Week 5: Fluidity

1. I am pretty sure everyone who is mentally healthy realizes there is always something that can be learned. It would be refreshing to hear the inner thoughts of someone who is also learning, most likely from experiences the readers has or hasn't experienced before. That is probably why people gravitate towards memoirs.

Lying in your own life story doesn't really benefit yourself, or the reader in my opinion. If there are mundane or boring parts of a story that you know the reader doesn't want to read, then does it really belong in the memoir to begin with?

2. Honestly I don't really enjoy memoirs personally. Of the ones I read this week, I did enjoy Lena Dunham's "Difficult Girl", a tale of her trying to treat her OCD by going to therapist after therapist. The world building was very enjoyable to me. I have a very vivid memory and it was easy to imagine myself in her world. Also I can relate to her when it comes to mental health problems and seeking therapy. I even had the same OCD issues she had as a child , but not nearly as intensely as "An assistant teacher comes to school with a cold sore. I am convinced he’s infected with MRSA", even though I do share her germophobia. There was a feeling of "Im not alone" which was very soothing. It would probably feel like a betrayal if I learned that parts of her story were false or misleading, and it would be borderline offensive to people with mental health issues if that was the case.

3. A blog is probably more along the lines of "what is happening to you now". It would probably be difficult to blog about yourself having a mental disease when it is not cured because you probably wouldn't think there is anything wrong with you at the time.