Mental as Everything
An examination of the highs and lows of living with a mental illness by people who experience it
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Overview
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.
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Runtime
52 min
Release Date
2021-07-28
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Damon Smith
Self
Adam Coad
Self
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