Mental as Everything
“An examination of the highs and lows of living with a mental illness by people who experience it”
2021•PG•52m•Released
DocumentaryComedy
Damon Smith has estimated that he has spent around 50,000 hours of his life, so far, participating in absurd ritualistic behaviours associated with his obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). With a diagnosis of both, OCD and Bipolar Disorder, and with the help of his anxious friend, Adam Coad, these Australian singer-songwriters share, through original music, preposterous humour, and outlandish animations, the intricate and debilitating nature of what it is like to live and talk about mental illness in a world where it’s ok to talk about a broken arm, but not ok to talk about a broken mind.
Writer
Damon Smith
Studio
Australian Government RISE Fund
Cast
Damon Smith
Self
Adam Coad
Self
Production
Company
Australian Government RISE Fund
Company
Regional Arts Victoria
Company
Under the Microscope
Producer
Matthew Briggs
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