
15 to 20% of young Quebecers suffer from anxiety disorders. It is THE mental health problem of a whole generation.

15 to 20% of young Quebecers suffer from anxiety disorders. It is THE mental health problem of a whole generation.
2019-09-18
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0.0Anxiety is the most common mental health problem in North America. Panic attacks, discomfort, ruminations, isolation: anxiety prevents those who suffer from it from living their lives to the full and plunges them into sometimes insurmountable distress. Is there more anxiety than ever before? How do we get out of this?
0.0Damon 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.
A short documentary following Koyote Moone and her medical and psychiatric service dog Banner. This film explores issues surrounding non-visible disabilities and discrimination against service dog teams.
0.0Four people suffering from various forms of clinical anxiety disorders tell us what it's like to live and work with this illness. They discuss the stigma attached to being anxious, and also how to cope with the symptoms using things like medication, supplements, self love and meditation. All of this in an endless search for anxiety relief.
0.0This documentary attempts to understand why so many comedians experience mental health issues, a condition that stands in stark contrast to their profession. Anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts: these are the heavy subjects they dare to tackle on stage. Cathy Gauthier, Coco Belliveau, Jean-François Mercier, Mario Jean, Maude Landry, Preach and Simon Gouache testify.
0.0In this autobiographical documentary, Rosa explores her anxiety, derealisation, and a mother-daughter bond shaped by shared trauma.
Lucy Swan is a college freshman who is raped at a party. Consequently Lucy suffers from anxiety disorder and feels abandoned by an ineffectual system. A few years later Lucy has become a successful lawyer, but when she's forced to confront her past, will she finally break her silence?
0.0A boy takes care of his sick mother while his father works at sea. He suffers from terrible nightmares, haunted by the worst imaginations about his mother and father. One day, he sees a girl dragging a huge rock along the beach. Intrigued, he follows her home and discovers how she managed to escape the worst imaginations.
5.5A wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.
4.9A successful psychoanalyst's life is turned upside down by a very anxious and extremely clingy patient who starts dating his daughter.
4.5The story begins when Tyler O'Conner, a young gay author, visits a therapist and discovers that he suffers from an anxiety disorder commonly called "Analysis Paralysis" - an inability to take action without imagining the ways that each possible choice could go wrong. The problem is that, unchecked, the condition will lead Tyler into a state of complete inaction. To confront the disorder, Tyler decides to fight through his anxiety and ask his cute neighbor, Shane, out for coffee. Despite a flurry of imagined disasters, the date goes well, and Shane and Tyler ultimately become involved. Against all odds, the relationship moves forward, but not without every step of the way - sex, moving in together, and meeting Shane's parents - preceded by an avalanche of negative, albeit hilarious, fantasies.
0.0A short romantic comedy about a young woman and her anxiety.
6.1Ruth and Harry decide to take a romantic backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but amongst the beautiful scenery, Ruth makes an unexpected discovery that sets her off on a strange, frightening new path. The couple aren't alone in the woods, and they might not be the same when they come out...if they come out.
0.0Switching between their surreal perspectives, two high school students attempt to find their purpose as they battle their inner demons and a narcissistic society. Therapist, Victoria Blane, attempts to calm their thoughts as she faces her own delusions.
0.0A young university freshmen enters university with hopes of pursuing his art, but is challenged by a dark reality of human existence which has haunted him since his childhood.
6.7Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.
0.0A young artist in a dark dorm room takes anxieties out of their brain and into their hands.
7.0After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and memories of the past.