One of the core concepts of any therapy is to facilitate a person to put words or meaning on feelings, which can be a significant challenge.
More specifically, learning to put language on emotion can be a real challenge. The use of metaphor in Inside Out is fantastic.Įmotionality is something that we all struggle with. This is because something that is described in a ‘once removed’ way is far less threatening and, therefore, more prone to understanding. One of the approaches that can be used to explain quite complex emotional concepts to children is metaphor.
What does riley learn in inside out the movie movie#
I feel that the age group that this movie is especially relevant for would be the tweenagers (10-13 years old), but I can see how the powerful metaphor inherent in this movie would appeal to people of all ages. This theme allows the viewer to distinguish between and connect the relationship of inside (intrapersonal) and outside (interpersonal) communication.įirstly, the fact that this movie is engaging, high quality and entertaining is both unique and helpful, because many of the movies that contain a mental health message can be quite ‘art house’ and ‘dark’, and are not suitable to a child audience. The storyline is superbly interwoven between Riley and her parent’s experiences of inside and outside their heads.
The emotionally representative characters in Riley’s head undergo a crisis where ‘Joy’ and ‘Sadness’ get lost in her long term memory and must find their way back to the ‘control base’ where the other emotions are located. As the plot unfolds and Riley is struggling to adjust to her new surroundings. Each of these characters represent an emotion like anger, sadness, joy, disgust and anxiety.
The unique insight to the plot is that the viewer is introduced to a number of characters inside Riley’s head. The central theme of Inside Out is based around a character called ‘Riley’ who is a young girl who’s family have to move because her father cannot find work. Dr Colman Noctor, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at St Patrick's Mental Health Services, takes us through how the use of metaphor in the film Inside Out can help children and young people tackle complex mental health topics.
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