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That’s what I love about having a movie about 
emotions. Every scene in the movie, there’s  

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something tangible that the viewer can latch 
onto that represents what’s actually happening  

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internally in your mind and in your body. Hi. I’m 
Kristel Thomassin. I’m an Associate Professor in  

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the Department of Psychology at the University of 
Guelph. My take-home message would be to support  

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individuals’ experiences of emotion. Especially 
in children to validate their experience and  

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that will help them learn about emotions, what 
they are, how to identify them. That in it of  

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itself is an important skill to prevent, you 
know, psychological problems down the road.  

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What I would recommend to the average person is to 
not be afraid of emotions and I know that sounds  

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a little bit silly but I think we’re socialized 
sometimes to be scared of or put off by certain  

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types of emotions and that will differ based 
on background, on gender, cultural background,  

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things like that. So for example, how many times 
have we heard boys don’t cry? What you want to be  

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cautious about is the impact the emotion has 
on your behaviour or the way you think or the  

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way you view yourself. That's the piece that I 
think could need a little bit more work. Emotions  

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are a part of every day life. We experience many 
emotions all the time. Sometimes even multiple  

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emotions at the same time. It's helpful for 
us to know what we are feeling because that  

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emotion gives us important information about 
what's happening in the world around us and  

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also what is happening within ourselves. I 
don't want us to go as far as to invalidate  

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the experience of emotions because emotions are 
natural and they're trying to tell us something.