[M.A.P.L.E. X-4] Level up!

4 May, 2021Noah Weiss Writing Tags: announcement, engagement, M.A.P.L.E., postaday, relationship, ring Leave a comment

This blog post introduces a new count-up that started two days ago. As you know from reading the blog, I have had count-ups for the עומר (Omer), M.A.P.L.E., O.C.T.O.B.E.R., the Character Building Trial, M.M.X.I.V. / Mission 441.

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[M.A.P.L.E. V-24] Meeting the parents

24 May, 2016Noah Weiss Writing Tags: family, friendship, M.A.P.L.E., parents, postaday, relationship, step Leave a comment

I had this blog idea in my notebook, and I’m not sure where the inspiration came from, but it’s something that I wanted to write about a little bit. Thus, here goes nothing!

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Rashomon

21 April, 2015Noah Weiss Writing Tags: date, family, park, perspective, postaweek, Rashomon, relationship, walk 2 Comments

My inspiration for this post was reading a post from Ranu, as well as remembering one of the more difficult improv games that I have played in practices.

The improv game “Rashomon” is one where there is a “neutral” scene with three characters. At the end of the scene, it is repeated three times, each time through the perspective of one of the characters. So, I’m going to attempt the same thing here. This may be tough for me, since I don’t always fit well into others’ shoes… but let’s try it!

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[M.M.X.I.V. 251 / Guest post from Timiarah] The Road to Recovery

8 September, 2014Noah Weiss Writing Tags: ADHD, bipolar, blog, guest post, M.M.X.I.V., postaday, relationship, therapy, Timiarah 2 Comments

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I was nominated for the Very Inspiring Blogger award by Timiarah. However, as I am not a fan of the “pass-it-on” awards when many of the blogs that I follow are Award-Free, I instead invited her to write a guest post for my blog. On my blog, I will often write tangentially or directly about Asperger syndrome, and so I have empathy for those that have other types of mental irregularities. (Of course, that doesn’t mean that I have developed an effective sense of sympathy…)

I first found out about Timiarah’s blog after my “Advertisement jingles” post, and was fascinated by her writings of her life and thoughts on her blog. She often writes in the third person on first-person topics, which does put a different perspective on things!

Without further ado, here is the guest post! I hope you enjoy it!

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The patient had her second visit with her therapist today. She no longer had anxiety about speaking with Mrs. G because they had broken the ice during the last session. Today’s session covered topics such as child rearing, love, healing and the disability process. The patient sometimes has the desire to get a job in the corporate world, but she has concluded that the intermittent urge is nothing more than a manic “craving.” She has a long history of obtaining jobs with full force and supercharged engines, and then losing those jobs via various apparent bipolar disorder symptoms.

Her healing needs to continue from the comforts of her home. She is unable to be stable (hey that rhymed) in any position at this time, especially one that exists in the corporate world. Twenty-five years of multiple jobs and failed work history says it all.

The patient discussed her son and his possible ADHD. She and the ex both have bipolar disorder, and their child is exhibiting symptoms of ADHD. She has not taken him in for a diagnosis because she is afraid of labels and medications. She does not believe that children should take psychiatric medications since they are so dangerous, and sometimes, unhelpful. Mrs. G advised her to take him for a diagnosis so that she would at least know what she was working with and obtain the tools to help mold him as best she can.

They discussed love for a few minutes, but the patient eventually got upset. She still hurts over the pain and loss of her most recent ex. She still feels sad and slightly bitter about the lies and the head games he played. She still feels robbed of her chance to have a complete family unit. Therefore, her healing is not finished.

The good thing is that the patient did learn to be happy on her own. She broke the love addiction and the obsessive continuation of communications she had with her ex. She learned that she did not need his company to see a good movie or to have a good meal. She realized that she did not have to accept anything less than a full commitment from a man. Additionally, she found excitement in her new book series. She can go there whenever she needs to live in a fictional world.

The patient learned never again to share a physical connection with a man, as men do not understand that lovemaking comes from women’s hearts. To them, sex is just an animalistic ritual, and sharing that physical bond has nothing to do with love. Bonding physically with a man before marriage is a mistake that has the consequences of long-term deceit and eventual abandonment. Next time she won’t be so affectionate. Abstinence all the way.

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Today is the two-hundred and fifty-first day of M.M.X.I.V. That makes thirty-five weeks and six days.

Today is the fifty-sixth day of the Character Building Trial. That makes eight weeks.

[M.M.X.I.V. 75] I believe…

16 March, 201417 February, 2015Noah Weiss Asperger syndrome Tags: family, friend, law, M.M.X.I.V., mental, negative, positive, postaday, relationship, talent 4 Comments

… that love is the answer. (Not necessarily, but I just had to finish the Blessid Union of Souls line. The music on the embedded clip starts at about the 25-second mark.) I like that song, and like the recent theme in the Daily Prompts of titles of songs.

Today’s prompt:

“For today’s prompt, tell us three things that you believe in your heart to be true. Tell us three things you believe in your heart to be false.”

Here are a few things that I believe to be true:

Family is above everything. You may have great friendships, good co-workers, or various other good relationships with people, but when it comes down to it, your kin will be your closest relationships. My favorite trips have often been going to see family, as opposed to the “exotic destination” vacation. I will have to exclude Israel from this, since that was not a place where I had family, but in some sense, the Jewish people are a close-knit, yet widespread, family.
Anything that you perceive as negative may actually have a positive outcome. Whether it be something like losing a job, not getting a promotion, having someone leave you, or something that you like ending (oops! That’s tomorrow’s blog post!), if you think positively, it may allow you to see the forest for the trees. My canonical example: I might not have gotten into the Math Resource Center and TA’ing if I had not been let go from Herman’s lab, where I was in over my head with physics research as a college freshman.
Deeper relationships can form from friendships. In the media, many “romantic” relationships seem to be the “love at first sight” type. Although I am not a romantic myself, I believe that true relationships develop from friendship, when people actually care for each other and have common and uncommon ground.

These are just some of the truths that I believe. Here are some falsehoods that I would deny from my heart:

Mental irregularities are a bad sentence. I have gotten pretty far despite Asperger syndrome, and have somewhat learnt how to overcome my shortcomings in social functioning. For people who have other mental irregularities, I feel that everyone has a calling somewhere, whether that be directly productive to the world, or being a great entertainer, or other things. Even those with debilitating conditions have an amazing calling somewhere that is waiting to be unlocked.
Literal veracity of scriptures. This may be calling myself out as a sacrilegious Jewish person, but I believe that, although there are some הלכות (laws) that I follow closely, many of them I interpret on a level of more moral, as opposed to literal, level. After all, many Jewish laws come not directly from תורה (Torah), but instead from Rabbinical interpretation. I tend to be very lenient in going by the letter of the law, but rather want to obey the spirit of the law. For example, although I am certainly not שומר-שבת (strictly observant of the sabbath), I have avoided doing academic work on it ever since I earnt my Masters degree.
Utter failure. The way I take the word “fail” is with the meaning, “to not succeed.” When I say “utter failure,” I mean that every sub-goal of the mission, task, or class were not accomplished. Even when a main goal fails, there are likely to be sub-goals that succeed, and many great successes (Apple, Ford, etc.) came after repeated failures. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Because in many cases, you have another chance, perhaps in a different context. Consider my “truths” bullet point number two!

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Today is the seventy-fifth day of M.M.X.I.V. That makes ten weeks and five days.

Here are some other responses to this prompt, as of 17:52, Central daylight time:

Never A Worry

Noah's logs, musings, and positivity.

relationship

[M.A.P.L.E. X-4] Level up!

[M.A.P.L.E. V-24] Meeting the parents

Rashomon

[M.M.X.I.V. 251 / Guest post from Timiarah] The Road to Recovery

[M.M.X.I.V. 75] I believe…