Therapist breaks down INSIDE OUT

[@mylittlethoughttree]

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[@MylingCyrus]

Your emails with the manta people is so cute lmao you're a gem of a person

[@mylittlethoughttree]

Ah glad you liked it, that's really good to hear actually!

[@Scooby_Nubie]

Nothing hits harder than smiling while walking around the house for no real reason and your parents ask why are you smiling...Thats when I knew i was depressed.

[@hilarysmith6720]

"I don't need to worry about them as a teacher, because they're always fine. But are they always fine?" 😭😭😭 I was the kid who was always described as funny, engaging, and smart all the way until high school. My English teacher had me stay after class one day and asked, "Are you okay? I feel like you're trying to convince me that you're okay, and that usually means everything is NOT okay." In that past year, my home life had experienced multiple traumas, and she changed my life forever by being the first person to notice I was not okay. She and I are still friends over 20 years later, and I'll never be able to thank her enough for starting my healing journey.

[@mylittlethoughttree]

That's actually brilliant to hear! Just shows how important a good teacher can be. It's forever incredible how profound an act of connection can be

[@pokepoke1889]

That’s really heartwarming to hear

[@youngbeauty6591]

That's cute and nice that's really compassionate thing to do as a teacher

[@DNorbs7]

My wife and went to the movies to see "Inside Out 2" w/ our 5 year old. We all enjoyed it very much. I think I actually enjoyed the 2nd one more than the first - I liked the idea of new emotions "moving in" to Riley's mind. And I liked how Anxiety became one of the main emotions, & Anxiety felt that she knew Riley best & took control. That's something that's very easy to relate to as someone who suffers from anxiety. 👍

[@Maniac742]

The best part about this movie is that the viewers get to experience the journey Joy goes through virtually exactly as Joy herself does. At the beginning, both Joy and the audience fundamentally misunderstand Sadness, but they also fundamentally misunderstand Joy herself. Joy does not make Riley happy. Joy navigates happy situations. That is the task for which she is best suited. Conversely, sad situations are best navigated by Sadness. Sadness does not make these situations sad. Things like Dad having to leave the mock hockey game, moving from her home town, the moving van being days late, and a first day at a new school with no friends are all objectively sad situations. It's the same with Riley's core memories. They aren't sad because Sadness touched them. They're sad because these have gone from being things Riley has to being things Riley lost. They are sad memories now, so it's Sadness's job to care for them. It's also why Sadness is in charge in Mom's head. Mom's job is to navigate the family through grief and loss. It's that slow realization that makes the voyage so rewarding.

[@el-violador]

This movie hits the visual representation of a feeling perfectly. The way a memory changes with new context. Riley's happy memories from Minnesota stop being happy when she realises they are gone. I have felt the same reflecting on a once happy time and that suddenness really bites. It feels like a stab that is beautifully animated. Then there is the inability to feel the strong emotions of joy and sadness when depressed. Add to that the console going numb and it hits hard as someone that was severely depressed in my teens/20s. The decisions being made by certain feelings. Running away was initiated from anger. The pizza and hockey were joy etc I also love the change in complexity of the console. At birth it's a button where Riley is either happy or sad. It then gets more complex, but is still governed by 1 emotion at a time. As Riley gets more emotionally mature, eventually it's all being run simultaneously by all emotions at once. My favourite detail is anger wanting to swear and fear censoring it I'm a 34 year old man and this film brings me to my knees every time. This kind of care and attention to mental health needs to be implemented into an adult aged film. Joker and Fight Club do a bit, but I mean a really deep analysis of the feelings and their purpose but in an adult context Awesome video mate

[@ezeke959]

Maybe a third inside out movie would delve into Riley's adulthood. I mean, the directors already have ideas

[@SleepyLeeeee]

I think it's the most simple movies/books, children or adult, that are the most potent. It's a good reminder we are human and are born with these innate things called feelings/emotions. We forget how much they have shaped us into the adults we are now.

[@davidpaz9389]

When I was a sophomore in high school one Friday afternoon after school my mom abruptly told me that we were moving. Just like that. I had no idea. She had already checked my younger siblings out of school that day. The first thing I felt was outright bewilderment. That quickly morphed into anticipation and excitement. A new school. New friends. Even a new identity of sorts. My older brother had been very popular, extremely well liked with the girls, and still cast a huge shadow over the campus. For the most part I was just his younger brother. The following Monday my mom and I were getting me enrolled out of school. One of my older sisters would be staying with another older sister as it was her senior year(yes, I'm from a big family). It was late morning, around third period when I went from class to class to turn in my books. And say good-bye. The instance I remember most was in science class. I used to not know why. The expressions on my friends faces in that particular class always resonated with me because at that time of the day I would have been in science class. It took a while to realize that. My friend who sat in front of me as his surname was just ahead of mine in alphabetical order, another guy named David, said "You're breaking up David and David Incorporated(our teacher came up with that)?" I had replied "I didn't even know until after I got home on Friday." After I turned in my textbook my science teacher offered his hand. He said "Good luck, David. Do well, okay." I thanked him and looked out on the classroom and everyone I was leaving. Some said "Good-bye, Paz" as most of my friends called me by my last name. Some said "Good bye, David" or simply "Bye." Save for one girl, whose picture of her expression said more, much more than a thousand words. Admittedly I had been working up myself to ask her out. Mainly to the Homecoming football game that was soon approaching. She must have sensed it, women's intuition and all. As we drove away I looked at the campus. Which unlike most is not one boring, single mass of brick and mortar but rather an open and airy collection of buildings spread out over the hill it is set on. It has the lay out, look, and feel of a small college. Driving away out of town towards our destination but mostly away from people, a lot who are lifelong friends, the excitement I had been feeling all weekend was suddenly being washed away by tears that began to that flow unencumbered. It was a long and good cry. It's what I thought about the first time I saw Inside Out. When Riley finally told her parents how much she missed Minnesota.

[@karlab95]

This movie was the first piece of media I ever consumed that showed me I was allowed to feel sad, and to *let other people know and see I was*. It's not that I didn't know I was sad, frustrated, hanging on by a very thin thread, but I'd internalized that I couldn't inconvenience other people with those feelings. This film made me realize there is a *purpose* to showing what you're actually feeling: it's so you can get the support you need. Excellent video on an excellent film.

[@dislecsyk991]

This is one of my favourite Pixar films, and I feel like it snuck in under the radar a little bit because it came out at a time when they were consistently releasing brilliant films, but with the benefit of hindsight and some of the rubbish they've made more recently, it's starting to be appreciated a bit better.

[@savannah311]

I’ve been thinking about this since seeing Inside Out 2 in the theater last week. At first I thought it was strange that everyone in the movie are run by the same five emotions, but I wonder if the main five get new names as people grow up? Sadness becomes Empathy, Disgust becomes Perception, Fear becomes Caution, Anger becomes Passion, Joy becomes… Contentment? I’m still fleshing out the idea. Thanks for creating a space for ideas 🙂

[@mylittlethoughttree]

Now that is an interesting thought. Now you've me something to think about too!

[@kennedylareign]

i love how you talked about the self and now inside out 2 has its own belief system

[@teesh871]

This movie was so validating for me because as a person in a lot like sadness...especially as a kid. that's not to say I was a depressed kid, but I had a chronic illness, very introverted, undiagnosed ADHD so anxious and had trouble with learning, and most of all I found the outside world really draining. Also I kind of have big eyes that look sad even if I'm not. Its like I have function in a social group..but people can work out what it is. There was a bit with sadness relating to the elephant character...she managed to rally when joy couldn't. And joy was baffled as to how and why. Because sadness is slower, more deliberate...she gets steam rolled over. People are genuinely confused as to when I come up with a solution, or manage to understand what someone is feeling, or why I make them feel better when I'm not a particularly fun person. I dunno..I just understood her character is all

[@mylittlethoughttree]

I do tend to find it can be a hell of a strength to find someone who's not afraid of sadness

[@PacificEgg]

Im a grown 30 yr old man, and i cry evert time BingBong says "Take her to the moon for me" 😢

[@thejoker0123]

great work on covering this Pixar Film hope you'll cover Part 2 soon

[@mrdee2454]

Superb, I cannot wait for your inside out 2 video. If you played sports as a child you can relate to everything she feels

[@randieshanesings]

Hurray for Inside Out! Hurray for IFS! Hurray for you for talking about both!

[@selkrasouza6262]

It’s interesting that you talk about IFS, because this movie inspired me to start interacting with my own personified emotions before I had even heard of IFS. It’s definitely something that’s helped me be more emotionally regulated and self aware.

[@melaniegrace7707]

Encanto was Disney… probably the best film they’ve made in the last decade

[@benc.5558]

"You can never make this kind of film in live action." Herman's Head: Am I a joke to you?

[@no1else344]

Yes I was thinking the same thing but I couldn’t remember the show name thank you … looking it up on you tube …now

[@E5PY]

I just discovered "a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse". YOU WANT TO SEE THIS SHORT FILM Enjoy🌻

[@trap_master1626]

The sense of self has always been the problem with me until I moved out and started expressing more

[@jesse_sweed]

I love your work. I look forward to your analysis of Inside Out 2

[@aidenarechiga2994]

thank you for saying you cryied a lot with this movie, i know its healthy, but i just cant find empathy from someone on me talking how much i cried with inside out and Coco. Nice video, Cheers!

[@Bettaleaf]

Definitely one of my favorite movies ❤

[@gaesimp__]

I've been so excited to see if you'd review Inside Out, I just saw the sequel in theatre last week and was reminded why I loved the first film so much

[@ЕкатеринаГлебова-э6г]

Nobody cares, but I really want to talk somewhere about my little problem with the sequel. So the idea of EMOTIONS being some kind of full sentient characters, who can have other emotions on their own always felt weird to me. But then I thought about it, and maybe they are more like manifestations of the same person, of different sides of the same person (like you say in this video!). It makes a lot more sense imo. In the end there are no little colourful men in your head, controlling what you do:) But in the second movie Reilly and her emotions felt really separated, at least to me. I can no longer imagine how everything that’s going on in Reilly’s head is, pretty much, her. How joy didn’t understand what even is sadness for, trying to suppress it ended up unable to do anything herself, and all who were left were anger, fear and disgust etc. It worked really well! Maybe that “sense of self” thingy wasn’t necessary at all. I watched some interviews with the creators, they wanted to lean into emotions being kind of parental figures, and I’m not sure if I like it. Felt a little like it used to be a story very dear to me, all about a young girl learning to live life, and then those fIlThY AdUlTs came and stole it for themselves! Sorry if there’re some grammatical mistakes. I’m still learning English.

[@mylittlethoughttree]

I think that's fair. I'd say they still worked for me but the sense of self is a bit like all the islands they already have. The metaphors do overlap a little bit too much there but I personally am happy to overlook it in service of the strong, meaningful story they're telling

[@isabellasmith8894]

would love to hear your thoughts on the sequel!!

[@LilybeeTV]

Excellent video! If you're on a Pixar kick, I highly recommend Elemental. It's filled to the brim with clever metaphors and stresses the importance of being emotionally available and connecting with one another. Incredibly smart and beautiful film

[@michellebrown2021]

Felt the rocket league rage. It's something else, lol. Kudos for not trash talking too ❤

[@Nathan_josias]

Amazing video

[@criticalmaz1609]

I begged my mother to watch this in a vain attempt to explain how I've been feeling all my life, but she refused. In retrospect, I think it was obvious. If she was capable of listening to me on an emotional level, I wouldn't have needed to recommend the movie in the first place.

[@petrahalbur476]

W...what happened to World Anvil?

[@mylittlethoughttree]

They're not gone, but they're also not the only company in existence I love. They'll be back

[@fawnleaver9583]

Correction: she’s not moving “home” she’s moving from the home she knew.

[@samppuli-4154]

So we're crying together today? Okay

[@salomealhusami594]

Hello, Mr. Therapist! (I don't know if you have disclosed your name) I found your channel a couple of days ago and I have been binging your ASOIAF character analysis! They are AMAZING! I'm glued to my seat while I'm listening to you analyzing some of the most complex characters in fantasy! On another note, I feel that ASOIAF has a monopoly on almost every entertainment or BookTube channel. I feel like there are other fantasy series that are just as worthy of appreciation and deep, insightful analysis. One of those is The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb who is, by the way, a friend of George R. R. Martin. She is FAMOUS for her character work. Another series is the Malazan Book of the Fallen, which is criminally overlooked and aggressively relegated to the margins of popular epic fantasy. It's my favorite series and I wish KZbin creators would pay it more attention. I hope you will consider reading one of them or both of them and do your wonderful deep character analysis on them. Thank you for your amazing work! 💙

[@mylittlethoughttree]

Yeah the problem is we all talk about the same ones because we know it'll get views. If a big channel suddenly talked about something else, then it'd be easier but they rarely do 😆 all the same, I like to dip into more niche topics in weeks where I've already paid my bills, so it's certainly possible. Can't say I've read them but I've vaguely heard of Robin Hobb

[@salomealhusami594]

@@mylittlethoughttree Thank you for responding! I understand and I wish you the best! 💙

[@brownhuntr]

monster in the basement, inside out 2 heard u haha

[@zanulabuschagne4826]

If you watch the 2nd one, please explain it. It has a message I want explained by you. please!!!

[@styrofoamboogie2042]

good video

[@romywilliamson4981]

When will the Inside Out 2 video come out? I saw the film at the cinema last night :)

[@KNadoli]

Encanto is technically WDAS, not Pixar lmao

[@Alex-cw3rz]

My big thoughtless plant

[@ivanw2080]

While I did enjoy INSIDE OUT as a film, I personally never really liked DISGUST in the movie, primarily for two reasons. 1.) I don't think the emotion DISGUST is important enough to include as of one of the predominant emotions and 2.) I don't like Mindy Kaling (especially after the BS she's been doing currently). So I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who has problems with DISGUST in the film, so thank you for that! Also on a random second note: we actually DO get SHAME as a new emotion in INSIDE OUT 2 (however I guess through the eyes of Hollywood Executives or SJW's, it would be WRONG to actually acknowledge that we as people have that emotion, so they chickened out and labeled it as EMBARASSMENT as a means to not offend anybody. They labeled it EMBARASSMENT, but it's SHAME, it's clearly SHAME! Embarassment is merely an extension of Shame)

[@mylittlethoughttree]

You know, I didn't consider it that way, weirdly. I just saw it as embarrassment but it could definitely be interpreted as shame. I'll have to consider that whenever I next watch it

[@zanulabuschagne4826]

Then you might enjoy inside out 2. it is as good IMO.

[@ThePonderer]

Not to be that guy, but Encanto’s not PIXAR

[@mylittlethoughttree]

I didn't even realise 😆

[@gwenmorse8059]

Did you break up with World Anvil?

[@mylittlethoughttree]

I'm not in any kind of exclusivity deal with World Anvil. I work with them so much because a) they're willing and b) I'm very picky and only work with brands I genuinely like. It's why Manta Sleep are 1 of the only other 2 I've ever worked with. I think they're great

[@writethepath8354]

💜 💜

[@geoninja3631]

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@Det_Fuse]

Encanto is a great, but IT IS NOT A PIXAR MOVIE!!!!

[@entert11]

gghhhhhhhh

[@BlueButtonFly]

This movie portrayed the depression I felt as an adult which resulted from the lack of an autism diagnosis as a child as me having lost everything and having no hope. I hate this movie, I hate the people who made it. It's a horrible thing to suggest to someone.

[@blorbdestroyer]

I'm sorry, I don't understand how this movie is portraying depression through a fatalistic lense, especially not your specific type of depression. From my understanding, the movie teaches how to deal with negative feelings. It also teaches that things are often not as hopeless as they may feel. I'm really interested in why you feel this way, especially since I myself have chronic depression and found a lot of comfort in this movie

[@BlueButtonFly]

@@blorbdestroyer I have never had a more visceral reaction to a movie in my entire life. Pretty unambiguously my response is disproportionate given what the writers were trying to depict but they really stabbed right at my heart at the worst times in my life. This is my trauma talking more than a realistic reflection of the intent, or how others would interpret it. I do intellectually understand that. This part: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJXNoYZ5hteee6M And this part: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2Ome2dsjdCqrqM My Control Console had turned entirely black, long, long ago. I was dead to the world, masking every waking moment to everyone in my life, and was getting ready to commit suicide. And this movie told me that the condition I was in was the loss condition for the protagonists of the film. Riley becoming like me was the worst case scenario to the writers, the worst thing that could possibly happen to a child emotionally, and it was my daily reality. What's more all the while Riley is getting on the bus and running away: I am a gay man. I have many queer friends who grew up homeless because their families forced them to live the reality Riley almost chose to dabble in. They had to survive that, but that can't possibly be a reality Riley would have to confront because once again that would mean her life is ruined. It's a story of a privileged, neurotypical white child preparing to live a perfect life that I never had the slightest chance of being able to obtain, while pointing to me and people like me and saying "if you fail to handle your emotions you will become like him, and of course we can't have that".

[@BlueButtonFly]

@@blorbdestroyer My multi-paragraph reply has been withheld. It may show up, it may not. Either Google or mylittlethoughttree will need to let it through, probably because I referenced ending my own life. Or possibly because I linked to the specific scenes. If not, sorry. I guess once again being myself is something to be avoided and hidden. Pretty shitty thing to do honestly, not sure why he's manicuring comments like this.

[@blorbdestroyer]

@@BlueButtonFly to clarify, I was just asking to learn more about your take. This channel is also known for being very empathetic and open minded, so I'm not sure where you're getting the idea that this is an echo chamber Hope you're doing better since your diagnosis 🖤

[@blorbdestroyer]

@@BlueButtonFly I can find your comment by looking at your profile at least! I'll give you a proper response later, I can see what you mean and I'd like to get into it. As a neurodivergent trans woman I share your frustration with cis, neurotypical people not recognising their privilege. However, I've learned that privilege does not equal entitlement, and it doesn't invalidate struggles just because ours are worse in some aspects. By hand waving privileged people we only end up understanding them less, in worst case scenarios it can lead to dehumanising them. Both are fates our demographics are being subjected to, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. That turned out longer than I intended. I guess my "proper" response will instead be focused on your reading of the film. I see what you're saying, I'd just like to offer an alternate reading and perhaps exchange ideas more. That'll have to wait until tomorrow, however. Cheers!

[@JocelynVelasco-x1n]

maybe joy is right whenu grow up u fell less joy 🥲 im16 and my mom and dad had a divorce bad day

[@mylittlethoughttree]

As someone who also went through that and knows it can be really, really tough, I'd say joy remains as important as ever. We might go through periods where it feels further away but we can always find it again. Our joy might seem less innocent than it is when we're young, we have more stresses and see more darkness in the world, but we can learn to handle stress without it crushing all joy, and we can learn to still see the light and beauty in the world, even when it's also dark. I think where you are right now is absolutely a time to feel sad, if that's how you feel, or angry or confused or anxious or whatever it might be, but don't lose hope along the way, you'll find your way in time