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I Have OCD. This is What It’s Like to Be In My Mind for 3 Minutes.

Posted by strange on June 24, 2015

If you have a friend or a loved one that isn’t understanding your anxiety disorder, I recommend showing them this video, “I Have OCD. This is What It’s Like to Be In My Mind for 3 Minutes,” but note that you do not have to watch it with them because it could be triggering like it was for me.

Posted in: Uncategorized | Tagged: #thestrangeisbeautiful, mental health, ocd, the strange is beautiful, what it's like to have OCD

We gave $3,000 in donations to LGBT Homeless Youth!

Posted by strange on May 12, 2015
We gave $3,000 in donations to LGBT Homeless Youth!

The Strange is Beautiful gave $3,000 in donations to the Los Angeles LGBT Youth Center from our Trade and Donate event. People brought bags of clothes, zines, artwork and cassettes to Pershing Square on Saturday, April 18 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Below are a few photos we took of friends in our spaceship! Ty to Heidi van den Berg for making the spaceship <3333

Posted in: Uncategorized | Tagged: #thestrangeisbeautiful, aliens, big hub citizen, clothing trade, events, flea market, hangouts, homeless, homeless youth, lgbt homeless youth, liz campos, los angeles lgbt center, mental health, mental health awareness month, mham, nadia adella, NAMI, park trade, portland saturday market, spaceship, spoonman, spoonman creations, star wars, swap meet, the strange is beautiful, trade, willow, zine fest, zine swap, zines

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, Drink – DJ Justin Cornwall on Music, Alcohol and AA

Posted by strange on May 5, 2015
1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, Drink - DJ Justin Cornwall on Music, Alcohol and AA

“Drugs and alcohol have become an integral part of the music scene, there’s no way around it sometimes.
Figure yourself out before you step into that environment and it makes things a lot easier. If you’re already lost, or figuring things out, throwing drinking into the mix will just keep you lost.”– Justin Cornwall

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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

be patient with your plants – happy earth day

Posted by strange on April 22, 2015
be patient with your plants - happy earth day

be patient with your plants
and have fun while they bloom.
fun is nutrients
fun is life

Posted in: Uncategorized | Tagged: #thestrangeisbeautiful, angsty music video, be patient, dreams, earth day, female fronted band, gardening, girl punk band, goal setting, goals, grrrl band, grrrl band music video, happy earth day, meditation, mental health, music video, nico appleford, patience, plants, punk band, reach your dreams, riot grrrl, set your goals, shannen roberts, slugs, the strange is beautiful, Yoga for Mind Obstacles
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