Fletcher Wortmann
Imagine the worst thing in the world. Picture it. Construct it, carefully and deliberately in your mind. Be careful not to omit anything. Imagine it happening to you, to the people you love. Imagine the worst thing in the world., ,Now try not to think about it.,This is what it is like for Fletcher Wortmann. In his brilliant memoir, the author takes us on an intimate journey across the psychological landscape of OCD, known as the â€œdoubting disorder,â€ as populated by God, girls, and apocalyptic nightmares. Wortmann unflinchingly reveals the elaborate series of psychological rituals he constructs as â€œpreventative measuresâ€ to ward off the end times, as well as his learning to cope with intrusive thoughts through ,Clockwork Orange,-like â€œtriggerâ€ therapy.,But even more than this, the author emerges as a preternatural talent as he unfolds a kaleidoscope of culture high and low ranging from his obsessions with David Bowie, X-Men, and Pokemon, to an eclectic education shaped byÂ Shakespeare, Kierkegaard, Catholic mysticism, Christian comic books, and the collegiate dating scene at the â€œPeopleâ€™s Republic of Swarthmore.â€ ,Triggered, is a pitch-perfect memoir; a touching, triumphantly funny, compulsively readable, and ultimately uplifting coming-of-age tale for Generation nxiety.
Autobiography,Memoir,Nonfiction,Psychology,Health,Mental Health,Mental Health,Mental Illness,Biography Memoir,Biography,Health,Self Help,Contemporary
Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder