Learn English with Inside Out - Anxiety Takes Over – Transcript

00:00We need to help Riley prepare. Now is the time to send up every possible thing that could go wrong. We are looking to the future. Every possible mistake she could make. Riley misses an open goal. Coach writes about her notebook.

00:16Yes! More like that. Oh no. They're using Riley's imagination against her. Val and her friends like us now. But if we don't make the team, will they like us tomorrow? We can't let her do this to Riley. We have to shut this down.

00:32Love it, 37. Riley hits the puck into her own net. Why are you drawing a hippo? I'm not drawing. I'm drawing Riley. Joy, you forgot her ponytail. Oh, I love her ponytail. Yes! Riley scores and everyone hugs her. 81.

00:47That is not helping. Today, we're learning English with Inside Out 2 and we'll also understand a little bit better how anxiety works. Along the way, you'll learn over 16 advanced expressions like use something against someone, shut down, and score.

01:05Now don't just learn these expressions and then forget them. If you want to feel confident when you speak, to speak naturally, just like you do your mother tongue, then you need to be able to access these expressions when you get into a real conversation.

01:20So, I have just the thing for you. I want to give you access to all the smart flashcards from this lesson with Inside Out for free. You can practice with them in our app by clicking the link below.

01:35And thousands of learners just like you are becoming more fluent and having fun while doing it. So if that sounds like something you'd like, be sure to try out our method. You really only need a few minutes a day to see real progress. Now let's see how Joy overcomes anxiety.

01:51Riley paints her nails to match her jersey. Everybody copies her and she is so cool. Riley wears knee pads. We buy flowers for the losing team. What? I can't always be the rage guy.

02:07No, no, I liked it. Nail polish, knee pads? I'm starting to think you guys don't understand the assignment. What the... Um, who sent that projection to Riley? Why would I know her?

02:23Ugh. What is going on? Who is sending all of this positive... Riley misses an open goal. She writes about her notebook? Yes! More like that.

02:39Oh no, they're using Riley's imagination against her. When you use something against someone, you take something that's meant to help them and turn it into a weapon instead. So Riley's imagination is supposed to be a fun, creative tool. But anxiety is twisting it into a machine that makes Riley scared so she avoids mistakes.

02:59Pretty accurate to how real anxiety works. And you'll understand this better with a couple examples. Like this one from Shark Tale. This is all my fault. That's the classic move. I've seen it a thousand times. They take the thing you love the most and then they use it against you.

03:14No parents for you until I get my crystal. No, Supergirl. If you give them the crystal, they'll use it against you. Oh, because I was thinking... What am I doing? If I combine in you, you'll sooner or later find some way to use it against me.

03:33Joy then says she wants to shut down anxiety's operation. We can't let her do this to Riley. We have to shut this down. What do you think that means? Make it more organized? Slow it down? Stop it completely?

03:48Nice. You'll hear this everywhere from business, the factory shut down last year, to arguments. She shut down his excuse immediately. You can also say you shut down your computer when you power it off.

04:05Now, one of anxiety's projections shows Riley messing up on the ice. Love it, 37. Riley hits the puck into her own net. This is a hockey puck. So here, poor Riley accidentally scores on her own team. Every player's nightmare.

04:21Anger then points out that Joy is not a very good artist and she responds. I'm drawing Riley. Joy, you forgot her ponytail. Oh, I love her ponytail. Yes. This hairstyle is called a ponytail. So let's see what Joy drew. Riley scores and everyone hugs her.

04:3781. That is not helping. To score means to get a point in a game or sport, like scoring a goal in hockey or soccer, or scoring a basket in basketball. Then the other emotions also share ideas for positive projections they can send up to Riley. Riley paints her nails to match her jersey.

04:53Everybody copies her and she is so cool. Riley wears knee pads. These are knee pads. Skaters, volleyball players, and construction workers all might wear them. Fear is always thinking about how to keep Riley safe. And then Anger's idea is pretty ironic and funny.

05:10We buy flowers for the losing team. What? I can't always be the rage guy. No, no. I liked it. Rage is intense, out of control anger. So anger is basically saying he can't always be the angry one. Hilarious.

05:25You'll often hear this word in phrases like road rage, getting furious while driving, or he flew into a rage. He suddenly became extremely angry. Check out these examples. Evacuate the valley. You must protect the villagers from Tylong's rage.

05:42It's all my fault, Virginia. I shouldn't have come. My presence here clearly drove the ghost into a rage. Please, keep the road rage to a minimum, folks. Nail polish, knee pads? I'm starting to think you guys don't understand the assignment. And this is nail posh.

05:57You paint your nails with nail posh. Moving on, anxiety finally realizes what is happening. Let's watch. Joy, I know you're in there. Well, I think we gave it our best shot.

06:17Don't listen to anxiety. She's using these horrible projections to change Riley. Joy, I'm doing this for you. This is all so Riley can be happier. If you wanted her to be happy, then you'd stop hurting her. Who's with me?

06:32Nothing? Sorry, Joy. Yeah, I see you, 87. A cat! A little off topic, but I'll take it. Who else? Come on. What if Riley is better than Val and then Val hates her?

06:49Or... What if Riley is better than Val and Val respects her? Yeah! There we go. What if Riley is so bad just to give up hockey forever? What if Riley does so well that the coach cries? And the Olympics call, and she rallies a weary nation to victory!

07:07Ah, Joy, reality is also a thing. No! Anxiety! She's got you all chained to dust! Drawing nightmares! Buck it out after taking it anymore! Pencils down! Projections off! Yeah!

07:22Projections! He'll all fire! So things quickly spun into hilarious chaos.

07:48And there's a lot for us to learn there. Well, I think we gave it our best shot. Don't listen to anxiety! When you give it your best shot, you try as hard as you possibly can at something. Even if you're not sure you'll succeed. Listen to these examples. Good luck getting out of here without a bruising.

08:04Giving you best shot! Well... Damn. Give it our best shot. It didn't work. Next, Anxiety explains this is their strategy to make Riley happy.