I'm going into cognitive neuroscience so I can study how the brain affects the mind from a research setting... Frankly, I'm not compassionate enough to want to help someone personally. But being able to help psychology/psychiatry by improving its knowledge personally appeals to me.

And fish, you're totally & absolutely correct. We do need more books out there for people experiencing schizophrenia or just psychosis as a whole... Even in bipolar books, they rarely acknowledge the psychotic experiences that occur in severe mania. I really hope to write about my personal coping strategies one day & even a book or so on my research findings... But for the layperson. I think it's silly that the most valuable information lies on the other side of the straightjacket. Prevention is key &, by the time mental health care is sought, it's already too late.