Fletcher Wortmann
Fletcher Wortmann is the author of Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (St. Martin’s Press, 2012), reviewed by People Magazine (3½ out of 4 stars) and Booklist (Starred Review, Top 10 Science and Health Book of the Year). He continues to write about managing anxiety and disability as a columnist for Psychology Today.
Fletcher received his BA in English Literature from Swarthmore College in 2009, and his MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence in College 2016. He has worked at One Good Thing, a startup developing apps that teach mindfulness meditation using videogame design and positive psychology; and as a futurology consultant for PMK*BNC in New York, advising on the future of pop culture, politics and technology.
He is currently working on his first novel.
“Tell me: How do you know that you won't be killed by a falling meteor? How do you know that you shut off the toaster oven this morning? That one of the seething millions of bacteria on your hands will not kill you? That your friends don't all secretly hate you? Do you have a religion? Do you have right religion? Are you sure? Are you a pedophile, a necrophiliac, a rapist? A murderer? How can you know that these tendencies do not dwell latent inside you, waiting for the right moment to evince themselves in the most horrific manner possible? How do you know that you are not a monster? How do you know that it isn't the end of the world?”
“An institution is right or it is wrong. One that cannot accept dinosaur bones is one that cannot be trusted on more important matters.”