Josh Strider

Josh "PhantomStrider" Strider (born 3 February, 1989) (Age: 30) is an Australian/Canadian YouTuber. Josh specializes in "top 5/10" animation/television/movie videos. He generally presents a friendly, welcoming demeanor. The majority of Josh's videos are about some form of animation. Common topics include Disney, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and overall good/bad animation. Personal life: Josh is a psychology student at university. He runs obsessively in his spare time and has done 12 marathons (42km) and 3 Ultra Marathons (56km & 67km) so far. He also likes to do "let's play" videos with his brother Ben on his second channel LiveStrider. He likes to watch Disney movies whenever they come out in the cinema. His favorite fruit is bananas. He likes to live-stream at least twice a year to raise money for charity. Typically charities for mental health. Mental health work: Josh has Asperger's syndrome and sometimes makes videos discussing coping techniques and tips for mental health challenges in his "Anxiety Tips" mini-series. These videos focus on using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, exercise, mindfulness and meditation to live more comfortably with Asperger's, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. Although he is not English, his accent is often mistaken for British. Some of the channel community deduct that his Asperger's bends his accent towards this speech style. Charity Work: On 12/02/2017, Josh ran a Live-streamed marathon to the public in order to raise money for the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. He did another LiveStream on 26/09/17 to once again raise money for the AFSP. This time he did a 100% play through of Sonic Mania with his brother Raz. He did a third live-stream later that year by dancing non-stop on Just Dance for 5 hours. Previous Jobs: Josh worked a lot of odd jobs over the years. This included pizza delivery, KFC, Subway, service station attendant, store clerk, hotel receptionist, car shuffler, dressing up as superheroes for birthday parties, and a gas station (which black marked him for being late). He also did basic training as a Signal Intelligence Officer in the Navy. He enjoys playing villains in community theater performances.