Fletcher Wortmann

Poor, poor man. I don't mean this to sound patronising, my own mental illness probably gave me more empathy with Fletcher than most have. This is an agonising account of one person's struggle with a debilitating problem with OCD. I had no idea of the agonies and trials this illness can produce and certainly, to my dismay, held to the popular belief that it was nothing more than 'having to wash your hands/brush your teeth etc every half-hour'. How very wrong this is. For Fletcher to have got this far (and I wish him more peace in his future) is nothing short of miraculous.

Thank you Mr. Wortman for sharing your most inmost secrets with us and for producing a touching, heart-breaking book which must go some way towards bridging the link between 'normals' and those with mental illness.… (más)