Get to know your “Inside

Out” emotions

Can you guess who’s who?

Every possible emotional overlap in Inside Out

http://www.vox.com/2015/6/29/8860247/inside-out-emotions-graphic

Joy Sadness

Disgust Fear Anger

Joy Ecstasy Melancholy

Intrigue Surprise Righteousness

Sadness

Melancholy

Despair Self-loathing

Anxiety Betrayal

Disgust Intrigue Self-loathing

Prejudice Revulsion Loathing

Fear Surprise Anxiety Revulsion Terror Hatred

Anger Righteousness

Betrayal Loathing Hatred Rage

Lessons from the movieEmotions are powerful and deeply impactful. We cannot ignore or fail to understand their role in our actions and reactions.We all have personalities that are formed by the core memories of our lives. Knowing what has shaped us and given us our unique view of the world is useful for self-understanding and effective action.All emotions are important. Ignoring or not giving credence to any one gives it more power to unconsciously affect our behavior.

It’s not five basic emotions that actually exist. That ability to identify and manage emotions is referred to as Emotional Intelligence (EQ), for which, “around the age of two, children start rapidly developing a vocabulary for their feelings,”(Daniels).Yes, an emotion is always (supposed to be) manning the control center.Why all the internal chaos?

“Sometimes, we must go through a myriad of emotions until we land in a place of resolution where we properly associate the memory.” (Walfish).

Memories aren’t necessarily accurate. “Memories may feel completely true and accurate, “on the question of whether we can ever trust our memories: we can — just not 100 percent, because memory is in fact malleable” (Wixted).Memories are never fully deleted. “Old memories that are not connected with emotions are less likely to stick around,” says psychotherapist Judy Rosenberg. Even more, “events + emotions lock in memories.”

Scary thoughts are (somewhat) hiding together. Without the amygdala, we’d remember the event but it wouldn’t be remembered as having been scary.When a traumatic thought is overwhelming, we ‘repress’ that thought. Repression can create emotional problems that are unidentified, because the person forgets the cause, which was repressed.Personality islands can never truly fall away. The concept of the “core self” and “core beliefs” shapes a personality. These resulting traits “can evolve or fade away over time, but they are always part of you, whether you like them or not” (Roberts).

Inside Out is just the beginning. “Hormones should be a character because they

hijack emotions!”

Let’s don’t forget about the Imagination!Let it cry out with the sweets like in a movie Inside Out!