"I have no doubt that you would be bored senseless by therapy, the same way I’m bored when I brush my teeth and wipe my ass. Because the thing about repairing, maintaining, and cleaning is it’s not an adventure. There’s no way to do it so wrong you might die. It’s just work. And the bottom line is some people are okay going to work, and some people, well, some people would rather die. Each of us gets to choose.”
I found this episode to be both really funny and really thought-provoking. I wonder how much of it was based on the writer's experiences with therapy and how much was based on an actual therapist's input.
Kane, V. (2017, August 9). Rick & Morty’s
Heartbreakingly Honest Take on Therapy Was the Most Painful Thing on
Television This Week. Retrieved from The Mary Sue:
https://www.themarysue.com/pickle-rick-therapy/
"It’s never explicitly said that BoJack is depressed, but you can see the signs, and it’s the sort of portrayal you rarely see on television. It’s not about lying around all day and crying; it’s asking tough questions of who you really are. In BoJack’s case, this means asking how responsible he is for his own actions. Depression can be an overwhelming disorder, one that distorts the world and betrays the mind. But is BoJack’s horrible behaviour his fault, or beyond his control – a neglectful childhood, perhaps, or being “born broken”?"
"In our differing understanding of reality, we blindly mandate his medication, assimilate him to our marginalizing culture, and entirely misinterpret him for all he is worth. Caldera aims to not only venerate my father, but all brilliant minds forged in the haunted depths of psychosis."
Alfred and Shadow
A short story about emotions (education psychology health animation)
Inside 'Inside Out'
This stunning and popular movie should be required viewing for anyone in the mental health field. Joy and Sadness' Homeric journey through Riley's mind takes them through Imagination Land, Abstract Thought, and Long-term Memory, past “retrieval tubes” and deep into the Subconscious (“where they put the trouble-makers”). The parent–child story is universal—repressing feelings to suit perceived parental needs, but ultimately needing to mourn childhood memories in order to grow up. Director Pete Docter turned to esteemed affect researchers Paul Ekman and Dachel Keltner to help him understand how and why people develop and change. But these Snap, Crackle, and Pop-like feelings do more than discharge—they think, analyse, and ultimately realize that they all need to be conscious in order to help their young charge love and work. Maybe it's not so far from the couch after all.
This stunning and popular movie should be required viewing for anyone in the mental health field. Joy and Sadness' Homeric journey through Riley's mind takes them through Imagination Land, Abstract Thought, and Long-term Memory, past “retrieval tubes” and deep into the Subconscious (“where they put the trouble-makers”). The parent–child story is universal—repressing feelings to suit perceived parental needs, but ultimately needing to mourn childhood memories in order to grow up. Director Pete Docter turned to esteemed affect researchers Paul Ekman and Dachel Keltner to help him understand how and why people develop and change. But these Snap, Crackle, and Pop-like feelings do more than discharge—they think, analyse, and ultimately realize that they all need to be conscious in order to help their young charge love and work. Maybe it's not so far from the couch after all.
Cabaniss, D.
L. (2015, September). Inside “Inside Out”. Lancet, 2(9). Retrieved 8 12,
2017, from
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(15)00395-8/fulltext
Vincent and the Doctor
Doctor Who visited Vincent Van Gogh in season 5 episode 10 of the popular British children's sci fi tv series. Vincent's depression is shown and he is able to talk about his feelings about his sadness and great joy in painting.
Vincent and the Doctor
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