Summary Of Memoir By Merri Lisa Johnson

In this intricate Memoir, the author, Merri Lisa Johnson offers her readers a chance to place themselves in her shoes, it gives you an inside perspective a woman living with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder), and how it affects her everyday life and relationships. Which I’d have to say was eye opening for me. In this paper, ill refer to her character as Johnson. Her five year journey of writing this book and what it entails will not leave you disappointed, it definitely took my emotions on a constant roller coaster of highs and lows; it opened the door and gave me a new attitude when it comes to those who suffer with this disorder. The Memoir began with Johnson telling the story of another, Lisa Lopes known as “Left Eye”, which was …show more content…
Which even without having this disorder we can all relate too, we are all constantly struggling to figure out who we are, no one wants to face the ugliness they heave within themselves nor do we want to acknowledge our insecurities. This book was an intense read to be honest; Johnson didn’t dabble into a lot of information on Borderline Personality Disorder, not because I don’t think she wanted to acknowledge the seriousness of it, because we both know it is something that needs to be addresses and professionally handled, but I believe she was trying to remove the stigma that comes along with BPD. Instead, she let us experience it for ourselves page by page and it doesn’t loosen its grip until the end. But the ending was a bit confusing to me, which was my only flaw with the book, there was no transition, at one point she was leaving her current lover and next thing you know, she had settled down with a new lover elsewhere. There was no explanation and I would’ve really liked to know how she made such changes in her life. But still, the compassion and understanding that I had for her throughout this book was strong. I enjoyed every minute of