Introduction: the beginnings of my coping with my disabilities
My bout with severe headaches
Early hospitalization
Separation anxiety in the hospital
Coping with abysmal parental neglect
Other childhood difficulties
How I stopped procrastinating
Coping with failing, especially in my love affairs
Coping with failing, especially at writing
Dealing with damnation for my atheistic views
Coping with my poor eyesight
Coping with sex shame and other shame
The censorship of my first Ph.D. thesis
Coping with my irritability and anger
Conducting my lifelong battle with my diabetes
Coping with my parents' divorce
How I used my social failings to become a "real" philosopher
Succeeding in spite of neglect and opposition
An example of where REBT has helped me in my personal life
Coping with my divorces
An example where REBT has not personally worked for me
Philosophy of sex revolution
Sequence of the main events of Albert Ellis's recent experiences with serious health ailments
The care you expect and the care you get when you are really ailing.