Documentary, Comedy
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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IMDB 0 | Feb , 2024
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IMDB 0 | May , 2021
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IMDB 6.4 | Nov , 2007
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 2023
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IMDB 0 | Feb , 2026
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IMDB 0 | May , 2018
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IMDB 8.5 | Oct , 2016
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2025
Timothy
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2014
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IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2017
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2025
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Mindfulness: Be Happy Now
IMDB 9.5 | Nov , 2015
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IMDB 10 | Feb , 2026
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2019
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IMDB 3.7 | Jan , 2011
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IMDB 10 | Feb , 2016
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 2001
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2003
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IMDB 0 | Feb , 2026
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