I took my three-year-old niece to see the movie Inside Out.
My niece, being three, can not fully grasp what being depressed is, or at least can not grasp what depression is in my terms.
I am depressed, and I have had the hardest of times explaining it to people. Seeing the movie Inside Out has shed light on how I can get people to understand.
For those who have not seen Inside Out- It is a cartoon about a young girl and her family that starts out in a happy home. The young girl has a ton of friends, caring parents, and she plays her favorite sport, hockey. The young girls father gets a new job and it forces them to relocate to a new home. The young girl looses her friends, her home, and her sports team. Inside the young girls head, as well as all humans heads, are characters that personify feelings.
There is sadness, a blue character, joy, a yellow character, disgust a green character, fear a purple character, and anger a red character. The young girls mind is controlled by Joy in the beginning of the movie and the other characters help in specific situations.
When the girl moves to a new home, sadness takes over. All the things the young girl once enjoyed, turn blue. Her loving family, and memories of her home town, turn blue. All the little girl can see is, well, blue.
After seeing this movie, I asked my niece if she liked it. She said she thought the movie was sad and proceeded to ask me if the the main character would ever get better.
My niece does not understand prolonged depression, but I know now that she can grasp short term sadness.
I have used this movie to describe myself and how I see things to a lot of people.
No matter how hard I try, the memories I have, and will have, are colored blue.
It doesn't mean I am not enjoying myself. It doesn't mean you did something wrong. My main character, sadness, overcomes Joy, and she simply turns everything blue.
