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REcommendations
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Here we have compiled a list of movies, books, songs, and activities that tackle mental health or are great for our own mental health.

Movies & TV shows

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • Inside Out
  • To the Bone
  • This is Us
  • Bodyguard
  • Jessica Jones
  • Zooey's Extraordinary Playlist
  • A Beautiful Mind​​
  • Black Swan
  • Brain on Fire
  • The Virgin Suicides
  • The Hours
  • Finding Nemo
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Still Alice
  • Melancholia
  • Girl, Interrupted
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Joker
  • Welcome to Me

Books

  • Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
  • The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
  • Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins
  • Untamed bu Lennon Doyle
  • Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
  • Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
  • All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
  • Franey and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
  • 72 Hour Hold by Bebe Moore Campbell
  • All the Things We Never Knew by Sheila Hamilton​
  • Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • The Virgin Suicides by Jefferey Eugenides
  • The Hours by Michael Cunningham
  • We are OK by Nina LaCour
  • Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
  • It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
  • The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  • Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira Lee
  • The Upward Spiral by Alex Korb
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Songs

  • Shake It Out by Florence and the Machine
  • Beautiful by Christina Aguilera
  • 1-800-273-8255 by Logic
  • Breathing by Ariana Grande
  • Breathe Me by Sia
  • Summertime Sadness by Lana Del Rey
  • Disturbia by Rihanna
  • Gasoline by Halsey
  • Anxiety by Julia Michaels
  • Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles
  • Only Time by Enya
  • Rehab by Amy Winehouse
  • Sober by Demi Lovato
  • Perfect by Anne-Marie
  • Fake Happy by Paramore
  • Human by Christina Perri​
  • Demons by Imagine Dragons
  • Praying by Kesha​
  • How to Save a Life by The Fray
  • Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.
  • In My Blood by Shawn Mendes
  • When the Party's Over by Billie Eilish
  • Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston
  • Carry On by F.U.N.
  • Fight Song by Rachel Platten
  • Under Pressure by Queen feat. David Bowie
  • Fu**in Perfect by P!nk
  • I Love Me by Demi Lovato
  • Scars to Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara
  • Heavy by Linkin Park
  • OK to Not Be OK by Demi Lovato
  • Overwhelmed by Royal & the Serpent

​Activities

  • 30 Days of Gratitude
  • The Worry Tree
  • Painting
  • Self-Love Letters
  • Goal Bingo
  • Meditation
  • Self Care Kit
  • Blackout Poetry​
  • Schedule Routine Breaks for Outdoor Walks
  • Make Your Own Mental Health Playlist
  • Make a Candle
  • Break the Plates
  • Gratitude Journal
  • Daily Affirmations
  • Collaging
  • Origami

Who are we?

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Active Minds is a mental health advocacy group dedicated to changing the conversation about mental health and de-stigmatizing mental illness throughout the UCLA campus and the greater Los Angeles community.

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