Pixar's Inside Out

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This has probably come up before, but I remember watching this movie and simply not getting it, like, at all!
I just thought it was needlessly depressing and couldn't understand why they would want to put kids through it. I even remember telling my Facebook friends not to take their kids to watch it because it was awful.

Clearly I missed the whole point of the piece.

This was before I knew about my Asperger's. I really do struggle with recognising and understanding emotions, and I'm guessing that's why it didn't make sense to me, as a whole.
I've only seen it once, and vowed never to watch it again, but given all the talk of it helping Autists understand emotions, maybe I should.

Anyway, am I alone in this? Did anyone else completely miss the point of this movie?

I thought it was Pixar's best work, personally. Then again, I only have trouble expressing my emotions (alexithymia) not understanding them. I thought it was on of the best and most creative analogies for how emotion works that I've ever seen, and also a refreshing break from Disney's excessive happiness, reminding us that sadness is important to understanding others and building empathy.