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> [“I bored myself to tears with the daytime television drama of confrontation (I've been wronged!). I winced at sluggish morning half-memories of wearing wrongness like a lampshade on my head (I'm mentally ill!).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/i-bored-myself-to-tears-with-the-daytime-television-drama-of/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

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## More by Merri Lisa Johnson

> [“It isn't any particular person I want to lie down with and make my own. It isn't anybody at all. It is the feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/it-isn-t-any-particular-person-i-want-to-lie-down-with-and-make-my/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

> [“I want to say my apartment is no paradise for bachelorettes and would be more accurately described by terms like 'pain clinic', 'wound-care center',…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/i-want-to-say-my-apartment-is-no-paradise-for-bachelorettes-and-would/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

> [“My life story is structured by reckless reenactments of panic and flight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/my-life-story-is-structured-by-reckless-reenactments-of-panic-and/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

> [“Our bodies made us shiver in fear and disgust. We looked in the mirror and prepared ourselves to be horrified.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/our-bodies-made-us-shiver-in-fear-and-disgust-we-looked-in-the-mirror/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

> [“I thieve love. I beg for it. People want what they cannot have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/i-thieve-love-i-beg-for-it-people-want-what-they-cannot-have/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

> [“In one of the few memoirs of self-injury, Caroline Kettlewell describes her recovery in terms of neural pathways—the “groove” worn into her mind, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/in-one-of-the-few-memoirs-of-self-injury-caroline-kettlewell/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

> [“I know insecurity is unattractive. I hate this side of me. I don't really hate this side of me. I think other people will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/i-know-insecurity-is-unattractive-i-hate-this-side-of-me-i-don-t/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

> [“I wade through the rush of neglect and loss and sadness pouring through a hole in my hull.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/i-wade-through-the-rush-of-neglect-and-loss-and-sadness-pouring/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

> [“I longed to stabilize my core identity and to withstand the pressure of other people's words, behaviors, moods, and perceptions. I wanted to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/i-longed-to-stabilize-my-core-identity-and-to-withstand-the-pressure/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

> [“I bored myself to tears with the daytime television drama of confrontation (I've been wronged!). I winced at sluggish morning half-memories of wearing wrongness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/i-bored-myself-to-tears-with-the-daytime-television-drama-of/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

> [“I worked through memories like weeping wounds. I wrote tedious accounts of petty conflicts and read them aloud to people. I removed layer after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/i-worked-through-memories-like-weeping-wounds-i-wrote-tedious/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

> [“A personality disorder is not the foreign presence of demonic possession or a cancerous cluster of cells spreading among the internal organs. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/a-personality-disorder-is-not-the-foreign-presence-of-demonic/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

> [“I can feel the sensation (it burns) of being called crazy when you feel wounded and desperate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merri-lisa-johnson/i-can-feel-the-sensation-it-burns-of-being-called-crazy-when-you-feel/)

[Merri Lisa Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merri-lisa-johnson/)

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