Riley, the film’s protagonist, undergoes a significant transformation as she navigates the complexities of growing up.
A balanced Sense of Self requires acknowledging both positive and negative emotions.
These are the simpler beliefs one can expect from being a child, before becoming more self-aware and self-conscious.
The movie is designed for people of all ages to relate to challenging experiences during formative adolescence.
After experiencing anxiety and forming a new Sense of Self,Riley’s beliefs shifted.
She became concerned about being alone, needing friends, and not being good enough.
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She must integrate and reframe these beliefs for a healthy balance.
As she experiences new challenges and triumphs, herbeliefs and self-perception evolve.
This dynamic is a key takeaway fromInside Out 2.
It highlights the importance of acknowledging and addressing both positive and negative emotions.
Her turbulent emotions affect her Sense of Self throughout.
Frustrated, she throws her stick aside and abandons the tryout.
This contributes to her feelings of inferiority.
As a result of her anxious Sense of Self,Riley believes she’s not good enough.
Riley alsodyes her hair red to blend withInside Out 2s hockey team, driven by this belief.
Joy tries to counteract this by releasing a flood of previously suppressed negative memories into the Belief System.
However, as seen in the film, this approach is not entirely effective.
Riley must learn integration.
The Belief System draws its foundation from a pool of consciousness.
Later, we see the broccoli memory also flowing into this pool.
The pool utilizes these memories to shape beliefs, which in turn coalesce into the Sense of Self.
Inside Out 2was the first animated film to hit $1 billion at the worldwide box office.
It’s directly linked to her Sense of Self.
The more negative memories she adds, the more prominent these beliefs become.
In counseling, a popular approach is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
This framework focuses on examining an individual’s underlying beliefs and assessing their accuracy or falsehood.
The integration results inRileys smile at the end ofInside Out 2, a sign of deep fulfillment.
As a child, her worldview is simpler and less complex than that of an adult.
This is reflected in her belief system.
As a child, she primarily focuses onpositive beliefs that support her sense of self-worthand happiness.
These beliefs are essential for her development, but they are also limited in scope.
Director Kelsey Mann said:We started thinking about teenagers and how you start to become your own person.
You start to develop your own set of beliefs.
As a child, she is still heavily dependent on her parents for emotional support and guidance.
In contrast,Rileys parents play a smaller role inInside Out 2.
As she grows older, shebecomes more independentand develops a more complex and nuanced Sense of Self.
