Happiness is not the Goal
Disney’s Inside Out is one of my all time favorite movies. It touches on something that is rarely touched on, and it does an incredible job at explaining at least one way that I believe depression can take over someone’s life… suppression of emotion. “What’s wrong?” The question that teaches us when we are sad, we are wrong. That a rich and fulfilling life must be one that is filled with a long, unbroken chain of happy events and pleasurable moments. It’s not okay to be sad. THAT is what is wrong. Thinking and teaching each other that sad = broken. While some may tell you that it is okay to be sad, they still get uncomfortable to see you that way. They don’t know how to handle you when you are sad… because they don’t know how to handle themselves when they are sad. What is your “remedy” to sad days? Do you call up your friends and insist you all go out and find a hot distraction? Do you give yourself a pep talk about how things will get better, to see the light up ahe...