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Writer's pictureNavya Prabhakara

Inside Out 2: A Lesson In Embracing Emotion

I love movies. Not as much as books, but I still enjoy them a lot. I watched a lot of movies with my little sister (Saanya) over the summer, and one of my favourites was Inside Out 2. To begin with, this was my first movie in the cinema without one of my parents coming, so it was definitely a different experience. My best friend (Raaga), Saanya and I went together to watch it, and it was really great! 


The movie is a sequel to the first one, which is based on a girl named Riley. In her brain, there are five different emotions, Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust and Fear. These emotions help to play out her life right in front of her eyes, and all of her decisions are made by them. 


In Inside Out 2, there are four new emotions that come into play as she begins teenagehood: Anxiety, Embarrassment, Envy and Ennui. These emotions play a huge role in the movie, as the five original emotions are kicked out of the headquarters and no longer have control of Riley’s emotions. After the original emotions are kicked out, Anxiety takes over Riley’s brain, and leads to a huge emotional mess in her brain. As Anxiety controls Riley, the five emotions are trying to find a way back to headquarters to stop this mess. 


It is a wonderful movie that is extremely well-made ! I especially enjoyed it because it made me realise that it’s completely okay to display different emotions at times. It’s okay to be sad sometimes. It’s okay to be angry sometimes. It’s also okay to be scared sometimes. We shouldn’t push emotions away. Instead, we should learn how to embrace them, and be content with our emotions in a healthy way. 


Sometimes I’m stressed with school or classes, and I feel anxious and sad. In some instances, I also cry. When I was younger, I thought that crying was a bad way to respond when you were sad, but as I grew older, I realised that that’s not true. Crying is a perfectly normal and understandable way to react when you're under pressure or sad. Watching this movie made me understand that even more. 


It is completely normal and right to respond differently if you’re scared, hurt, worried or sad. What’s important is to learn how to embrace the feeling, and be able to think “What’s making me react like this? How can I turn this emotion into a positive experience?” When thinking about this, it reminded me of a moment many years ago in a place called Forest Adventure. It was an obstacle course in the air, and at the end of it you had to do a zipline. At that point in time, I was so scared that I refused to do the zipline, because I was too scared. However, after a few minutes, I realised that I had no choice but to go on the zipline, and then I thought,”How can I turn my fear into a positive alternative?” I decided to embrace the feeling of fear, and just went for it. It turned out to be the highlight of my day as I enjoyed it immensely, and it made me realise that embracing the feeling of fear and going for it was truly the right decision. If I had just been scared and not done it, it would definitely not have been as fun and thrilling. 


All of this made me remember one of my favourite quotes by Deepa Chopra, which is “Instead of resisting any emotion, the best way to dispel it is to enter it fully, embrace it and see through your resistance” I really love that quote, because I think that it’s such a beautiful quote, and so true as well. It’s a message that is extremely important to everyone. I believe that embracing emotions, negative or positive, is something that can change everything in life, and I hope you all learn to do that as well.

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