Merri Lisa Johnson

Merri Lisa Johnson reflects on how her borderline personality disorder affected her life and the lives of those around her and discusses how she was able to seek help.

Memoir of a Borderline Personality

Girl in Need of a Tourniquet

True Confessions of Feminist Desire

Jane Sexes It Up

This third film in the horror series is a prequel to 'Puppet Master' (1989). In Berlin during World War II scientist Dr. Hess (Ian Abercrombie) is ordered by the Nazis to develop a way of reanimating dead bodies so they can be used as shields in battle but the experiment fails. When the Nazis discover that puppet master Andre Toulon (Guy Rolfe) has created a formula which enables his puppets to move of their own accord they are determined to get their hands on it for their own use and will stop at nothing to get it. But Toulon and his puppets have their own ideas...

Jane Puts it in a Box

Third Wave Feminism and Television

An honest and compelling memoir, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet is Merri Lisa Johnson’s account of her borderline personality disorder and how it has affected her life and relationships. Johnson describes the feeling of "bleeding out", unable to tell where she stopped and where her partner began. A self-confessed "psycho girlfriend," she was influenced by many emotional factors from her past. She recalls her path through a dysfunctional, destructive relationship, while recounting the experiences that brought her to her breaking point. In recognizing her struggle with borderline personality disorder, Johnson is ultimately able to seek help, embarking on a soul-searching healing process. It's a path that is painful, difficult, and at times heart-wrenching, but ultimately makes her more able to love and coexist in healthy relationships.

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