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Open Letter: Why Is Positive Change Traumatic?

Posted by strange on November 2, 2015
Open Letter: Why Is Positive Change Traumatic?

Dear those of you making positive changes in your life but feeling super confused because you feel worse,

Posted in: Uncategorized | Tagged: advice, alternative self help, anger, anxiety, change, depression, lgbtq, open letter, panic attacks, positive, positive changes, relationships, self care, self help, trauma

Sadcore Sundays: “Moment of Madness” by Dorian Gray

Posted by strange on June 20, 2015
Sadcore Sundays: "Moment of Madness" by Dorian Gray

https://soundcloud.com/doriansmusic/moment-of-madness

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features, Uncategorized | Tagged: anxiety, depression, depression songs, dorian gray, emo songs, emotional songs, moment of madness, sad girl songs, sad playlist, sad songs, sadcore sundays, the strange is beautiful

Release with Poetry: “Digital Kiss” by Dorian Gray

Posted by strange on April 29, 2015

Born into a generation, where apathy is our favorite trait
Watch the world spin as you don’t care at all
But inside we’re screaming as our walk turns into a crawl
A race to a finish line, that we believe so much exists
The demon of effortless perfection takes over through digital bliss
As we count the hearts, count the likes,
Always checking so no approval is missed
As our world slowly fades to black,
As we die by the digital kiss.

Posted in: Poems We Love, Poetry | Tagged: #thestrangeisbeautiful, anxiety, anxiety poems, anxious poems, depressed poems, depression, depression poems, dorian gray, mental health, mental illness, panic attacks, poetry, sad girl poems, the strange is beautiful

Sadcore Sundays: “Happy” by Synthetic Colours

Posted by strange on April 26, 2015
Sadcore Sundays: "Happy" by Synthetic Colours


I was so scared after I wrote the lyrics to this song that I was going to throw it away but before I did, I sent it to Austin Kowalczyk. He wrote the happiest music to go with these terribly depressing lyrics. If the music was written any other way, I wouldn’t be able to perform it. The audio is of Austin’s recorded version from his solo project “Synthetic Colours” and this video is of me and my friend Gabi Garcia performing it at a record store called Rock Candy that closed down a few years ago.

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features, Uncategorized | Tagged: #thestrangeisbeautiful, austin kowalcyzk, biss and sanity, body dysmorphia, crying, depressed music playlist, depressing music, depressing song, depression, eating disorder, elliot smith, fun house, gabi garciat, happy songs, I'm happy, panic attacks, regina spektor, sad core playlist, sad core songs, sad girl music playlist, sad girl songs, sadcore sundays, shannen roberts, suicidal kids, suicidal song, suicide, synthetic colours, the strange is beautiful

Sadcore Sundays: “Nobody Asked Me (If I Was Okay)” by Sky Ferreira

Posted by strange on April 5, 2015
Sadcore Sundays: "Nobody Asked Me (If I Was Okay)" by Sky Ferreira

Lyrics:

“Nobody Asked Me (If I Was Okay)”

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features | Tagged: bleach blonde, depressed, depressing songs, depression, nobody asked me, nobody asked me if i was okay, sad core, sad core sundays, sad girl, sad girl playlist, sad girls club, sad songs, sadcore sundays, sadgirl, sky ferreira, the feels, the strange is beautiful
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