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OCD activist, superhero culture expert, sketch comedian.
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In 2007 Fletcher Wortmann was diagnosed with crippling obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). His book Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder deals with the challenges of growing up with undiagnosed OCD and how he learned to manage his disorder. After receiving treatment at the OCD Institute at Mclean Hospital, Fletcher went on to graduate from Swarthmore College with a Bachelors in English Literature, writing 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, farm-stand hand, and on-line magazine contributor. He currently lives and writes in Philadelphia, PA where he is working towards his MFA in creative writing at Temple University. Fletcher also performs with the New York/Philadelphia sketch comedy group The Disappointments.
Author and Speaker Fletcher Wortmann
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Triggered
A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Thomas Dunne Books

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FLETCHER WORTMANN'S SPEECHES
Fletcher speaks extensively on OCD and its many forms partictularly:
Different on the Inside: Fletcher describes the challenges of managing a cloaked disability in school or at work in a society that stigmatizes mental illness.
Obsessive: The lesser-known form of OCD that is charactersized by ritualistic thoughts but is absent of visible cumpulsions.
Lessons from an Obsessive-Compulsive Childhood: Recalling the challenges of growing up with undiagnosed OCD, Fletcher outlines how the symptoms can be recognized by parents and some coping mechanisms for OCD sufferers.
Everything is Exposure: from a first person perspective, Fletcher explains the principles of Exposure Response Therapy and how both sufferers and non-sufferers can confront and challenge their anxiety.
 
His other topics include:
 
The Rise and Fall of the American Superhero: One of Fletcher's special interests and the topic on which he wrote his senior thesis, the evolution of this American icon includes a genealogy of the superhero from Superman through Batman, Spider-Man and the X-Men as well as the post-modern creations of current authors such as Grant Morrison.
 
Generation Zero- the Curious Plight of Twenty-Somethings in the 21st Century: Armed with humor, Fletcher explores the world of post-adolescence in the era of the Wii, online dating, and the recession.
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