Triggered : A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Fletcher Wortmann

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Published by St. Martins Press-3PL Mär 2012, 2012

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Neuware - \*\*\*AS FEATURED ON NPR'S TALK OF THE NATION\*\*\*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 '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 Clockwork Orange-like 'trigger' 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 by Shakespeare, Kierkegaard, Catholic mysticism, Christian comic books, and the collegiate dating scene at the 'People's Republic of Swarthmore.' Triggered is a pitch-perfect memoir; a touching, triumphantly funny, compulsively readable, and ultimately uplifting coming-of-age tale for Generation Anxiety.Fletcher Wortmann on OCD and sex:'If 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.'.on OCD and religion:'I 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.'.on OCD humor:'By 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.'.on the seductiveness of OCD:'Every 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.'.…

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Title
Triggered : A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Author
Fletcher Wortmann
Publisher
St. Martins Press-3PL Mär 2012
Publication year
2012
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Language
English
ISBN 10
0312622104
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9780312622107
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531 grams
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222x145x20 mm

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