Growing up, Detroit’s Barb Baker didn’t have any particular expectations for new Pixar movies. Inside Out 2But the animated film’s portrayal of anxiety “hit me hard,” Baker tells SELF. “Anxiety has ruled my life.”
Baker’s father died when she was a child, and sitting in the theater, she realized she hadn’t fully recovered. “I was only 6 years old, mourning the death of my father, joyless, pretending to show others how ‘strong’ I was,” she said. “That realization was an eye-opening and healing moment for me.”
She posted her reaction to the movie. On TikTok “I was shocked and heartbroken,” she said. “This may be for kids, but adults can really get something out of it too.” Adults are crying At the cinema I can’t see the childYou will develop a new understanding of the role that different emotions, such as anxiety and joy, play in your life, and deepen your bond.
2015 Sequel Inside Out“The Story of Riley” depicts the intense emotional vortex that can occur at the age of 13, and may help people unpack emotions that have been taboo to talk about publicly until now. Kristen Gingrich LCSW, CADCa clinical social worker. Characters from the original work appear Inside OutCharacters like Joy, Sadness, Fear, and Anger are featured in the series, but new ones also debut: Jealousy, Embarrassment, Ennui, and the rising star of the quirky group: Anxiety. Anxiety causes Riley to have a panic attack during a hockey game, telling herself that she’s not good enough. “We were all teenagers once,” Gingrich tells SELF. “A lot of the adults who are identifying with this now are starting to put the pieces of the puzzle together, because this issue of anxiety wasn’t talked about back then like it is now.”
“It’s so gratifying to see adults talking about their experiences with anxiety and self-consciousness,” said co-author Meg LeFauve. Inside Out 2“Whenever I tell a story, I strive to share my true truth with the audience so they can take it and have a cathartic experience with me,” she told SELF. “I never dreamed this would happen…. I feel like I’ve won the lottery.”
Francis Dominique“I was shocked,” said a 31-year-old New York resident. Inside Out 2 He and his friends shed tears.He felt like the film “held a mirror up” to those who struggle with anxiety. “The whirlwind that anxiety can cause is very real, and we’ve all been in that cycle before,” he said. “This film showed me that while anxiety is a part of us, it doesn’t define us, and we can learn to love all aspects of ourselves.”
