Sometimes living around OCD you can't help
but have a laugh or a chuckle.
Just because things get pretty absurd.
My brother suffers from OCD and has done so
since he was a small child
so it's something I've grown up with.
In the movie, 'What If It Works?' the are
moments when Adrian who lives with OCD.
These moments in his life are depicted with humour or lightheartedness.
And these exist, these moments absolutely
exist. But what the film also does is capture
the moments in his life that are completely
debilitating.
When you live with mental illness you live
on a ledge that sits between comedy and drama.
Funny light moments and incredible pain. That's
just where it sits.
One minute you're tearing your hair out because
life's tough.
The next minute you look around and you realise
how absurd the situation is and you find yourself
in fits of laughter. Possibly even tears of
laughter.
The best advice I can give is to find a really
good doctor who knows what OCD is.
I mean, you get your life back. I got my life
back.
It wasn't easy and treatment is not very pleasant
but it was certainly worth it for me.
