I've been obsessing with Encanto recently. While watching I noticed how Pepa's "Gift/Curse" kind of relates to how I feel with my BPD signs. \*I am \*not\* saying she has BPD, she's just a character I can relate to, which helps me cope. I really recommend watching this masterpiece. SPOILERS AHEAD

"Her mood affects the weather" is quite poetic and if turned around it makes sense, how even the slightest change can shift up and down her mood.

\- How she wants everything to go smooth and perfect, just **worrying way too much** and **overthinking, not realizing how stressed she has become** 

\- **Is frowned upon for showing negative emotions**, as her \*mood/weather\* can ruin everything.

\- Sometimes **not recognize that the stress is taking over** and how even tho she seems fine clouds are thundering above her.

\- When they take the family pic she shines with a rainbow, as something amazing has happened - **a quick switch in moods from drizzling to rainbows aka everything is fantastic.**

\- **Another quick mood switch** is at the scene where they go to eat breakfast. in one frame she has clouds, then drinks coffee and everything is fine. a second later Mirabel takes away her seat resulting in her thundering -- **then she quickly looks over to Felix (who seems like her "Favourite") to cool down and use a technique to blow off the steam.**

\- When she comes into Mirabel's room to collect stuff **she realizes her "cloud" and pushes it out of the room. This is a self-observing skill** she probably had to learn in order to control her emotions better. 

\- When she mentions Bruno (In this case a theme she really wants to forget about as it caused a horrible day in the past for her) **she starts to drizzle and tries to calm down**. Though it comes quickly back. **The way she worries and overthinks loudly reminds me of myself a lot.**

\- At the dinner table, **her face drops instantly after being told the news - something that just ripped her out of her stable self resulting in thunderstorm.** In a very scared fashion, **she tries to calm herself** in order to not cause any more problems. It seems like a **panic attack from being overstimulated by the emotional rollercoaster**

\- A few scenes later **her emotions go completely wild** as the cloud makes various weathers. Abuela criticizes her and sort of **forces her to keep it together**, while Felix is trying to be the supportive husband he is.

\-- A little later when Bruno apologizes, **he lets her know that he wants her to be herself and let the emotions be, no matter the weather.** This hit really hard ngl, cause it's something I am struggling with.  

\- The last scene which is really important is when she dances with Felix under a hailstorm. **She finally could make the step to let herself be for once**, not being told to hold it in or to force herself to be happy.

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Another note: I am \*not\* saying Pepa has BPD, I am saying that I can relate to her most from this movie as her power and the way she handles it shows a lot of similarities with my BPD signs.