Introduction
Who are the Lost Souls?
I am Here... Where are You?
What is the Lost Soul Companion?
One More Thing...

Misery, Suicide, and Hot-House Flowers
Lost Souls are Hot-House Flowers
Some Well-known Lost Souls Who Didn't Handle
   Life's Difficulties Well Enough
John Kennedy Toole

Having Hope, Getting Motivated, and being Strong
Things to do Instead of Killing Yourself
Creativity and Depression: Getting out of the Hole
The Precipice of Success

Creative Coping
Creativity and Poverty

Living Well
Life is a Gift: Eat up!
Live Like You Have Cancer
Daydreams and Double-Dog Dares
The Worm Ambulance and the End