I came across an interesting article in an online magazine: http://omtimes.com/2015/04/3-symptoms-of-a-lost-soul/. The title is Three Symptoms of a Lost Soul – Are You a Lost Soul? by Andrea Schulman
Lost souls are people who are spiritually adrift. For whatever reason, these individuals have blocked the intuitive guidance coming from their higher selves. In doing so, they have also cut themselves off from feeling the infinite love of the universe, and this leads to struggle, anger and sadness.
… here are some of the frustrating symptoms of a lost soul.
Lost Soul Symptom #1 – Defensiveness
A lost soul is someone who is operating from their ego, not from their higher self. Since they are largely ego-driven, lost souls will often feel the need to defend their positions and assert that they are always right and know what is best.
Remember, lost souls are blocking their inner guidance, so they will very likely block beneficial advice from wherever it is coming from.
Lost Soul Symptom #2 – Closed-mindedness
Many times lost souls will not be interested in accepting different people and different choices. Because of this, you will often see lost souls manifest themselves into people who are intolerant of other religions and are bigoted, racist, homophobic or misogynistic.
Lost Soul Symptom #3 – Repeating the same mistakes, over and over again
It may take many of us a few tries to learn a lesson in life, but with a lost soul the pattern endlessly repeats itself. You may often observe a lost soul hopping from one abusive relationship to another, chronically being broke and out of work or even repeatedly being arrested and incarcerated … a lost soul’s repeated mistakes are very painful and can cause them a lifetime of personal grief.