How This Woman Uses Art to Overcome Her Debilitating OCD, Anxiety and Depression

Claire lives in Outback Australia and experiences Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Thankfully she found through jewellery making that she was able to manage her difficult thoughts. Her shop 'The Tiny Cactus' helps her to connect and create a space where she can listen to people’s stories in a way that she wishes she could have when she was struggling.“OCD's sort of all-encompassing so it doesn't just affect you in certain situations, it affects you in pretty much every aspect of your life. It's just so hard to explain to someone that doesn't have that illness what it's like to live with that every day. So for me, I suppose within this space I wanna be that person I needed.”

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CREDITS
Director/ Producer/ Writer/ Editor - Darius Devas

Co-Producers - Will Harvey-Jones & Adam Farrington-Williams

Digital Producer/ Publicist - David Elliot-Jones

Director of Photography & Colourist - Caleb Graham

Camera Operators - Caleb Graham

Sound Recordist - Steve Nossiter

Sound Mixer - Brad Klenk

Assembly Editor - Linda Nossiter

Music - M. Ruiz de Luzuriaga & C. Rodrigues

Indigenous Consultant - Valda Bokmakarray

Legals - Stephen Boyle

Accounts - Nagle Accounting

Thankyou - headspace, Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, SANE Australia, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Bi-Polar Australia, Screenworks, Michael Eather, Grace Eather, Noni Eather, Luka Lesson, Coralie Tapper, Tim Parish, Geraldine Devas, Tricia Shantz, Amy Essery, Amelia Chambers, Judit Yolanda, Matthew Loft, Elizabeth Devas, Taylor Miller, Kimberley Galceran, Ken Crouch, Oliver Nicholson.

Principal Funding from SCREEN AUSTRALIA

Major Partners - headspace & Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health

Fundraising Partner - Documentary Australia Foundation

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