{"product_id":"triggered-a-memoir-of-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-hardcover","title":"Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFletcher Wortmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***AS FEATURED ON NPR'S \u003ci\u003eTALK OF THE NATION\u003c\/i\u003e*** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagine 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. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow try not to think about it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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 doubting disorder, as populated by God, girls, and apocalyptic nightmares. Wortmann unflinchingly reveals the elaborate series of psychological rituals he constructs as preventative measures to ward off the end times, as well as his learning to cope with intrusive thoughts through \u003ci\u003eClockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e-like trigger therapy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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 by Shakespeare, Kierkegaard, Catholic mysticism, Christian comic books, and the collegiate dating scene at the People's Republic of Swarthmore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTriggered\u003c\/i\u003e is a pitch-perfect memoir; a touching, triumphantly funny, compulsively readable, and ultimately uplifting coming-of-age tale for Generation Anxiety. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFletcher Wortmann on OCD and sex: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf a girl accepts an invitation to help count the tiles on your bedroom ceiling, then she will probably be disappointed when she realizes you were speaking literally. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e...on OCD and religion: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI have found Catholicism and obsessive compulsive disorder to be deeply sympathetic to one another. One is a repressive construct founded in existential terror, barely restrained by complex, arbitrary ritual behaviors; the other is an anxiety disorder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e...on OCD humor: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the sink, I noticed a perfunctory sign warning readers to wash their hands. It was scrawled with graffiti: NO YOU CAN'T GERMS ARE UNPREVENTABLE AND INESCAPABLE. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e...on the seductiveness of OCD: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery so often, everything will work, and you will somehow convince yourself that you are safe, and the disorder will claim credit. I had struck a bargain with the OCD. The transaction was complete. In that moment I became subservient to it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFLETCHER WORTMANN was born and raised in Winchester, MA. He graduated from high school in 2005, and in 2007, Fletcher was diagnosed with crippling obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). After receiving treatment at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA, he went on to receive his Bachelor's degree in English Literature from Swarthmore College in 2009; he wrote his senior thesis on the evolution of the superhero in American culture. Fletcher has been variously employed as a college Writing Instructor, Party Associate, SAT Tutor, record store clerk, and farm-stand hand. He lives and writes in Boston, MA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 27, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45331479396454,"sku":"9780312622107","price":44.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/L3J0QzJCZmJsVFcrS2hNelNRbFJoUT09.webp?v=1774410577","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/triggered-a-memoir-of-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}