G.A.D. Short film | A film about college students' anxiety

Adam is a college student who lacks confidence and has a type of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In this short film we show G.A.D. case of someone who is experiencing it point of view. Adam is a student in every college class and people should be aware of that. Adam could be one of your classmates, so be kind to one another.

Written & Directed by: Mohammed Saffouri
Produced by: Moamen Ahmed & Mack Werner

Cast
Adam played by: Josh Biedrychi
The Professor played by: Francis Kosciesza
The lazy Student played by: Alexander Hammett
Caroline played by: Judy Phan

[lilli]

anyone else rather face the consequences of skipping a class or lecture rather than walk in one minute late???

[snigdhadwivedi]

Well... I watched myself for 6 minutes.

[Brendalopez.]

The awkward moment when they look at you after you said something weird trying to socialize is the worst thing in the world. This is why college, or work, or whatever is so hard for me.

[raehenne]

I can see a little bit of social anxiety as well.. he is intimidated by what others would think of him and his answers...his answers is so short because he know he will missed it all up if he goes on with talking in details.

[brucebravo]

The more you look at it, many of us suffer from anxiety and or many forms of it. Everyone goes through it a lil differently but the main thing is that "Anxiety is a real bitch" we can all agree on that.

You're not broken, you are not damaged, you're just wired differently. Everything is going to be ok.

[Kuromeuphoriczz]

This is so me but worse, i have social anxiety disorder my heart is pounding and my hands are shaking when i get into the class and when teacher give me to do some presentation i feel like im about to passed out fr and its sucks, i dont even have any friends...i want to get better 😫

[julianquiamhor]

Its sad because most of the people don't understand us

[backseatgaming]

This is actually a fairly accurate portrayal of what anxiety is like

[unicornchickenz]

Wait I thought everyone was like this... no?

[kiera]

3:02 this scene is so relatable!! this happens to me all the time and one time i said a silly answer as i didn’t really understand the question and i heard people laughing. so embarrassing 😬

[shreyapendurkar]

Thank you for sharing this. It makes me feel so better after knowing that I am not the only one who feels this way.

[liaann]

Even in virtual class im like this ugh it sucks huhu

[arbitrarylib]

This is so Accurate. I really hate classmates.

[eliskakordulova]

Very true. Except for the coming in late part; I'm always too early and then get anxious when no one is there yet.

[EsraaAwad-hxxb]

Anxiety is actually like someone push you to the water and you don't know how to swim

[King_of_Gotham]

as someone who has struggled with anxiety and specifically this type of anxiety a lot, this was very spot on and accurate, even if I know the answer I will feel dumb if I answer incorrectly and have people stare at me and think I'm stupid

[dancerlife]

Why is this literally me in math class

[chrispatzelt]

This is exactly why I stopped going to community college besides the whole COVID situation which basically made me give up. But hey don’t feel bad I’m probably twice as better off without it and I have a decent job but how relatable this is just scares me and hope to never be in that situation again.

[essenceofpsych]

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a mental health condition that causes fear, worry and a constant feeling of being overwhelmed. It’s characterized by excessive, frequent and unrealistic worry about everyday things, such as job responsibilities, health etc. Some level of anxiety is something we all experience but if it starts to make your life difficult seek help.

[hajralone]

Omg. I can't relate more. Today, I came to know that I have severe anxiety issues.That's why, I always behave weird.