(Mental as Everything)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Australia

Genres:

Documentary,

Comedy

Runtime:

52 minutes

Year:

2021

Production companies:

Australian Government RISE Fund,

Regional Arts Victoria,

Under the Microscope

Actors:

Self

Self

Crews:

Writer

Producer