General description.

01 July 2013

Continuing book brainstorm



  1. Schizophrenia
    Book
    1. Introduction
      (Forward)
      1. My current viewpoint/things going
        on that lead to this book
        1. Age
          1. A 25 year-old's
            point of view
          2. Dating/marriage
            of Chris
          3. The age the
            stories begin
        2. Gender
        3. Family life
          1. Mother
          2. Father
            1. Susan
              1. Her family
            2. Stewart
              1. Arrival
            3. Grandfather
              1. Paranoid
                schizophrenic
        4. Educational position
          1. Highschool
            1. Being put in
              engineering
              classes
            2. Flex
              1. Medieval
                torture
                devices
            3. Computer
              class teaching
            4. Art
          2. OCC
            1. Physics
            2. English
            3. Mathematics
            4. Formal
              logic/philosophy
            5. Astronomy/cosmology
            6. Physical geography
            7. A.S.
              1. Grades
            8. Reading level
              (age and year?)
          3. Cosmetology school
          4. Art-related education
            1. Painting
              1. Acrylic
                1. Classic
                2. Abstract
              2. Watercolor
            2. Printmaking
              1. Linoleum
              2. Etchings
            3. Perspective
          5. Middle school
            1. Mathematics
            2. Science class
              1. Black hole project
            3. Civil war project
              1. Andersonville
              2. Civil war letters
          6. MSU
            1. Astrophysics
              bachelor's
            2. Living alone
            3. Education debt
            4. A different major?
              1. Philosophy
                1. Formal logic
              2. Genetics
              3. Computer science
              4. Theology
              5. Psychology
              6. Research neurology
              7. Quantum mechanics
            5. A sea of students
      2. High IQ (151 on WAIS.
        99.963 percentile)
    2. A description/the history
      of schizophrenia
      1. Dementia præcox
        1. Treatments
        2. Societal opinions
      2. Biblical/historical
        descriptions
        1. Societal opinions
        2. Treatments
      3. Specific
        schizophrenias
        (DSM 4)
        1. The kinds other
          than paranoid
          1. Distinctions from
            paranoid schizophrenia
        2. Paranoid
          schizophrenic
          1. Specifics of
            symptoms
          2. Societal opinions
          3. Treatments
      4. The DSM 5 new
        descriptions
      5. Historical treatments for
        mental illnesses
      6. The primitive
        science of
        psychiatry
      7. Brief history of
        psychology (as it
        applies)
    3. Account of first
      hospitalization
      1. Brief history of
        beforehand
        1. Things leading to
          hospitalization
          1. Suicidal thoughts
          2. Strange
            emotional
            symptoms
            1. Lack of stability
            2. Extreme depression
          3. Aggressive
            psychotic
            symptoms
          4. All-absorbing
            obsessions
          5. Middle school to high
            school transition
        2. Place in life
          1. Age
          2. Relationships
          3. Social behaviors
          4. The internet
          5. Isolation/distrust
            of humans
          6. Home life
    4. Philosophical
      changes
    5. The lost years
      1. Drugs (by doctor)
      2. Drugs (self
        medicating)
      3. The birth of the
        idea to know self
        1. A Beautiful Mind
      4. My first adult
        hospitalization
      5. Feelings of
        hopelessness
    6. Logic
    7. (Quantum) Probability
    8. The evolution
      of delusion
      1. Obsessions
        1. Medicine
          1. Research neurology
          2. Medical examiner
          3. Hypochondriac
            1. Television: Medical
              mystery shows
        2. Theoretical physics
          1. Astrophysics
            1. "I've got this feeling
              about Dark Matter"
            2. Black holes
          2. Quantum physics
            1. Quantum neurology
            2. Quantum genetics
            3. Quantum decay
          3. "Figuring out gravity"
          4. Form of religion
          5. A nobel prize
      2. Grandiosity
      3. Unlike any one else
        1. I must be special
        2. Psychology
          and sociology
          1. Lobbyist
          2. Politician
          3. Religious leader

30 June 2013

Kickstarter/Other promotion ideas



  1. Kickstarter things to do
    1. Kickstarter page
      1. Finish setting up
        misc. things
        1. Donation increments
        2. Final cost
        3. Specifics
      2. Brainstorm
        speech ideas
        1. Write intro speech
          1. Record speech
    2. Promotion
      1. Blogger blog
        1. Brainstorm blog
          intro entry
          1. Write and post intro
        2. Upload mind
          maps for book
          1. Upload outline
        3. Write promotion urge
        4. Update on progress
          1. What has been done
        5. Mess with labels
        6. Promote blog
          1. Facebook
            1. Work on
              Facebook
              page
          2. Twitter
            1. Finish up setting up
              free Twitter ads
          3. Google+
            1. Google+ page
      2. Promote to
        TNS/High IQ
        societies
      3. Promote to family
      4. Promote to friends
      5. Promote on PLM
      6. Promote with
        psych community
    3. Work on outlines
      1. Think of anecdotes
      2. Think of
        specific
        topics
      3. Harvest ideas
        from blog
      4. Brainstorm more book
        ideas and organize

29 June 2013

The Beginning of the Brainstorms: A Book in Progress



  1. Schizophrenia Book
    1. Introduction
      (Forward)
      1. My current viewpoint/things going
        on that lead to this book
        1. Age
          1. A 25 year-old's
            point of view
          2. Dating/marriage
            of Chris
          3. The age the
            stories begin
        2. Gender
        3. Family life
          1. Mother
          2. Father
            1. Susan
              1. Her family
            2. Stewart
              1. Arrival
            3. Grandfather
              1. Paranoid
                schizophrenic
        4. Educational position
          1. Highschool
            1. Being put in
              engineering
              classes
            2. Flex
              1. Medieval
                torture
                devices
            3. Computer
              class teaching
            4. Art
          2. OCC
            1. Physics
            2. English
            3. Mathematics
            4. Formal
              logic/philosophy
            5. Astronomy/cosmology
            6. Physical geography
            7. A.S.
              1. Grades
          3. Cosmetology school
          4. Art-related education
            1. Painting
              1. Acrylic
                1. Classic
                2. Abstract
              2. Watercolor
            2. Printmaking
              1. Linoleum
              2. Etchings
            3. Perspective
          5. Middle school
            1. Mathematics
            2. Science class
              1. Black hole project
            3. Civil war project
              1. Andersonville
              2. Civil war letters
          6. MSU
            1. Astrophysics
              bachelor's
            2. Living alone
            3. Education debt
            4. A different major?
              1. Philosophy
                1. Formal logic
              2. Genetics
              3. Computer science
              4. Theology
              5. Psychology
              6. Research neurology
              7. Quantum mechanics
            5. A sea of students
    2. A description/the history
      of schizophrenia
      1. Dementia præcox
        1. Treatments
        2. Societal opinions
      2. Biblical/historical
        descriptions
        1. Societal opinions
        2. Treatments
      3. Specific
        schizophrenias
        (DSM 4)
        1. The kinds other
          than paranoid
          1. Distinctions from
            paranoid schizophrenia
        2. Paranoid
          schizophrenic
          1. Specifics of
            symptoms
          2. Societal opinions
          3. Treatments
      4. The DSM 5 new
        descriptions
      5. Historical treatments for
        mental illnesses
      6. The primitive
        science of
        psychiatry
      7. Brief history of
        psychology (as it
        applies)