Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-256) and index.

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.