overwhelmed by good things!?

[berryfairyghost]

Omg, legit there are so many cool people taking part of the sunshine revival thing! I'm gonna have to be perusing through the friending meme for weeks to come. Not only do I want to check out fic writer works, but also the communities they recommend, and their journals that look fun to read, and and and

Does anybody ever get overwhelmed about positive things???

I feel this short by Elyse Myers to my CORE.

If you don't want to or can't watch it, this is basically how it goes:

She's at New York City with her partner for the first time and they go sightseeing. They stumble upon Radio City avenue and arrive to this NBC shop with a ton of memorabilia of shows she's deeply "emotionally invested in." So she's peering through the glass doors, with a red face, teary eyes, and a big smile on her face.

Her partner is like "we should go in", and she's immediately like "Absolutely not."

"Why?" he asks sensically.

And she responds "You know when you love something so much it makes you sick to your stomach and you want to throw up so you completely avoid it?"

And he's like "...no."

And that's when she realizes it is in fact, not normal, to avoid things you love because you don't know how to process the emotions. And she proceeds to show a photo of herself at the store, looking immensely overwhelmed with emotion.

Anyway, I think about this short... A LOT.

Comments

[thatjustwontbreak]

Ugh this is so real. Especially like, when you procrastinate doing something because you're excited about it or you know it's gonna be really good.

Also, big fan of Monument Valley. Gorgeous.

[berryfairyghost]

solidarity in these emotional complexities so appreciated! It's such a contradiction. Like, brain, we both know you want to do this so uhhh..??, and the brain is like "hmm... would analysis paralysis help??" x'D

And yesss! I tell everybody about Monument Valley whenever I can! It's so gorgeous and pleasant. And despite having such little amount of dialogue, the reveal at the end made me teary eyed. I still enjoy using the music for relaxed focusing