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Honestly the majority of animated stuff that’s any good from the major studios is about trauma of some variety. Write what you know, I guess.

My “catharsis day” movies are nearly all Disney and Pixar these days.

Up - loss Encanto - generational trauma, tho the ending is kinda bullshit… Inside out 1+2 - major life event trauma Frozen - accidental damage to loved one and ostracization trauma Onward - growing up/life event trauma Brave - also sort of generational trauma Elemental - racism Soul - death and regret

I’m sure there’s more I’m forgetting, but overall their best works, imho, of the last 15-ish years, have been about trauma. And that’s probably a good thing. It’s a lot more relatable than fairy tale princess stories, even if you’ve never experienced either one.