After watching the Disney Pixar movie "Inside Out" I had one main takeaway. I'm not really sure about what the message of the movie was, but what I understood is that we may have many emotions, but one is dominant over the others and that emotion may vary over time, and it's different for every person.
When I was a kid, I was a rather "excited" boy. I couldn't stop moving and I was always so joyful that even missed the sad, or frightening parts of things that made me happy. I was a very happy boy. But I'm afraid that might have changed with the years. I'm afraid that the emotion that was dominant in my mind has switched roles and a new one has replaced it. Many of my friends and teachers have told me that I've been very "mad" lately. They've told me that they've noticed that my responses to difficult situations were no longer "looking at the good side of things" but now is just getting angry at them, furious in some cases.
This has made me think a lot and I'm afraid that I'm becoming into a grumpy, angry teenager. I start to think about what negative effects this can cause in my life like making people get away from me, or not being able to laugh, or be happy at times. Of course I have happy and joyful moments with friends, family, etc, but I'm afraid that this new attitude that is creeping itself into my mind might make me incapable of being happy even at the happiest moments. I know I sound crazy, but it's what I'm afraid of. What would happen if I loose the capability of being happy. Will I become depressed? Will I go crazy or mad and do things I'll regret later on? This is the reason that I have proposed my self, to always try to be happy and joyful. When I'm with friends, family, or anyone, because nobody deserves to be around people that are always angry.
And to all teenagers that are feeling this way. Do this as well, try to be happy whenever it's possible. Whenever something you recall made you happy on the past occurs. Whenever you think there's no positive side to a difficult situation, dig deeper, because you will find it. I'm talking from experience. As a child, I was able to find positive sides to most sad, scary, and difficult situations and make everyone smile for at least a bit.
When I was a kid, I was a rather "excited" boy. I couldn't stop moving and I was always so joyful that even missed the sad, or frightening parts of things that made me happy. I was a very happy boy. But I'm afraid that might have changed with the years. I'm afraid that the emotion that was dominant in my mind has switched roles and a new one has replaced it. Many of my friends and teachers have told me that I've been very "mad" lately. They've told me that they've noticed that my responses to difficult situations were no longer "looking at the good side of things" but now is just getting angry at them, furious in some cases.
This has made me think a lot and I'm afraid that I'm becoming into a grumpy, angry teenager. I start to think about what negative effects this can cause in my life like making people get away from me, or not being able to laugh, or be happy at times. Of course I have happy and joyful moments with friends, family, etc, but I'm afraid that this new attitude that is creeping itself into my mind might make me incapable of being happy even at the happiest moments. I know I sound crazy, but it's what I'm afraid of. What would happen if I loose the capability of being happy. Will I become depressed? Will I go crazy or mad and do things I'll regret later on? This is the reason that I have proposed my self, to always try to be happy and joyful. When I'm with friends, family, or anyone, because nobody deserves to be around people that are always angry.
And to all teenagers that are feeling this way. Do this as well, try to be happy whenever it's possible. Whenever something you recall made you happy on the past occurs. Whenever you think there's no positive side to a difficult situation, dig deeper, because you will find it. I'm talking from experience. As a child, I was able to find positive sides to most sad, scary, and difficult situations and make everyone smile for at least a bit.