын

My mum did that all the time too, and now she wonders why I won't share anything with her, lol.

My parents called me their “happy little girl” when I was little. I won’t ever forget when they asked me one day as a teenager when I was going through stuff, “where did our happy little girl go?”. I didn’t know what to say. It’s not like that girl died, she was still inside of me, and I expressed happiness a lot still. I still am a goofy and wisecracking person even as I struggle with depression and anxiety. But now, it’s so complicated. Emotions are hard, and somehow they get harder as you get older. It’s like more knowledge and understanding makes them stronger and more difficult. I love that scene at the end where they’re all hugging. The crew behind the movie perfectly captured that “safe hug”, a moment after a rough time when you finally feel safe and secure. It feels so warm and and makes you decompress from whatever just happened.

@MagdalenaMantler

3 ай бұрын

I would say you grew into additional emotions - that would be my answer nowadays to your parents question. I can relate to your description of yourself, I also always was more the happy girl. But nowadays I realized that there also always was a big sadness inside of me - not a bad thing, just something that makes me feel more intensely, be more empathic, seing more of the unjustly things that happen in life and which are wrong (and moarning it). I also had trouble admitting this to myself - and I am learning more and more to embrace also this side of my character. It is a never ending journey to find out who we are ourselves and I am in awe how I can surprise myself over and over again. I am not that fixated picture someone (or I myself) put on me, I am so much more. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, they made me think about interesting things and finding new ways of describing and thinking.

@silenthillfreak156

3 ай бұрын

I need to remember this. I have 3 girls, eldest being 14, and I often think the question like your parents asked (but i dont ask it). i really do need to remember that my little girl is still there, just growing and maturing.

@caseygunn1717

3 ай бұрын

I had no choice but to stop speaking to my parents a number of years ago, and in my final conversation with my father, he said he refused to accept my sadness, and that he wouldn't take anything less than his "happy little girl." It really broke me. Children grow into being so much more than "happy little," as they should. And they just need a safe space to do it in.

@marcoditommaso7913

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment! I remember hearing often while growing up "what happened to our happy little boy?" or "you were always such a happy baby, what happened?" It always led to me feeling so invalidated. And yet simultaneously my parents would wonder why I was never able to open up and be emotionally vulnerable with them. Sadly, there was never that "safe hug" moment with them. I'm no contact with them now as the invalidation (among other things) continued got worse into adulthood. But reading your comment finally validated everything I felt when they would say those same words to me. Thank you for speaking up about your experiences, and for allowing me to share in it with you.

@calmwaveofchaos1878

3 ай бұрын

I felt this really hard. My parents and extended family talk a lot about how happy and helpful I was as a kid when they reminisce, and for years that's felt like an impossible standard that's slowly crushing me. Between anxiety and chronic fatigue and pain and years of burnout, I often feel like I'm an anchor while that "happy little girl" that lifted everyone up is just gone, even though I know she's still at my core. I had a really bad fight with my brother once in my early teens, and although I don't remember anything about the subject or what either of us said besides it was harsh, I do remember my mom's response. "You used to be so kind! What happened to that kind little girl?" It still haunts me almost a decade later. I try to be helpful and kind when I can, but I often don't have the mental or physical energy to get out of bed, let alone regularly go out of my way for others, and being in pain makes me more snappish and bitter than I'd like sometimes. Being hyperaware of those "before" standards that I'm falling short of is so hard, and I wish more parents would realize how damaging those types of questions and statements are. There's a small part of me that watches this film and cries every time for that not-as-little girl who was repeatedly told to look on the bright side and power through, and rarely got that big hug she desperately needed.

I had dragged my wife (then gf) to the West Coast out of college, for work and adventure. She was from Minnesota, and would have been completely fine staying there if not for me. Inside Out released about a year after moving, and of course we went to see it because we'd never miss a Disney/Pixar movie. The moment when Riley cries and says, "I miss Minnesota," my wife utterly broke down in the theaters. Like, straight ugly crying. I had no idea what to do, because while I did my best to love and support her, I was ultimately responsible for her feelings of sadness. I took her away from her home, and neither of us were aware of how impactful that would be to her. It took a lot of talk and thought for us to process all of that, and it gave us an opportunity to improve how we communicate and support each other. So thanks Pixar, for providing us with that. But I'll never forget how awkward I felt in the theaters with the person I loved having a breakdown that I in no small way caused.

@thelastword1414

3 ай бұрын

I just wanted to say that your comment made me cry because it's so similar to my story. Thank you for sharing this.

@rayay248

3 ай бұрын

@@ionaskualexander1255 Im sorry someone hurt you in the past, but trying to pass those feelings of insecurity and distrust on to other people is not kind.

@lars7747

3 ай бұрын

man she must regret that decision so much. good luck

@poonyaTara

2 ай бұрын

I'm sure she was hurt, and I'm sure she knows you were worth it and have made the intervening time a positive one for her overall. Honesty can be difficult to practice with oneself, and your courage in doing so is how I know that being with you was worth it. ❤, --a sister

@horsegirlb7120

12 күн бұрын

@@lars7747 Wtf? Are you processing what you're watching right now?

Along with the safe hug, nothing has hit me harder in a Pixar Movie than “Guys, we can’t make Riley feel ANYTHING.” I literally felt the air leave my lungs when I saw that scene. I felt that on such a personal level.

@BG-be8di

3 ай бұрын

yeah, that part shocked me as a child, it was like it hit my heart, that it's horrible not to feel anything, and when I'm older, that part still hurts me, because that's what depression feels like.

@batpat830

3 ай бұрын

Yep, i cried when they said it and this movie actually helped during depression

@idoling_yt

2 ай бұрын

@@batpat830yo, same! I fell into a deeply depressive state while vacationing in New York some years back and this movie did the same for me. I think it was 2 days after the deep depression started that I finally got myself to sit up in bed, order food, and turn on the tv. As I was channel surfing, up came Inside Out, and I went “Ha! How ironic. Probably not a great idea to watch a movie involving depression while depressed. Or maybe…” I decided to leave it on. It quite literally transitioned me out of that deep depression. When I first saw the film in theaters, the moment Joy and Sadness got removed from the control center, I almost immediately froze. Like…oh no…I didn’t realize THIS is what the movie was going to be about. And during that weekend in NYC, my sister asked me what was wrong. And per usual, my answer was “I don’t know. Nothing? Everything?” That’s what depression is-it’s about nothing yet everything is impacted/involved. Something specific may have triggered it but it’s not always obvious. You may be able to identify what happened right before, but you still don’t know what happened to pull you “down” that far, you know? Sadness may preempt depression, but you’re not necessarily experiencing severe sadness, which is a huge misconception. Well, I personally stop feeling sad. However… fear, disgust and anger can pop up. And all of this is precisely why Joy and Sadness being removed and ejected so dramatically from the control center was an immediate point of recognition for me [in identifying what it was representing].

@sarahlandis289

Ай бұрын

It's a painfully accurate portrayal, really flashes you back to what it was like in the moment, wanting to make yourself feel something and only feeling that cold, hollow indifference.

@angelenapulis9083

Ай бұрын

I went through a year-long period of intense depression before, and that scene made me feel so seen. That was exactly what it was like.

I love that when Riley gets upset in class, the emotions interrupt the other kids as judging Riley, but when we see the classmates from the outside, they look like they’re worried about her or they feel sorry for her. Great way of showing that how we perceive things isn’t actually how they are.

@mgicllmgn6402

4 күн бұрын

So true, we make things seem bigger then they truly are.

Haven't checked if they address this yet but I think what I love most about this movie is the realization that even with good parenting, mental health can still struggle. These parents play and laugh and smile together and they support her well, they haven't neglected or abused her. But life still brought her down. Just because a kid struggles doesn't mean you're a bad parent, and being a great parent doesn't mean your kids won't ever struggle or need extra help😊

@STS125

Ай бұрын

Absolutely. Her parents are GREAT parents. I mean they do it right, everything parents are supposed to be…and kids still have all these feelings. It’s so important

28:05 the film has shown that Riley's mum and dad are good parents, even though they aren't always on the same page (e.g. the dinner scene) but when Riley says "please don't be mad" and they look at each other. That single second MAKES this scene for me. That single look shows years of working as a team, and how even if their parenting styles differ at times, they both want Riley to be happy.

@cairrean2412

3 ай бұрын

That's the shared moment of "Crap what did we do that made her think she couldn't confide in us"

I saw this movie a few months after a tragedy that took my family from me. I was deep in the "have to be happy" mentality, and I didn't think I should feel what I was feeling This movie... These characters... Told me something that I couldn't have told myself.

@blueflare3848

3 ай бұрын

I’m so sorry for your loss.

@scottfitzpatrick1939

3 ай бұрын

Hugs, we're here for you

@marieroberts5664

3 ай бұрын

We grieve with you. Thank you for sharing.

@reniefuwa

20 күн бұрын

Me too! It was only my Grandma, but she was the Family Matriarch in the truest sense of the word.

@surendraniyer8992

Күн бұрын

Sorry for your loss...Lost both my grandpa's just after the pandemic...Cried every now and then, whenever I remembered them. The feeling of not being able to be with them, still makes me feel like I didn't/don't grieve them enough...Feels murky

To those who like to shame and humiliate the others for crying, shame on you all! It is healthy to let it all out. And this movie, Inside Out, confirmed it!

@BG-be8di

3 ай бұрын

yes, it bothers me a lot that there are people who shame others for crying as if they don't have feelings themselves, because for me it is okay to do it, it is okay to be emotional, it means that you can connect and express your emotions, Inside Out confirmed it

@alexialaura3529

2 ай бұрын

send this to my whole family. im kind of a sensitive person, and i cry easily. When im sad, angry, or sometimes happy, and every time i do, I'm perceived as weak or met with ridicule.

@joce-jy3jy

2 ай бұрын

@@alexialaura3529same

@sarahlandis289

Ай бұрын

@@alexialaura3529 If only I could singlehandedly affirm everyone when they cried. I would love to see more people grow up being affirmed in their sad emotions too

In Portuguese, we have one word to describe the feelings represented in this scene 26:45, where you remember the past with sorrow and happiness and a weight that pulls you down but keeps you suspended and light, longing and nostalgic for the past. We call it "Saudade"

@annavg7294

3 ай бұрын

Saudade? I thought it just meant longing... Well damn!

@videoket

3 ай бұрын

Maro did a song about “saudade!” (Although anyone following Eurovision no doubt already knows that. 😊)

@Linnellen

3 ай бұрын

Love that word. I lived in Portugal for a year, and after a friend explained saudade to me Fado became a new level of beautiful.

@avetleeg3654

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like the Portuguese equivalent of melancholy to me

@marenana9825

3 ай бұрын

​@avetleeg3654 portuguese has "melancholy" as well, to feel saudade would be literally translated to the feeling of missing something/someone. but at the same time it feels like "missing some-" is bit too shallow to truly translate saudade. idk if I did a good job explaining it, but I tried lol

My step mother drilled that joy and happiness was the only emotion I could express into my head for years. I was 15 when this movie came out. And it taught a very sad and broken 15 year old me that sadness wasn't the enemy and it was perfectly OKAY to feel those other emotions. It was the first thing to ever do that for me. Truly a beautiful movie, hats off to everyone who worked on it and to the CT team for covering it in such detail. It means a lot to me and my inner child.

@scottfitzpatrick1939

3 ай бұрын

For me I was like 40 I am glad you found it so early ❤

@NobodyListensToCasandra

3 ай бұрын

I was 25 when I took my 8yo stepdaughter to the movies for this. I remember being stunned- looking around the theater to see if this “anger and sadness aren’t just my brain malfunctioning, throwing a temper tantrum- they’re valuable and serve a purpose” was mind-blowing new information to anyone else. I wasn’t the only adult scanning for common epiphany expressions 🥹

@kaylawoodbury2308

3 ай бұрын

It's terrible but a lot of parents seem to view other emotions and complex feelings as an inconvenience. Not something to help their kids work through and understand but something that needs to be buried.

When Bing Bong evaporates, I still cry after watching this movie at least 5 times. The representation of childhood and memories being lost over time, but how it helps to support the person you'll become makes me very emotional.

@WayneKitching

3 ай бұрын

I was seeing a therapist due to depression and anxiety issues. When Bing Bong evaporated and Riley's memory islands collapsed, I cried.

@rita8274

3 ай бұрын

@@WayneKitching I can barely believe this movie came out almost 10 years ago. It's still a masterpiece of a movie. I hope you're in a better place with your anxiety and depression.

@WayneKitching

11 күн бұрын

@@rita8274 Thanks. I'm in a much better place. I had been in a toxic work environment, but since physically and mentally moved on.

Emotions are so hard to handle and navigate. I use to think I’d eventually fit into my own feelings as I grew but turns out, I grew and my emotions grew more. It just got so much harder to feel like they were *MY* emotions and not just emotions happening *TO* me. Now, I’m trying to learn things as simple as just allowing myself to feel what I’m feeling freely, without needing to categorize, label, rationalize. Just feel. This movie is great for kids who might not have access to that kind of education. Emotional intelligence is a skill, it is something invaluable that kids need to learn.

@decay6516

3 ай бұрын

You're so right! Thank you for sharing this

@sunshine-dz6xj

3 ай бұрын

I feel that. my parents expected me to know how to regulate my emotions when I was a little child but my emotions always felt like something big happening to me rather than something I can control and change. and as I grew they only got bigger. now I'm an adult trying to learn to not be ashamed and afraid of crying or being angry

@yb9964

3 ай бұрын

@@sunshine-dz6xjI read a text today that really resonated with me : I wish I could’ve cried in my mother’s arms but she was always crying in mine. It was too heavy to carry as a child. I didn’t grow stronger, I grew tired”

@MakiiSan021

3 ай бұрын

@sunshine-dz6xj I’ve had dealt with my emotions the exact same way as well. I’ve always felt that I had to put my emotions aside and put others before myself, as an adult I realized just how unhealthy that was since I couldn’t control or even understand my own emotions. After going to therapy for a little while it helped me realize that I’m allowed to feel, to express my emotions in a healthily way. That I shouldn’t have to put them aside and put myself first.

@sunshine-dz6xj

3 ай бұрын

@@yb9964 I relate so much! I should’ve been comforted by the adults in my life but instead I was blamed for my mom’s tears and told that I should stop crying to not make her sad. adults with no emotional control expected a child to be more responsible and emotionally mature than them

Inside Out deserves all the love and accolades. It's literally changed thousands of lives for the better.

@ScorbunGame

3 ай бұрын

I cried when I saw this in the theater, the scene where Ryley is running away and the console goes black got me so bad because it's so accurate to what depression is like.

@kelliehorn1082

3 ай бұрын

7:17 She was right, it changed the world

“I know you don’t want me to… but I miss home… you need me to be happy, but… please don’t be mad.” This break me. Every time. 😭

Riley losing her emotions and regaining them is, to me, a metaphor as well for falling into and coming out of depression. That feeling of just...feeling that first emotion after so much apathy and darkness...letting out that breath...feeling that weight lift off of your shoulders...it makes me bawl like a baby everytime I watch it. It's perfection.

@lunayoshi

3 ай бұрын

As someone who suffered from depressive episodes until I got on mood stabilizers at age 29, I agree. "Riley can't feel anything." That's absolute depression. It makes you do things you wouldn't do if you could feel something. It's not like everything when you're depressed is 100% sadness. It's the lack of feeling anything. ANYTHING.

@Ikine557

Ай бұрын

My dad has depression. When we saw the movie in theaters, every time something related to depression happened (like the islands losing their color and falling apart) he would make a comment about how he didn't like the movie very much. He went on to see it again many times and said it was his favorite movie for a while. It really resonated with him, even though and maybe because it made him take an uncomfortable look at himself.

This movie is one of my absolute favorite disney/Pixar movies. Plenty of media TRIES to sell the "take the bad with the good" message but as someone who has really struggled to see the Joy throughout her life, seeing how valuable Sadness was and how without her Joy wouldn't have had her moment at all..... this movie BREAKS me. And then builds me back up. Thank you for this film.

My favorite part of the movie was how they showed that the 5 core emotions have layers and different complexities to them instead of just being their primal reaction: -Joy has hope, curiosity, pride, love, and tenacity -Sadness has empathy/sympathy, care, boredom, lethargy, and calm -Disgust has vanity, judgement, morality, and contempt -Fear has nervousness, surprise, preparation, and caution -Anger has justice, competition, passion, and boldness Then by mixing said emotions allows us to feel an entire spectrum. So I'm hoping the new movie adding in 4 new emotions doesn't mess up the current dynamic too much.

"that gut punch tells you that it mattered" truer words have never been spoken

What an awesome opportunity!! This is gonna be a great episode. Ready for them tears.

@lisarodriguez6966

3 ай бұрын

You think that your idea is better for having a civilian inside you? I don't think you need to crap on ideas that are not your own. And I think that it was an excellent movie and Jonathan did well to explain why psychiatrically, it is a good movie too.​@@user-lx5je1bh4g

@ColdxNorth

3 ай бұрын

@@user-lx5je1bh4gYou are a bot!

@user-kk5sr8jd4b

3 ай бұрын

Specifically Alans tears

@SAngeline97

3 ай бұрын

@user-lx5je1bh4g I think being aware of your emotions makes it easier to navigate life in general, especially when a problem exists. This movie personified emotions to help children understand the concept of emotions is all. That's my take, anyway.

Y’all are hitting these collabs with the filmmakers out of the park! Shoutout to the entire team and crew for all the hard work, it shows in the final product.

@CinemaTherapyShow

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you're enjoying them! It really is so incredible to talk about films with the people who worked on them - to hear their insights and stories and share them with all of you.

I'm a licensed Social Worker and when I was in grad school we talked about the specific part in Inside Out when Joy is trying to focus on the positive and the end goal of getting back to the rest of the emotions. Whereas, when sadness is sad WITH Bing Bong, it makes him feel better. Sitting with someone in their sadness with them is uncomfortable, but when we do it, we connect with each other and not only actually care about one another, but also show that we care to the other person. Trying to move past the sadness of where someone is at is only going to make someone feel dismissed, un-heard, dis-connected, and even more sad but probably also a bit of shame. Why should they be feeling sad? The other person is telling them it's not so bad. So, why doesn't it feel better? I loved the first reaction to this movie and I'm glad they did this one!!

"Oh crap, they're doing Inside Out again. (deep breath) Here we go."

They should make some merch of them saying "damn you pixar" lol

@kelliehorn1082

3 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing!

@brave_jedi9437

3 ай бұрын

I’d wear a shirt saying that phrase. LOL

@sarahlandis289

Ай бұрын

I'd buy it

@annapuczyowska8772

Күн бұрын

And then Alan's face pointing the finger threateningly hahah❤ i would buy it too!

When Riley shares her emotions, her hurt and fear, and is met with love, empathy, and understanding: I shatter. I needed that when I was younger and didn't get it.

One of the best parts of this movie is that the story we got almost didn't happen, the original conflict was going to be that Fear was the emotion getting in the way but according to the director it just wasn't working. It took a huge amount of self reflection and reevlation for him to realize that Inside Out needed to be about joy and sadness and give us a film that has the guts that most aren't willing to say at all. The simple message of "it's ok to be sad, it doesn't mean your weak." all too often is pushed away or rejected because people don't wanna accept it.

I love this film not only because it teaches kids about emotions, but reminds parents that it is okay to experience those emotions AND witness others experience emotions that are not calm and happy. I have too many parents come into my office and seek my services because their child "gets overly emotional." Okay, why is experiencing emotion bad? More often than not, it is the adults getting uncomfortable/unsure with the emotions that is the struggle.

welp, was gonna go to bed w/o crying but this works too

@CinemaTherapyShow

3 ай бұрын

It's definitely a crying episode!

@raquels.

3 ай бұрын

Over here sobbing too. Cinema Therapy knows how to open the floodgates.

When Inside Out came out, I was a nine year old girl who had just been put in the same position as Riley. I was so shocked at how much the same our stories were, and the timing! I had moved states, left all my friends, and I lived in a cramped house in a not great neighborhood. I SOBBED basically the entire time through that movie, and every time I watch it I can't help but remember little me who really needed this movie when it came out. This is always going to be one of my favorite movies even though my parents don't like it and don't understand why I like it. As an artist now, it's so meaningful to see the love, care, and attention that went into making it, and someday maybe I'll get to make something as beautiful for someone who needs it

Recommendations (if possible) - Hero psychology of Gwen Stacy: Across the Spiderverse - Character psychology of Marie: Unbelievable (8 episode miniseries) - The Iron Giant - Psychology of an antihero of Joel: HBO The Last of Us (possible Troy Baker guest star) - The Nanny McPhee movies - Nimona - Dreamworks Abominable - Over the Moon - Psychology of a Villain: Snow from Hunger Games (both prequel & original trilogy) - As They Made Us (w/ Mayim Bialik guest star)

@ThePunkHobbit

3 ай бұрын

I would ADORE these episodes. Especially the ones on Joel and President Snow!!! They are such interesting characters

@SuperPrestogamer

3 ай бұрын

President snow would be an excellent choice

@quantumslime7265

3 ай бұрын

God I would love to see the Iron Giant. I feel like too few people talk about it.

@ravengray3095

3 ай бұрын

I’ve wanted them to do Nimona since I watched it, I would love to see their takes on it

@jkbutterfly3142

3 ай бұрын

Oh my god _Over the Moon_ and _The Iron Giant_ would be amazing

I think what's definitely true in the movie is that riley is putting a brave and happy face on for her parents so they won't worry about her being upset in San Francisco and they can focus on the other stressful things that we see in the first part of the movie, and her parents are doing the same thing, putting on brave faces because they don't want her to look at the move to San Francisco in a negative way.

As someone who moved from a big city to a small town as a kid, God that class scene hits SO HARD. Because even if your'e happy in your new town, there are cultural differences that affect you ever day. When I was a kid I was constantly teased for being a vegetarian, even by my friends. Just because it was different, because the small town, unlike Seattle, doesn't have many of those. And even when I brushed it off, that upbringing still affected me.

@LiaGoldie

3 ай бұрын

After my parents divorced, my mum remarried and we moved to the other side of the world! (USA to Australia). Moving is so hard when you are a kid. I was teased for my accent, because I have glasses and because I am small. I am still in Australia, even though my mum and stepdad moved back to USA!

That moment in the film where Riley begs her parents "please don't be mad" ohhhhh that hits so hard. Even subconsciously, (because it's clear Riley has loving parents) we're so afraid of upsetting the status quo that we're willing to suffer in silence.

Perfect timing ! I needed a good reason to cry today 😃

@ultimatebishoujo29

3 ай бұрын

Same

Each tear shed because of a story is a badge of honor for said story's creators.

I am a military child and Inside Out hit my soul so hard! 😢such a great movie and it is a great movie to explain complex situations and emotions in simple ways to children.

Can't wait for Inside Outside 2 too

@CinemaTherapyShow

3 ай бұрын

We can't wait!!

@isabelsummers8017

3 ай бұрын

Me too I'm excited for see it 😌😁

@LegorocketsAnimation

3 ай бұрын

I wonder if they will make Riley gender fluid or something since she has both male and female emotions whereas everyone else in the movie just has one gender in their head. I know the IRL reason is so you can have more varied characters, but it sets up some opportunities.

@brave_jedi9437

3 ай бұрын

Same here

My analogy is the pearl. Greif starts with the hurt at the centre. Each time you think about the person/event you wrap a layer of treasured memory around it. And it grows and grows. Eventually there is a bundle that is truly beautiful around that sadness.

I recently lost my cat, whom I've had with me almost my entire adult life. I was out of town when she passed and had to leave the handling of everything to my partner, so on top of grieving I was feeling a lot of guilt for not being there for either of them. When I came home, I knew I needed help processing what I was going through so I watched Inside Out and remembered the CT commentary on why its message was so important. This part 2 could not have dropped at a more perfect time. The technical and filmmaming side of why Inside Out tells its story so well really speaks to the holistic nature of the human experience.

@DryptosaurusDavid

3 ай бұрын

I'm dreading the day for when I have tk put both my feline friends. They're 3 and 1 and a half years old so I have a lot to live with them.

I'm showing this to our class. We've been talking about "Are there any emotions that are bad to have? and trying to explain why even negative emotions are good....this is perfect

@danieldeangelo4527

3 ай бұрын

There are no bad emotions to have, but there are many bad ways to express those emotions. My developmentally disabled older brother (64) who is being care for by our mother (84) has got it in his head it's bad to repress emotions and they shouldn't be held in. Their many disagreements quickly escalate and although he hasn't hit her (as far as I know), from the one's I've seen, it wouldn't surprise me if one day he killed her. (We've spent decades looking for outside help or a place of his own, but when you're poor, you just have to make do, pray, and deal with the consequences.)

I saw this movie when it first came out. There was undiagnosed trauma in my life and I nearly had a breakdown right there in the theater. I swore I'd never watch this one again. I have since gone on a journey of healing and learning. This is now a movie with incredibly deep meaning. Thank you for diving into this pool once again.

15:19 Something about this short bit here just hits me. Sadness wanting to drive and joy just holding her back already sent the message like “No… you can’t. Only I can” Joy doesn’t even look at the other emotions or say anything to answer sadness’s question Even then the emotions see this and react almost shocked or confused like “Wait why is joy doing that?”

I loved the way this tackled mental health in a way for kids to see it’s ok to not be ok

Inside out, soul and coco are just on a completely different level of mature story telling that kids can easily understand ❤ bless you pixar for what you do❤

So many times when I watch these videos, I get teary-eyed and joke about being a grown man crying on his couch along with these two other grown men crying on their couch. That’s as connective as it gets.

I love the fact that the emotions themselves don't truly understand their own purpose. "Sadness makes Riley sad, and thats not good" gives way to "Sadness helps Riley remember the good times, and helps her connect with people." The fact that people as well, don't know what the true purpose of their emotions are until they actually ecperience them, and listen to what they are telling them. Connection man, connection.

My husband and I, along with our 4 kids, saw this together in the theater. It greatly helped 2 of our kids who are on the Autism Spectrum understand emotions better and we were able to discuss feelings in a much better way.

They played this movie for parents and students at my college's orientation. An act I still consider to be psychological warfare.

This episode is everything to me! I'm currently in school for animation, and a huge part of the reason I decided to study it was because I love how much Pixar (and Disney) movies have influenced my childhood and my perception of my emotions. I especially love that Alan brought up that one shot of Riley crying when she's hugging her parents, because small moments like that are what I want to get really good at animating one day.

@CinemaTherapyShow

3 ай бұрын

That's so awesome! Best of luck with your animation journey.

Something major “Inside Out” made me realize, is thanks to the one single line that “Disgust keeps us from being poisoned”. This explains why I always found myself in toxic relationships. Because I didn’t allow myself to feel disgusted by bad behaviour... 🤢 It was poisonous indeed. Destructive. Write Inside out 3 about that, and the world will be better for it alright

I think so many people grew up in environments where expressing emotions was seen as bad & that's heartbreaking. Emotions are a blessing, they give us valuable information about ourselves, we just need to learn how to understand them & express them in healthy ways & use our emotions to our benefit. I'm glad this movie has helped so many individuals. ❤ The islands were the most powerful part of the movie for me

@brandonmaddox4862

2 күн бұрын

I grew up in a family, my moms side of the family where you kept quiet about the bad stuff, so you learned to stuff down the bad things because you didn’t want any bad perceptions of the family to get out so I suffered so much sadness and depression and that led to addiction, an out of control anger problem and later a huge anxiety problem and when I finally had to fess up to my mom about it, she asked why I never said anything, and I always told her it was because I was scared to or people would just tell me to buck up and put on a smile. I’m still dealing with it as 40 plus man, and it’s a everyday struggle

Lately, I have been realizing that one can have a favorite emotion. It can be wonderful to be angry, sad or even scared. Movies being one of the prime examples of that (for example dramas and horror movies). We are just conditioned to prefer joy, and therefore try to fulfill our other emotional needs in a roundabout way

@jijitters

3 ай бұрын

I loved that Inside Out dipped its toes into exploring this more by showing us that Riley's mom and dad have different emotions as their central 'leader' at the console - dad's being anger, and mom's being her sadness iirc. I hope the second movie explores that more, because which emotion people tend to comfortably fall back on changes the lessons about which emotions they need to learn to embrace more.

@rita8274

3 ай бұрын

I prefer to feel sad because it's comforting, it sucks but it's what I'm the most used to. I've worked on it, but it is a lot to learn how to accept all of your emotions good and bad to be better/healthier. I want a whole series for Inside Out that lasts a long time with each season (or however many seasons are needed to explore the moment presented in their life) being a different person and why/how they react to external forces due to their emotion. I feel like it could go on and change over time and be a little time capsule of moments in history as well. Idk that's just wishful thinking and some things are better short and sweet like 1 or 2 movies.

@jimmy-stevenbiemans1540

3 ай бұрын

@@rita8274 Sadness is a healing emotion. Tears are pain leaving your body. You can cry for and with others as well, healing together as you do. Embrace the bittersweet melancholy, dear healer. You have an amazing gift to share ❤️‍🩹

@BG-be8di

3 ай бұрын

yeah, the movie also taught me to embrace other emotions, even if they are not happiness, but learning how to manage or direct them

This film just breaks me every time. Every scene bar one that you’ve chosen here, I’m in floods of tears. It’s such a joy to hear the filmmakers talk about it. Thanks again for crying with us.

I clicked so fast, Inside Out is one of my top three favorite Cinema Therapy videos (please don’t make me pick a favorite I can barely narrow it down to three as it is. I discovered this channel and this was the first videos I saw. At that time I didn’t know what my major should be. I didn’t know if I had good friends and I was so lost. This channel made me realize I want to help people like how you guys helped me. I am pursuing a major in Psychology. I have amazing friends now and so supported by my family. I am so proud of this channel for being able to now have a studio. You taught me: 1. It’s ok to be sensitive and cry, that’s normal and it helps people 2. Helping people isn’t just physically doing something, it can be just watching a movie with them 3. Friendships are so important Thank you to all of you guys Jonathan Decker, Alan Seawright, Megan Seawright, Alan Seawright, Corinne Demyanovich, Stu Arbury, Trevor Horton, Bradley Olsen, Anna Preis

@divyadharshani0512

3 ай бұрын

Hi, same here. I think I probably started with Lord of the Rings review, but the Inside Out one was the biggest hit that time, I think. And this is what kept me glued to this amazing channel. Can't wait to see Inside Out 2!!!

@lusinebaghyan8864

3 ай бұрын

​@@divyadharshani0512It was video about Aragorn and toxic masculinity for me. It was one of their latest posted videos! I got hooked up and I'm still here watching every episode. This chanel had helped me to understand many things about myself my friends and family. I'm so glad I clicked on that video all this years ago.

@CinemaTherapyShow

3 ай бұрын

You're so kind! Thanks for sticking around for so long. And thanks for watching!

@krlorigami

2 ай бұрын

Same here!!! I am now currently deciding to pursue a major in psychology to become a therapist. I also want to minor in film studies, because I have learned so much from media and movies and I love to create art in both film and theater. I may not have my life figured out but I know who I am now and who I want to be, and that is all I need for now.

@ithinktheyfoundme

2 ай бұрын

@@krlorigami I think you should give it a go! Take a few Psych Classes (Intro will be hard on purpose, I swear most the classes are not that demanding) I think go for it

I'm glad Pete Docter got his mentions even while not in the video, he's truly a genius! I can also assume he's the reason Minnesota is Riley's home, as it's also his (and mine!) ✨ I would also cry if I had to leave 😭

@jijitters

3 ай бұрын

Also, the way they depicted sarcasm in this movie is one of my favorite things ever. One emotion disguising itself as another emotion *does* create something new and visceral that we recognize as its own experience. I absolutely loved it, and I'd love to know who came up with that!

this movie made me sob like no other. not just in the understanding and support riley got from her parents when she finally accepted how awful she was feeling, but the validation of sadness' very EXISTENCE. i remember you guys already doing one episode regarding toxic positivity (which i also love) but i really can't get enough of this movie and how it says so many things that need to be said.

As someone who started experiencing depression at a slightly younger age than Riley, and who moved house at the same age, this movie means so much to me. Something I think a lot of people don't understand about depression is that it isn't just an absence of joy, but it can also be sadness. When you can't really feel anymore healthy emotions, and are stuck with fear, anger, or disgust and nothing else to balance them out. The scene when Riley gets home and cries is the first scene in a Pixar movie to ever make me cry. I bawled in that moment. Grieving memories both from when I lived in my childhood home, and before I started developing my mental health issues hurt. It's real, visceral grief and this was the first time I saw that displayed and validated on screen. I love this move.

This movie came out when I was Riley’s age and it made me cry. I’m in the first couple years of adulthood now and it still makes me cry, it hits in the same ways as well as in new ones. Damm you Pixar 😭

Inside Out, I think, is one of the most underrated Pixar films in their entire library. It helped me understand my own emotions and emotional complexity as an adult, and I absolutely plan on showing it to my children when they're old enough to sit through it (they're both still in diapers, it'll take a few years). If this comment happens to be seen by Meg, Kevin, and Jonas, *thank you* for giving us a true masterpiece.

We as adults can learn so much from 'kids' movies! It wasn't until a few years ago that I even heard of the term 'toxic positivity', and its such a real thing. Love your insights guys! (Also, it would be awesome if you guys could give your reactions to 'The Iron Claw'. That movie made just about everyone cry, so I don't know how Alan will cope lol ❤)

So glad to see this one. The marble colors are such a great way to explain things to kids, and even to help you understand yourself as an adult.

My father has Parkinson's and it changed all of our lives forever. My parents, brother and I used to do so many fun things, we used to travel the world and go on adventures. We know we will never be able to do those things with him ever again. The scene where Sadness picks up Joy's core memories and they turn blue is so unbelievably accurate. I look at pictures from our travels (my happiest core memories) and can't help but cry as I know those are all in the past. This movie does not get enough praise in my opinion.

As someone who grew up familiar with the phrase 'If you don't stop crying, I'll give you a reason to cry', Riley's parents accepting and understanding her feelings while allowing her to feel, broke me the first time I watched it. Being vulnerable is terrifying at times

@sarahlandis289

Ай бұрын

I'm very blessed, I rarely heard those words. Usually my mom would check in on why I was crying. I usually only heard those words if I was being a brat about something, crying because I didn't get my own way or the toy I wanted

@chibichump

Ай бұрын

@sarahlandis289 I'm glad to hear your family was more understanding. Unfortunately, I heard these words 99% of the time I cried. Mostly because my mom didn't understand why I was crying and it felt like she didn't want to deal with it

@sarahlandis289

Ай бұрын

@@chibichump I'm sorry it felt like she didn't want to deal with it. That sucks. *hugs*

Darn you CinemaTherapy! The waterworks won't stop! You had to analyze this movie TWICE.😭😭😭😭 I'm crying candy like Bing Bong!

@CinemaTherapyShow

3 ай бұрын

We had to! It's special to us! And you know we'll be doing Inside Out 2. 😭

Oh I LOVE when y'all get to hear from the filmmakers directly! I love the first video you did about this movie, but this is still such a special opportunity.

@kevinzhang6623

3 ай бұрын

Not filmmakers, the editor, producer and co screenwriter, not the director

@Y_arkar

3 ай бұрын

@@kevinzhang6623 They are still a part of the team behind this film.

The scene when Riley starts crying after she tried to run away never fails to make me cry. It's not even by making me think of _my_ personal things(that is sometimes required idk I hope I'm not a narcissist).. just seeing the scene alone makes me cry. That's some good animation/story!

The Pixar movie I relate to the most has always been Inside Out. Makes me tear up every time and I feel relieved every time.

I can't count the number of times I've thought "What if... Some day... They get to talk to someone at Pixar about one of the movies for an episode." And now I know and my heart is SO FULL 💞

This is just so amazing, to have part of the Pixar team talking with you guys!!!

I hate it when people tell me I’m not allowed to cry in public. If I was actually sobbing uncontrollably, making a giant scene, all loud and stuff I could at least understand getting mad about that, but just tears welling up and breathing heavily? How the hell does that hurt anyone?!

JONAS! My mom went to high school with him, and we’ve been following his career since Toy Story! Go Jonas! So glad you got to live your dream and then some!

I got the notification and went, "Oh, sweet, Inside Out again :D" and then I kept reading and went, "OH DAMN, WITH THE FILMMAKERS???"

I can usually hold it together until Riley does that sigh in her parents' arms. Then I lose it 😭

You know that a movie is extremely well written when pretty much everyone watching it starts crying. I'm really looking forward to Inside Out 2.

I’m a therapist and I still haven’t seen this film yet. 😢 But I’m crying here. I think I almost needed to see this review first ❤

@sathvamp1

3 ай бұрын

Since you're a therapist I want to share that this particular video really got me to and this is I think why: It has taken me a while, but it was this movie (AND their KZread reviews on it... BOTH of them- this one being a very important player) ... which has allowed me to turn bittersweet memories that I'd been just trying to distract myself from "sitting with" ... into cathartic, appreciative revisitations. In my first watch of "Inside Out", I learned the actual value of tears (ironically, after trying NOT to shed them, while watching the movie with my roommates!) ... namely, how tears can release painkilling endorphins and oxytocin along with them. I had definitely noticed... with my [otherwise-successful] attempt to NOT cry upon my first watch, suppressing those tears was VERY PAINFUL... so much so, that I vowed to never again try so hard to suppress tears, lol. Again, it took another good while, but I eventually realized there were thoughts and memories I was unconsciously [repressing?] - pushing away without realizing it "because they were too painful". This upload helped me to realize that and make some good mental progress with productively facing those things :)

This is an incredibly powerful movie for me. For my entire life, my family always described me as their happy kid, to the point where I had (and have) serious difficulty communicating my non-happy emotions to my loved ones. But that feeling of relief when Riley is welcomed by her parents being portrayed as a combination of joy and sadness after everything has been overridden by anger, fear, disgust (and other not portrayed emotions) is very much how I felt as an adult, telling my parents how difficult it was for me to tell them when I was having a hard time. Grappling with challenging emotions is a lifelong process, thank you all for revisiting this amazing movie.

I'm crying over how much you guys have grown by pure awesomeness, yes even no especially you Alan, to make filmmakers want to be on this channel and talk about their movies, it's so amazing! You guys have helped so many so much, Jono by his wisdom as a therapist and Alan by showing emotions, crying on video, showing that it's ok even for men to have other emotions than anger and I love this channel so much. Thank you!

@CinemaTherapyShow

3 ай бұрын

You're so welcome. Thanks for watching!

I saw this in middle school, around Riley's age and it's my "why" movie that made me want to work in film/TV. And now I work in the industry within post-prod sound and production management! I love this movie so much and I'm so glad y'all covered it!

I feel like I had the exact same experience that Riley had in the first half of the movie. When I was a teen, my family moved from an area (near Minnesota) all the way across the country and I never got a say in it. I had to start a new school, and I was expected to be my usual happy self as I started to go through major depression and anxiety. I didn't, however, get a wholesome and healing moment with my parents like Riley did, I still haven't gotten them to understand that I was extremely sad to leave my childhood home and have to start anew, but watching Inside Out made my heart both break and heal when I saw Riley getting that moment of closure with her parents and being able to communicate with them that she was sad, with them telling her they were sad too and that it was okay to be sad. I'm super thankful for the Inside Out creators and all of the cast and crew for making this amazing film and for continuing on with Inside Out 2! The second movie seems to include Anxiety as a new emotion, which I again can relate to on a very deep level, so I'm excited to see the second film, but I will also have to bring the tissues with me as well. 😅

This movie really got me when I first saw it, because I feel, like even though I'm in my late twenties, I've yet come to this acceptance of sadness. Growing up, my siblings struggled with immense mental health problems, one being transsexual and depressed, the other has BPD and was heavily suicidal. I always tried to be the happy one, the one my parents didn't need to worry about. Flash forward to me being 25 and having horrible panic attacks at least twice a week, while my then boyfriend told me, that noone else would want me, with these attacks. I felt so ashamed for not being able to keep it together, even though objectively my life was going great. Then I got together with my husband and he helped me understand, that feeling helpless and sad is okay. And that you don't need to push it aside and repress it. I still struggle with this concept of not being happy all of the time, but I can deal better now, knowing, that my friends and family won't hate me for one bad day. The way Joy tries and tries and tries so hard during this movie to always push on, to motivate others, to make them happy; when she broke down, I felt that. Because it's exhausting. People tell you, they like that you're like a ray of sunshine and envy you for always being so happy. They don't realize the effort that takes. How draining it is to always be on. I felt seen by this movie.

The best timing ❤Learning to sit with sadness and not run from it in any way possible has been my journey for 2 years now. I'm glad I found people that are comfortable to sit with me when I'm dealing with big emotions and make me feel safe. I hope everyone feeling down or overwhelmed eventually does find that safety to feel their emotions and heal 🙏

As an only child who moved very frequently at a young age and would change schools almost every year, I saw so much of myself in Riley. It’s ok to miss home sometimes, but it’s also ok to feel excited to create a new one. This movie hugged my inner child 💛

The end scene from where the parents hug her, to the combined core memorie still makes me cry😅😂. Stil remember how much I've cried after watching it in the cinema and at home

So your Inside Out episode was my introduction to you--it was the first video of yours I ever watched. It was during quarantine, and I just sat there in my room crying as I watched it; it was so powerful and insightful, and I had to watch all of your other videos afterwards. So I'm so glad you did this episode! I can't believe you got the actual people who worked on the film--it just shows how far you've come (and how they understand how awesome you are!). And, of course, it made me cry again; the rewinding memory scene brought tears to my eyes before I even started feeling the actual emotions. Love love love you guys and your channel!

@CinemaTherapyShow

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sticking around for so long. And thanks for watching! 😊

This movie spoke so much to me as a child around Riley’s age, and it means so much to me. It’s so cool to be able to hear the thoughts of the people who made it!

This might be the most important episode of cinema therapy for me. I always talk about, and you see stickers all the time about its ok to not be OK, it's okay to be afraid. But I've never considered "it's OK to be sad." It's healthy to be sad. When this first came out, I was lucky enough to get to see it a month early, and I remember walking away disappointed because with comedians like Lewis black, I thought it was going to be a comedy. But now I understand.

No lie this movie saved my life. I didn't have anything else and it was a situation where I couldn't understand what was going on with my head. And somehow bringing little peopleemotions inside my head made the process more bearable until I actually got real help. It made me realize that was just for the moment and eventually other emotions would pick up the control center hahaha thank you so much ❤

"Feeling most loved at your saddest moments" is such a wonderful way to put it I went through a miscarrage last year, and despite being the worst thing (both physically and mentally) to go through, it was also the time I felt most loved. Everyone, both my family and my in-laws, bound together to help me through it, even if it was just small things like food or checking up on me I'm especially thankful for my in-laws, since they were dealing with their own loss in the family only a week before it happened. They had every right to not being available, and yet, despite their own greif, they came to support me As someone who is suffering with depression, it was the most overwhelmed with love I have ever felt. I was incredibly lucky to have such a loving family

oh yeah, I cried again. damnit CT! also these guys from Pixar, such talented artists. much to learn from them!

Your first video on Inside Out is what made me subscribe to your channel 3 years ago. Seeing you make a new video on the same movie accompanied by some of the amazing crew that made this film come to life shows how far you have come as a channel and a team in such a short time. Congratulations!!!💖

@CinemaTherapyShow

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for being one of the OGs! Thanks for watching!

My best friend, who I’ve known since middle school, and I saw this. She doesn’t typically get emotional with movies, and I do on occasion, but we both cried SO HARD after the movie. I feel like whether you’re a parent or not (and I’m saying that because Riley’s relationship with her parents does have tie-in to the story), this movie just really resonates with you. And my best friend and I aren’t parents! I resonated with what Jonathan said about how “when we focus on feeling happy no matter what, we deny what’s real, and what’s real is the things that matter, and when we lose them, it hurts.” My grandma, who was my best friend, passed away 8 years ago, and I was trying so hard to focus on other things and be happy, that when I got the last letter she wrote to me (the day before her funeral), the dam just broke (for lack of better phrasing) and I cried with my cousins (I don’t remember what my parents were doing at the time), since I couldn’t understand how to process anything I was feeling. I was so focused on staying distracted so I wouldn’t break that when I did, it hurt so much. I knew my grandma wouldn’t want me to be sad forever, but it hurt for the longest time. And I’ve learned to accept it and live with it. She would have been 100 last summer, and I bought a chocolate cupcake with peanut butter icing, (her favorite flavors) lit a candle and sang happy birthday. I cried a mix of sad tears and happy tears and it’s ok to feel both!

Isn’t it cool that all the different emotions rolling in on the ”emotion shelf” is everything but sadness, when all feelings is fighting over the remote. But sadness never gets the chance to be in charge, while the others do. And that’s kind of how the brain works right? Anger usually covers up sadness? And anxiety covers up anger? So when Riley needs to be sad - all the other emotions are overwhelming and it feels chaotic. Therefore she needs to sort out every emotion to se what is deep underneath. Genious! Thank you for this movie

Ah I love you guys so much. Thank you for this, it was wonderful to watch. I can relate so much to everything you were saying. I was a young carer for my Mum who has dementia. Last year she tried to attack me and I had to put her in a home. A year on, I'm getting more help for my mental health and Mum is in a dementia specialist home who really look after her. I'm back to work today after months off due to mental health. I met up with my aunt yesterday who lives further away to give a update on Mum. She's Mum's older sister. Talking to her, I could recognise she was in shock and still comprehending everything while I realised I was in a place of acceptance. I still feel sad to how my Mum is deteriorating and seeing her go in that way. But I'm a better place to understand that's just how it is right now. I just appreciate the first 16 years of my life for my Mum being amazing and being there for me until the disease took over. Thank you again, your episodes really help me, that's where I currently. Sad but thankful for all the memories of her.

1. My two favourite shots in this movie are, firstly, when Riley's on the bus, and Sadness gets the idea out of her head, and you see that CHANGE on Riley's face where it's like, "Oh my God, I just woke up," and, secondly, the one you mention at the beginning, where she's hugging her parents, and...I could pinpoint the second when bittersweet becomes a thing. To my (albeit limited) experience of depression, coming OUT of depression is like waking up. I had that moment where I looked out my window, and just, very subtly, softly, thought to myself, "Oh...the sun is shining." It feels very mundane, but anyone who's experienced this knows that the ENTIRE landscape changed right there. 2. LOL, Jono's fan-boy-ing at the start over the people y'all are working with. SPECTACULAR film, for the record. Among Pixar's best. Actually, I think it might be my favourite Pixar movie. 3. Oh Gods, Bing-Bong, my heart, my heart! YOU CAN'T OPEN WITH THIS! But I guess you just did. Sniffle... 4. I was literally YESTERDAY-years-old when I realized that, of course, Sadness wouldn't have been there for any of the Bing-Bong memories, so she can only imagine, rather than remember, what happened at those times. But is it sadness that makes us capable of empathy, Jono? I think it comes from selflessness, but does THAT have to come from sadness? By the way, "Sadness", capital S, character, "sadness', lower-case, emotion. Same with the others. We clear on my formula? Cool. 5. Riley stopping her parents from fighting...YEP. Been there fifty billion times. I'm 33 and I've been pulling that sh*t since I was 12. I do wish they could just, you know, "adult", she uses as a verb, but then again, MOST adults are screwed up, aren't we? Some 40% of Americans have clinical depression...? Or am I wrong about that? No really, I'm asking. 6. I don't get the backlash against Hawaiian pizza. And I'M ITALIAN, so you'd think I'd know better, but real Italians don't eat pizza the way we do here. I'm in Canada, but same crap food as in America, really. You want closer to the real thing/ Order bruschetta the next time you go out somewhere nice. 7. My childhood would like to thank Jonas for Toy Story...though not for the Uncanny Valley human faces. It was the tech at the time, though, so all is forgiven. 8. VERY happy you did not make this a silent movie. While I love the design of WALL-E, I'm visually impaired, so, for me, sound is A LOT. Not totally blind, but enough that, if I don't have sound to clarify what I'm seeing, I'll get confused. I haven't watched WALL-E in years for that reason. 9. "I want to go home." DESTROYED. Every single time, I'm DESTROYED by that. Cry like a baby. It's good for you. And wait for iiiiiiit...29:03. My favourite shot in the movie. Just like Alan. And who can I thank for the piano score? I'm a pianist, and it's PERFECT.

I friggin’ love you emotionally available movie dads! 💕

The scenes of Sadness touching the core memories, making them sad.. When I watched this movie the first time, I could understand it, but I couldn't really relate to it that heavy. Then in late 2018 the person closest to me, my safe-space, someone I loved so deeply, left me without warning for someone else, taking all the love and comfort, and all my future plans with them, and it was extremely traumatizing for me. I felt like they had died, and I'd lost a big part of me. Like a part of me died as well. Losing them was heartbreaking, but realizing that all the amazing memories and good times we'd had together, were suddenly tainted by grief, loss, anger, fear.. it just completely broke me. It's taken years of intense therapy to move on. I still can't look back at our history without feeling a sense of grief, but I can finally talk about them without crying. And that has been such a huge relief. I used to never cry in front of others. And now I can't even count the times I've cried in front of other people; doctors, therapists, family, friends. And now I start sobbing whenever I watch this movie. And that's ok 💙💛