If you need a resource that will anhilate the idea that OCD has anything to do with cute quirks or advantageous personaility traits, then this is it.
The team behind Waving* capture the intensity, darkness, torture and isolation that is experienced by those with OCD, in a way that I have never seen before.
I have cried every time I’ve watched it. It makes me feel validated and seen. It’s full of symbolism and there are so many beautifully placed details to decode. Whilst I’ve heard the film described as ‘surrealism’, for those with OCD, this is the reality we experience.
*Rolfin Nyhus, Steve Brumwell, Catherine Benfield and Ethan S. Smith to name a few!